[ANN][XCP] Counterparty - Pioneering Peer-to-Peer Finance - Official Thread

[deliciousowl]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=720534.msg9939537#msg9939537

Everyone in this thread are sure Counterparty is only clone and altcoin

Funny, it's almost as if those who yell the loudest are the same that do the least research.  

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[Equality 7-2521]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=720534.msg9939537#msg9939537

Everyone in this thread are sure Counterparty is only clone and altcoin

Funny, it's almost as if those who yell the loudest are the same that do the least research.  

Ain't that the truth. Hopefully we can educate people enough to see the bigger picture.

Here is my reply in that thread -

Here is a very quick and arbitrarily abstract Venn diagram of the cryptocurrency ecosystem with an emphasis on the Bitcoin ecosystem and the fundamentally different fields of discussion and development that are currently operational and will be operational in the near future:



There already is an "Alternate Cryptocurrencies" sub-forum. There are very clear use cases for a dedicated "Bitcoin 2.0 Technology" sub-forum which can be further subdivided into "Sidechains" and "Metacoins".

[led_lcd]

Hi All,

We are preparing to relaunch the XCP vending machine in Counterwallet! We are looking for testers who wish to try it out who are located outside the US.

Please send me a PM if you are interested!

[Anotheranonlol]

• CounterParty (and a number or projects built on CounterParty) mentioned on a run down of communities most-anticipated projects to watch in 2015
  

         http://www.coindesk.com/19-crypto-2-0-projects-watch-2015/

• BITCOINEX proxy token & gateway public launch- published open source (similar to XBTC/Vennd)
  

          http://letstalkbitcoin.com/forum/post/bitcoinexxcp-and-the-counterparty-gateway

[juicejoyce]

2015 IS XCP YEAR !!!

the price is good ,but not for btc yet.

[reRaise]

Any estimation when the desktop wallet will be out, want to use it for gemz

[deliciousowl]

XCP listed on a new exchange:
https://alts.trade/trade/XCP/BTC

Any estimation when the desktop wallet will be out, want to use it for gemz

I think I heard March/April? (probably after smart contracts, which are the priority.)

Others may be working on visual wallets too (Koinify, Medici of Overstock, etc...) You can use the command line interface for now, since it's really not that bad.

[JahPowerBit]

XCP listed on a new exchange:
https://alts.trade/trade/XCP/BTC

Any estimation when the desktop wallet will be out, want to use it for gemz

I think I heard March/April? (probably after smart contracts, which are the priority.)

Others may be working on visual wallets too (Koinify, Medici of Overstock, etc...) You can use the command line interface for now, since it's really not that bad.

A first version should be released this month. The application framework is ready, and basic features almost finished.
You can follow the developments progress here:
https://github.com/CounterpartyXCP/counterparty-gui

[Djinou94]

No Slack group?

[Equality 7-2521]

Have any additional devs been hired now that Robby and Evan are working full time on Medici?

Yes. Recent information about the team can be found here - http://counterparty.io/news/counterparty-community-update-dec-24/.

[Equality 7-2521]

Gavin Andresen has an interesting blogpost about repackaging (specific) transactions into a new alternative blockchain for some tests that he is carrying out - http://gavintech.blogspot.ie/2015/01/looking-before-scaling-up-leap.html. He is talking about it from a Bitcoin scalability perspective of course but I feel there is some benefit to looking at it from a Counterparty perspective. If it was deemed useful one could repackage all the Counterparty data into a dedicated Counterparty Blockchain. This would result in exclusive (no Bitcoin Blockchain) Counterparty Blockchain nodes.

Users could download Counterparty data from these exclusively Counterparty Nodes and even use SPV (Simple Payment Verification) with these nodes. If additional security was required of these exclusive nodes, Proof of Stake could be employed.

This way of looking at things considers The Counterparty Protocol not just as data embedded in the Bitcoin Blockchain, but as a raw unpackaged independent Blockchain embedded in the Bitcoin Blockchain. By packaging it correctly, native Blockchain features (like SPV for example) can be accessed by Counterparty users.

Is this idea viable or even good or am I missing something important (aside from the technical implementation!)?

[PhantomPhreak]

Have any additional devs been hired now that Robby and Evan are working full time on Medici?

Robby and Evan are still contributing to Counterparty. But yes, we recently hired another full-time developer.

[Anotheranonlol]

No Slack group?

I was thinking that recently too. I started using slack to keep up with another project and it is a great way to keep up to date and engage with the devs. @ devs I think you should strongly consider setting this up!

Similar to slack:

1. General - for general Counterparty chat:
https://gitter.im/CounterpartyXCP/General

2. Technical - for developers:
https://gitter.im/CounterpartyXCP/Technical

[merkalor]

Similar but i prefer Slack
Check the SuperNET slack group there are 400 people +5000 message everyday they're moving very fast, new devs, supporter and people join the mouvement
Community is important, there are also job offers

[consensus-analytics.com]

I have been watching this project for quite a while and I see that it has great potential!

The recent Bitstamp catastrophy inspired me to write about how a decentralized exchange could decentralize the infrastructure that supports the Bitcoin economy.

There is an entrepreneurial opportunity in this whole process too namely in becoming a gateway for such an exchange.

Here is the article I wrote: http://consensus-analytics.com/bitstamp-breach-next-big-platform/

[pankogulo]

Hi all, here's the new community update:

Counterparty Community Update, Jan 07: Future Plans, New Third-Party Tools, Dev Updates & More http://counterparty.io/news/counterparty-community-update-jan-07/

[albert_mt]

great potential indeed!

[deliciousowl]

I think there's been some discussion about this before but is there any way to enable 2FA on counterwallet? I know that the passphrase itself is very secure but I worry about the potential implications if someone has malware etc on their computer. 

Well, it's all handled client-side so I imagine that would be a bit tricky. But there is multi-sig.

[prophetx]

I think there's been some discussion about this before but is there any way to enable 2FA on counterwallet? I know that the passphrase itself is very secure but I worry about the potential implications if someone has malware etc on their computer.  

Well, it's all handled client-side so I imagine that would be a bit tricky. But there is multi-sig.

yes MS, but someone would need to open up a wallet service, and then of course they would need a revenue stream to pay for that infrastructure.

how many counterwallets are there now according to the the stats? 5000?  I know i have created minimum 10 myself...

womp womp

[*Sakura*]

Hi!

I can review the Russian translation of Counterwallet. I've just requested to join the Russian language translation of the Counterwallet project as Sunlight.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=917885.0