This IS shady, there are many unknowns. Has anyone actually reviewed the code to make sure its not just the NXT source? Oh right! we can't because the dev has obfuscated the code:
Decompilation suggests it doesn't appear to be based on nxt code.
No offence but can you prove what you are saying? This could easily be the developer supporting the coin with claims not based on truth. I personally have invested but I want more than rumors and half truths.
Sure. A couple of suggestions for verifying it yourself:
1. Decompile & compare.
Install the JD-GUI Java decompiler (
http://jd.benow.ca). Download the Qora bundle, unzip it, and load the jar file (Qora.jar) in JD-GUI. The decompiler doesn't do a perfect job (e.g. you can't compile the resulting code without errors), and the package and class names have been renamed ('a', 'b', 'c' etc) which makes it hard to follow. But you can at least compare it with the Nxt source code (current version on bitbucket; or the initial code released a while back), and see there are no obvious similarities.
2. Check messages between nodes.
Nxt uses json messages over HTTP. Do a packet trace (e.g. tcpdump or wireshark) whilst running Qora, and you’ll see this isn’t the case here.
3. Functionality
Qora has some functional differences that you can confirm by running it. For instance:
- The account numbers aren’t similar to Nxt
- Aliases don’t have the same naming restrictions
- Whilst the minimum fee is 1 Qora, you can send <1 qora to another account
- The UI is totally different