Unfortuntely it is not enough to be private. Do you plan to implement any functionality of smartcontracts? Or it will just coin?
Could you make some comparsion with another Cryptonote coins, it will help to se the difference.
Thanks
We don't have any plans to integrate smart-contracts in the near future, however, I'll quickly mention some of our current and long-term goals.
=== Some Current Goals ===
***Note that these are not all of the projects we are working on right now, just some I felt like mentioning***
*We are currently working on a mobile app unlike the mobile wallets of other cryptos. We aim to abstract all of the complexities of using a cryptocurrency. We aim to let anyone benefit from Ombre's fast, cheap and private transactions, but without having to understand, or even think about, the underlying technology. As an example, you will be able to essentially have a balance in your wallet in USD (or whatever currency you want). If you want to transfer X amount of USD to your friend, you simply click a button saying transfer X USD to the desired person on your friend list (or by the destination's username). Without getting too specific, the app will securely and quickly handle all of this by automatic conversions to and from Ombre. This removes the need for trust in a central company (ie venmo/paypal), would be essentially free (tiny fee) to use by both parties (currently paypal makes their money by charging the vendors, not the customers), and gives you complete control over your money. There would be no need to wait 5 days to withdraw your funds from the app and wait for them to be deposited in your bank account (as is the case with Venmo). This app could appeal to everyone outside of the crypto-community, from college students sending each other money, to (hopefully, eventually) institutions using the platform to accept payments.
*Of course, we will also have a standard (but heavily optimized) mobile wallet targeted for experienced crypto users, that want complete control over their node. One of our core developers actually also created Sumokoin's mobile wallet (Sumo's wallet is actually published under his Google Play developer account!).
*Its also worth briefly mentioning that we are also actively researching various optimizations related to cryptonote coins - some of these could have drastic impacts on performance.
*We are adding more functionality to the website. It will be much more informative, and will have more useful embedded resources.
===Future Projects We Are Considering===
Please note that this list is not close to being comprehensive, its just a small sample!
Also these projects are not in active development yet, they are still in the planning and design stage.
*We are researching a better solution to ASICS than cryptonight-heavy. I personally believe that cryptonight-heavy is simply a band-aid rather than a permanent solution. It definitely will be ASIC resistant for a few months or maybe even years, but theres nothing about the algorithm that makes it financially impossible to develop an ASIC for it. The main protection it provides right now, is that current ASICs aren't compatible with it, and the time (and cost) to develop a new ASIC is relatively large. Thus, we are exploring options that would permanently prevent ASICs from being able to mine the coin (profitably). A hurdle with this, is that any algorithm run on a GPU or CPU can inherantly be performed better by an ASIC - the question is how expensive it would be to make.
*This is a long-ways away (1y+), but we also aim to build a 'debit card' that would be linked to your ombre wallet. I won't get into the details about how this would work right now, but essentially, it would allow you to buy things that require FIAT payment, using a card that automatically and instantly converts the correct amount of Ombre to FIAT. Imagine not worrying about the complications of using a credit or debit card (overdraft fees, withdrawal fees, having your funds frozen, etc), while still having access to all the benefits and conveniences associated with credit/debit cards.
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TLDR; We are currently working on the essentials to make sure our underlying tech is rigid, and we have all the software needed to use the coin normally. Once we have the foundations working rigidly, safely, and free of bugs and problems, we will move to our next stage of development.
The following is just my opinion. If we can successfully show that Ombre can be used just as easily as FIAT, while also being safer, private and faster, we could potentially to revolutionize how society views and uses currencies. I hate using buzzwords such as 'revolutionize' or 'disrupt', but given that this could fundamentally change how currencies work in society, I think the buzzword is appropriate
I just wanted to share all of this, so that the community knows at least part of the vision of the project!
I apologize for the quality of my writing right now, I'm very sleep deprived!
