With respect, that answer doesn't really provide a working answer. It actually sounds like it does the exact opposite. Within the past couple pages it's been stated that actual Amigas are not capable of running the wallet (unless we get one that's web-based), to say nothing of mining. In point of fact, it sounds as if AGAcoin cannot actually be used by Amigans.
Yes, AGAcoin needs to be updated. It also needs concrete reasons to exist, and what it brings to the market that other coins do not. Not defining this makes the work a technical endeavor, not a practical one. And there is certainly value in honing those skills.
I say this as someone who very much wants to see Amiga and AGAcoin succeed.
Ideas? Maybe a few. Develop new hardware. What does that look like? That's a longer discussion for another venue. I would contribute this way before I'd ever contribute to a Kickstarter.
Thanks for pointing these things out. It is important that AGAcoin clarifies its purpose. The original dev is no longer working on the project, so the purpose is whatever we decide to make of it.
Perhaps I should have said that
https://agacoin.github.io/about is all that AGAcoin has for now in the way of answers to your question, and that you are (and anyone else in the AGA community) welcome to improve on AGAcoin's mission statement, via discussion and/or editing that page on GitHub.
I believe the suggestion that AGAcoin can not be used by Amigans because it does not run on Amiga hardware is incorrect. How many modern Amiga related websites are there? Lots. How many of them are running on actual Amiga hardware? Approximately zero. In the same way that modern Amigans can use modern Amiga related websites (to purchase or research Amiga), I think it's fair to say that AGAcoin can certainly be used by Amigans - even though it must be via a modern "mainstream OS" like windows/mac/linux for the moment.
Making a secure crypto-currency that runs on real Amigas would be a very noteworthy achievement, but also unlikely to have a large positive impact, as it would be a niche concept with no interoperability with broader cryptocurrency, crowdfunding, or online-retail.
New Amiga-based hardware/software/media projects are announced regularly by the Amiga community, and I believe AGAcoin should be aiming to support and promote these projects, rather than trying to come up with its own hardware as well as a coin. As exciting as it would be, I do not think that AGAcoin should develop new hardware itself. Rather, it should aim to act as an economic catalyst and supporter of such projects in the Amiga community.
I personally imagine the following purposes, and objectives for AGAcoin.
Purposes of AGAcoin:* Raising general public awareness in modern Amiga community developments.
* Helping to promote and fund Amiga community related development (hardware, software, websites, podcasts, etc).
* Supporting the Amiga hardware/software economy (by providing a software-based currency that is held and managed by those with an interest in the Amiga community).
Objectives or "roadmap" to achieve said purpose (in order of implementation):1. Update the code. For this I think we need to update to a modern codebase (e.g. latest litecoin with tweaks to mining specs and block times).
2. Establish a long-term distribution programme (by which AGAcoin community will offer to distribute a sizable amount of AGAcoin to active projects within the wider Amiga community over time).
3. Offer an online payment API, so that online retailers can get a reliable message when they are paid in AGA, so they can integrate it as a payment option in their web store.
4. Become an accepted form of payment/currency within the Amiga scene for online-retail, crowdfunding, and p2p payments.
5. If all that happens, then develop AGAcoin software for modern web-aware Amiga-based systems, so that AGAcoin can be used on modern Amiga-like systems (web wallet to start with).
For #1. I don't have the time or ability to upgrade and maintain the C++ code. But I can review it and help manage the GitHub repository. Thus, we need active developers.
For #2, I have slowly been acquiring AGA and I'm willing to donate it to a long-term AGA distribution programme for the wider Amiga community, once we have a codebase that isn't embarrasingly out of date.
For #3, I think it's important that AGAcoin help online-retailers to accept AGA for their products.
For #4, This can be combined with #2 by offering online-retailers a bonus portion of the distribution programme if they choose to accept AGAcoin for their products.
For #5, Well, obviously it would be nice for AGAcoin to run on an Amiga-based or Amiga-inspired OS eventually.
All just thoughts on which I encourage discussion.
