[NXT] Development Discussion - The dev plan that keeps on delivering

[Eamorr]

Thanks 

No bother Noah.

[Daedelus]

Nxt core dev Alex Jones gives a little teaser on the new Voting System feature in Nxt. As you can see, it is pretty powerful in what you can vote by/with.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dhJgz6hpHXg

Enjoy  

[Daedelus]

OP updated, rather than Voting System in version 1.5 and 2-Phased Transactions in v1.6..

... they will both be in the next release, v1.5  

Last news:

1. Overbusy with all the stuff I'm working on at the moment.  So sorry for long replies / low public activity.

2. Jean-Luc & me are working on 1.5.0e polishing + 2 devs(jones/holgerd77) are working on UI. So yeah it will include voting system & two-phased transactions  

3. After 1.5.0e I plan to switch to bugfixing / performance for a while, and also research.

4. ConsensusResearch is going to finish current simulation / theoretical work and going to practical experimental implementation with Scorex, weekends project of mine.

5. Scorex ultra-compact & intentionally not-production-ready cryptocurrency. Started from Qora source code(24K lines of Java code) it will have 6-7K lines of Scala code, no native libs, Curve25519 for signing/verification, json API, command line client. Will be opensourced in February, initial ultracompact release will be named "Lagonaki". If you want to make experiments with a cryptocurrency, start with Lagonaki Then we'll add multibranching forging and test it in real life.

Kushti is implementing a test of changes to forging based on his POS research group's (ConsensusResearch) findings in point 5. Further details are scarce at the moment.

[Daedelus]

Cointelegraph have run an article on Nxt's Voting and 2-Phase Transactions:

http://cointelegraph.com/news/113414/nxt-teases-voting-system-two-phase-transactions-and-a-foundation

[Daedelus]

Also, anyone who has yet to try Nxt can do so instantly without downloads or clients here:


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=925811.0


Try buying an asset on the exchange, send an encrypted message, mint/mine a Monetary System Coin (POW within POS), check out what is for sale in the ebay style Marketplace for digital goods.

If you have any questions, post here or in the thread above.

[jabo38]

Is there a link where I can read more about "two-phased" transactions?

edit: I found one here https://nxtforum.org/general/2-phased-transactions-post-implementation-specification/

Looks pretty good. :-)

Edit 2:  Is there a more recent update link?

[Daedelus]

Is there a link where I can read more about "two-phased" transactions?

edit: I found one here https://nxtforum.org/general/2-phased-transactions-post-implementation-specification/

Looks pretty good. :-)

Edit 2:  Is there a more recent update link?

I went to Nxtforum to as to see you had already done so 

That is the most comprehensive I have seen, let's wait for an answer.

[Daedelus]

Hi folks,

something for you to chew on. Please notice the indicator for pending transaction.

https://nxtforum.org/general-discussion/(core)-teaser-for-phased-transactions/

[nutildah]

Why does NXT now take an unbearably long time to load? It is completely impractical to wait for hours for the client to finally open, so THEN I can finally start downloading the blockchain, which also moves at an incredibly slow pace.

Whoever JeanLuc Picard is, your newest releases have pretty much killed NXT for me. Can you please do some rollbacks and announce when the client is back to the way it used to be (which was literally 20x faster to load)?

[Daedelus]

Takes 17 seconds for me.

Post in here for help on this: https://nxtforum.org/nrs-releases/nrs-v1-4-12/

[achimsmile]

Why does NXT now take an unbearably long time to load? It is completely impractical to wait for hours for the client to finally open, so THEN I can finally start downloading the blockchain, which also moves at an incredibly slow pace.

Whoever JeanLuc Picard is, your newest releases have pretty much killed NXT for me. Can you please do some rollbacks and announce when the client is back to the way it used to be (which was literally 20x faster to load)?

Mine takes 2 seconds to load

If you need an up to date blockchain, you can also download it from peerexplorer.com (there is a download link in the text there)

[ShroomsKit_Disgrace]

5secs here dudes

[Hollowman338]

Downloading the entire chain takes about an hour for me, but that happens only during version updates.  Otherwise it boots right up.

[nutildah]

Maybe I'm on some experimental release version.

[Daedelus]

Ultimate Guide To NXT: Monetary System PDF manual. Donations greatly appreciated.

[Daedelus]

OP updated, rather than Voting System in version 1.5 and 2-Phased Transactions in v1.6..

... they will both be in the next release, v1.5  

Last news:

1. Overbusy with all the stuff I'm working on at the moment.  So sorry for long replies / low public activity.

2. Jean-Luc & me are working on 1.5.0e polishing + 2 devs(jones/holgerd77) are working on UI. So yeah it will include voting system & two-phased transactions  

3. After 1.5.0e I plan to switch to bugfixing / performance for a while, and also research.

4. ConsensusResearch is going to finish current simulation / theoretical work and going to practical experimental implementation with Scorex, weekends project of mine.

5. Scorex ultra-compact & intentionally not-production-ready cryptocurrency. Started from Qora source code(24K lines of Java code) it will have 6-7K lines of Scala code, no native libs, Curve25519 for signing/verification, json API, command line client. Will be opensourced in February, initial ultracompact release will be named "Lagonaki". If you want to make experiments with a cryptocurrency, start with Lagonaki Then we'll add multibranching forging and test it in real life.

Kushti is implementing a test of changes to forging based on his POS research group's (ConsensusResearch) findings in point 5. Further details are scarce at the moment.

Seems the devs have taken to a round of bug fixing before the release of v1.5.

The latest version is now 1.4.15, for anyone not paying attention 

[Daedelus]

Updated OP in light of this:

Account Control is not a part of Two-Phased Transaction. It will be released later(1.6-1.7).

P2SH also will be implemented later(1.6?).

P2SH is a "Pay on secret reveal" transaction type and it removes the need for escrow when doing cross chain trades and opens the doors for truly decentralizaed exchanges.

[Daedelus]

1. Will have 1 hour lecture @CoinFestRussia http://en.coinfestrussia.com/ . If you around, welcome
2. Voting_2phased branch is merged with develop, so 1.5.0e will be deployed to the testnet soon

V1.5.0e released for testnet soon. If you look at the world map on peerexplorer.com, you'll see a dev node already running on the mainnet 

Usually 1-2 weeks between testnet and mainnet release. Another tool for Nxt's ecosystem is added 

[Daedelus]

Two little surprises added to the next release, in addition to Voting System and Two Phased Transactions.

1.5 is coming soon !

Next release (1.5):
Notification system in Client (https://nxtforum.org/general-discussion/%28core%29-start-of-the-notification-system/)
Plugin system in Client (https://nxtforum.org/nrs-client-development/%28client-plugins%29-specification-developers-guide/)
Voting System (https://nxtforum.org/general-discussion/%28video%29-a-walk-through-nxts-voting-system/)
Two phased transactions (https://nxtforum.org/general-discussion/%28core%29-teaser-for-phased-transactions/)

 

TL:DR

Notification System, you get messages in the UI when you have sold or bought something. Small but very useful addition!
Plugin System, allows third party plugins to connect directly into the Nxt Client. Expect something form SuperNet/Multigateway, Coinomat and a few others very soon.

[box0211]

would be interesting if there was a way to create a dynamic password generator that is somehow linked to your mobile with with an app like google authenticator when using nxt login.