Progress? We're waiting...

[Bitcoins101]

I haven't been here in years and the software still isn't running? Lol. Admins fumbled the bag here big time.

[logfiles]

I haven't been here in years and the software still isn't running? Lol. Admins fumbled the bag here big time.

Shhh 🤫 Don't you see/realize it?

We are trying to get ahead of Elon Musk to launch a rocket to Jupiter without any bad incidents or accidents. Please don't pressure the admins into making avoidable mistakes. They are only humans, not robots or AI 

[Shenanigan]

Really? Is beta.bitcointalk.org legit the latest version?

Web server is down Error code 521

[DdmrDdmr]

Really? Is beta.bitcointalk.org legit the latest version?

Web server is down Error code 521

La site was opened in april 2016 for Beta testing, but was taken off-line somewhere in the interim between the said date and july 2018 (I can’t pinpoint the exact date).

The reason seems to be somewhere along these lines:

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Wouldn’t it be better if Bitcointalk provided a common test environment that was open for anybody to use, without people having to download the software and setting up their own environments?

beta.bitcointalk.org was run for a couple of years, but virtually nobody used it. It was too boring. I'd ideally like people to actually try using Epochtalk for various things that they find fun/interesting. Maybe try a more restrictive moderation style, maybe make it more niche-focused, maybe try adding some crazy features, etc. If people actually try to use it for real things, then the real deficiencies will be found.
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Not that I completely agree with the above. If one wants people to try out the software, for the immense majority, I figure they’d prefer to test it on known data (i.e. derived from a forum snapshot with real content that one can relate to and compare against the current software).

[SFR10]

I haven't been here in years and the software still isn't running? Lol. Admins fumbled the bag here big time.

Web server is down Error code 521

Epochtalk is running ^{[just not on the beta subdomain]}: Coinbistro.com - Epochtalk testing grounds
^{- Having said that, seeing it having little to no activities in recent months makes me believe it'd suffer the same fate as the beta subdomain (unfortunately).}

[Shenanigan]

There are so many smart people on the forum. Why can't they complete the beta-testing of epochtalk? Busy with signatures campaigns?

Oh, what a world, what a world

[logfiles]

There are so many smart people on the forum. Why can't they complete the beta-testing of epochtalk? Busy with signatures campaigns?
Oh, what a world, what a world

Most of the work is currently being done on the server side. Want to contribute? Start from here ----->  https://github.com/epochtalk/epochtalk_server
Since you are not "Busy with signatures campaigns"

[ABCbits]

There are so many smart people on the forum. Why can't they complete the beta-testing of epochtalk? Busy with signatures campaigns?

Oh, what a world, what a world

Smart doesn't mean they have design or specific programming knowledge to participate on epochtalk development.

[logfiles]

It's now roughly a decade and 10 days since the idea to build a new forum software was conceived. Bitcoin is 2,981 blocks (as of now) away to it fourth halving event which is happening some day next month, and yet we have no hope as to when the oldest and biggest cryptocurrency forum will eventually migrate to the new 10-year-old open source forum software.

Please Admin, don't let a number of us die before we see Bitcointalk on the new forum software 😬

[Uhwuchukwu53]

It's been about 5 years since then, I'm close to 50 and I'm still waiting,

I registered around the same time and also met the same talk about the new forum software being ready "soon". Comparing the talk about it then with now, it's obvious a lot of users are no longer anticipating it and have resigned to the fact that it would my be ready soon.

Let's give it the next 5 years and see what progress we make.

Well I would like to dance towards giving it some times even if my years can't be specific I believe five years as you said can be ok, but my question is why awaiting and progress been made in it what are the means or process of one being keep updated to know if what we are hoping to see in five years is actually achieving it dream or aim objective. This update us necessary to enable the enthusiastic people to give more courage should there be any slack if draw back encouragement can save as motivation to achieve it.

[Uhwuchukwu53]

It's now roughly a decade and 10 days since the idea to build a new forum software was conceived. Bitcoin is 2,981 blocks (as of now) away to it fourth halving event which is happening some day next month, and yet we have no hope as to when the oldest and biggest cryptocurrency forum will eventually migrate to the new 10-year-old open source forum software.

Please Admin, don't let a number of us die before we see Bitcointalk on the new forum software 😬

It's not palatable at all because this kind of situation bring loss of hope over something I can't say that the developers are not working either their efforts is not enough but double their efforts to bring the desire if the people to reality either by seeking more work force to actualize this within a space of time. Also let them come up with the user interface that give the people final hope that they are already there irrespective time loss when one arrived to it destination I think the joy wipe away the sorrow encountered during the process.

[muncuss]

lol 10 years. Why create new if there is something out there with full functionality already exist? Vbulletin and phpBB exist. Why wait for a software which barely get new update? feel like a failed government project with all this delay, "current is good enough" and "no urgency"

I mean we are not guarding smaug treasure here if the reason is security. I just want to see more colorful background, and sorting feature, shouldn't really hard to develop

[SFR10]

I mean we are not guarding smaug treasure here if the reason is security.

Maybe we are but on a serious note, whether Bitcointalk migrates to an Epochtalk-based forum or not, we shouldn't undermine the importance of having an impenetrable/secure forum ^{[e.g. there are a lot of valuable accounts that need protection from the outside]}.

I just want to see more colorful background, and sorting feature, shouldn't really hard to develop

Some users made the necessary tools to change its theme ^{[use the search feature on the Meta board (I prefer not to vouch, so DYOR)]} and about sorting features, you can refer to "this thread".

[logfiles]

lol 10 years. Why create new if there is something out there with full functionality already exist? Vbulletin and phpBB exist.

In his words, the administrator wanted to create an open new forum software that could directly compete with the likes of SMF and phpBB

Work is underway by Slickage on new forum software for this forum. The software will be written in Node.js. The goal is to create new open source forum software that will directly compete with software like SMF and phpBB. Unlike Discourse, the software will be featureful and information-dense. Unlike Reddit, the software will support and encourage lengthy, high-quality posts (while allowing shorter posts). The software will be a jump forward from our current forum, but not something entirely new. The basic concepts will stay the same, but with significantly better code, better methods of filtering the huge amount of content, and many other useful features. All old forum data will be retained and migrated to the new software.

I don't know if this dream is a strong as before but to me, I think we many never see that forum software come to life or by the time we decide to migrate there, a lot may have changed and what we think will be the "new" forum software will be years "old" compared to other software available.