Update Checkcoin developments from Bitsend.
The past few weeks the
Checkcoin team has been working on many things. Developments are going very well. Below I will highlight some the main subjects. Ofcourse much more has been done behind the scenes, results from that will be included in the weekly updates that will be posted, starting from next week on every Wednesday. That will hopefully relieve some stress that comes from a period of having no news. This worry really is not necesary, enough things ARE developing and are also newsworthy to post, it's just a matter of communication. Let's do it.
Bitsend is in search for a skilled designer for the Checkcoin mobile wallet (iOs/Android). They have taken a lot of time for this because they only want the best, someone that fits the budget but who also can make a high standard product that is perfected in the small details. For this they are in conversation with at least 3 companies in The Netherlands, Flitsmeister as advisor, Fourdigits and Dezzign for the designing. More news about this in future updates.
The team has been giving presentations to several interested companies and institutes with the goal to receive investments in future development stages of Checkcoin. This they want because it may be possible to increase the possibilities and functionalities of Checkcoin substantially and on top of the software that is currently being developed. Such enhancements will cost a lot of extra funds and are only possible to develop with the help of investors. The release of the first CKC GPS-enabled wallet is not affected whether they succeed in this or not, the team is looking way further into the future and developments won't just stop after the first release. At least they don't want to. A creative mind could think of hundreds of applications that could be build around the Checkcoin system and Bitsend is willing to explore these opportunities.
In the first few months after Checkcoin was launched some concerns were raised about GPS-spoofing where a user creates a GPS signal without actually being physically on the location. Bitsend is in talks with several GPS/GPRS developers about the security of the Checkcoin network. To use Checkcoin GPS system, users will need to have a smartphone or device with Assisted_GPS. This system is verifying the real location of users using cell tower data. (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GPS) This way it will be impossible for users to fake a location and grab the offered coins from faucets from behind their computer elsewhere. This is extremely important and for Bitsend the challenge is in finding the right people to implement the system in the app. More news about this in future updates as well.
Last but not least for now:
The guys from Bitsend will donate 50,000 of their own Checkcoins for community events and bounties. Soon community members will be able to earn CKC's either by simple tasks or by winning contests. I will make a public ledger for spendings per campaign on the CKC forum. If you have ideas for a bountycampaign or have a task that needs to be done for Checkcoin, welcome to contact me (BTCat). I will donate 10,000 CKC myself seperately for small costs that I make on the way, I might need to hire some help once awhile. Stay tuned for more updates about these bounties in the coming week.
Thanks everyone for your continued support.
On behalf of Bitsend/ Checkcoin devteam,
BTCat
(community manager)
