Spectreproject’s Weekly Update
Saturday, October 14th – Saturday, October 21st
Slack by the numbers - Please join me in welcoming these 31 new members and say “Hi” when you see them.
thecountofmontecrypto, serg, Stuart, ZecX, JayCee, Ol, Matt666, Mike, Josef, jaridor, recepts, hubba, rodrigotarin, sergipalencia, adrianortola, SDG, ijk, Jacob, dolphin35, Rosco, Carl, mark.cucurella, Sebastian, Sebber, Willpower, domp1, Ryan Kwon, Chandresh Aharwar , Woopie, svarghese, and Sita TSK
Thankfully…..the ethereum phishing scam dm messages and emails seem to have subsided. Which is a blessing. I’m a member of couple of other Slack communities that are still bombarded by this scourge.
One hit me with over 13 emails yesterday!
In the interest of keeping Slack Channels lean and relevant... it’s been a month since “privacy_all_aspects” and “remittance-app” were active and so they were removed today.
Some extremely old and inactive members have also been removed and the community count stands at 841!
Dev Nuts and Bolts - As the end of October draws near, @jbg reports that development continues on track. Although with the funding @Spectreproject provided for Bryce running out...the changes to ring signatures will not be a part of of v1.4 as he will have to finish on a later release. V1.4 will just be the wallet overhaul with complete rewrite of the UI in native Qt. This will mean much easier revisions and updates for future wallets as well as reliability.
Spectrecoin [xspec] News - Where to start? Several things kicking off as the release of v1.4 approaches….
Some may have noticed the “Featured Coin” scroll on Cryptopia is back! We have a nice start on funding for the second week and would welcome any donation of Cryptopia’s “DOT coin” to help us on the second or maybe even a third week.
Please DM me or @harvw for information to make a donation!
I would like to again acknowledge @harvw, @rkh , @spectrum_communitas, @blackswam6969 for adding their “DOT coin” to my own to make this possible.
Huge THANK YOU guys!
Next up!
After a lot of research and discussion…..and requests from members here wanting an
additional exchange. @jbg and I settled on an up and coming one.
Please consider
bitsquare for future trades! It’s not just another exchange but, shares the values and spirit of Spectrecoin and xspec.
Want to know the best part? IT RUNS ON THE TOR NETWORK!
We truly believe decentralized exchanges are the future….some of you may have noticed the problems some of the centralized exchanges are having as well as government demands of KYC regulations.
From their FAQ
There are already other decentralized exchanges. How is Bisq different?Currently no other project fits our definition of a decentralized Bitcoin exchange. (Open Bazaar and BitMarkets stand alone in mirroring Bisq’s principles, but they’re full market places, not specialized currency exchanges.)
To be properly decentralized, one must avoid single points of failure:
- Bisq does not hold any bitcoins. All are held in multisignature addresses rather than a Bisq-controlled wallet.
- Bisq does not hold any national currency. National currency is transferred directly from one trader to the other.
- Bisq uses a Peer-to-Peer network over Tor. This means there are no servers to be hacked or DDoS’d.
- Bisq does not know the traders. No data is stored on who trades with whom.
- Bisq does not require registration. This means privacy is maintained, there are no “approval” wait times, and identity theft becomes impossible.
- Bisq does not operate its arbitration system – traders themselves choose from an open and decentralized market of arbitrators.
- Bisq is not a company. It is an open source project aiming to organize as a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO).
- Bisq is self-funded by the efforts of its volunteers and contributions of donors.
Submission has been done and we’ll update everyone on Slack when the market is ready.
We will continue to check out others but also very excited to add Bitsquare to our list of exchanges.
Lastly, stop by the
reddit established by community members @chaser_888 and @rkh. It’s been up now almost a month and is really starting to grow…..and it looks fantastic thanks to @rkh graphics ability.
Be looking for an announcement soon of an AMA our own @jbg who has agreed to do one after v1.4 is out. Here will be your chance to ask our project manager and lead developer that question.
That about wraps it up! Hope everyone has a great week!
Beachguy
“Cryptocurrency is such a powerful concept that it can almost overturn governments” - Chalres Lee
