If you have sent me your gmail email Google Play would like you to know the invite will take up to 3 hours from now.
BetaPlease understand this is a beta, however all orders will be fulfilled. My
current priority is coding a better process for address generation, rate exchange and getting order confirmation time down to <10 minutes. This will ensure all currencies (>45) are available 99% of the time and I can increase limits from $5-$100 to $5-$1000. Right now half the addresses are generated in a unique manner while the rest are generated via other payment services. I want to get this completely automated so I can focus on new utility/services rather than processing orders.
Bugs & improvementsThere are still minor bugs and things I consider imperfect, but be assured because it is now accessible to a wider group of people I will take into account and appreciate all reports of issues. Tell me 'this part is crap' or 'broken for me' and I won't bite. My desire to squash imperfections will become obvious with the consistent updates that will be pushed to fix any problems. There are many aspects I want to and am improving, not just on the front-end, but at the same time I understand I can't work indefinitely on this until I feel it is perfect.
I am looking for device-specific display errors or just general hiccups, some feedback and what utility is specifically desired. I have added a new button to the front containing all
current development to-do's and features incoming in next patches (0.1a will be out around Sunday and address immediate concerns. This will make it easier for you to see what is being worked on.
Bounties will be rewarded for helping/bug-hunting on a case-by-case basis.
ProductsIt's also important to me and this service that gift cards are soon joined by bullion (which is a global option, not just Australia), so we're not 'just another gift-card app'. I don't want to pigeon-hole Noble in to seeming like an Australian-only option, there is just utility there I can fulfil in the immediate-term because I live here. Following that are automated feeds for all kinds of products, and the ability for users to trade or exchange with one another.
Outside the appI am still pursuing much of what I envisioned for a private currency outlined in the paper, just on a priority basis where I take into account 'what can be done immediately to show progress' (hence development/app), versus 'what will take time, paperwork, effort that may keep me interested but lead to the NOXT thread going the way it does'. I consider this the baseline, an early beta, step one of many, not the 'finished thing' - with a lot more work to go and features to add.
TimeI admit the current landscape for crypto-payments and regulations/fear of fines/etc. do slow me down or prevent me from pushing certain features even though I want to. That does not mean things aren't going ahead, just that I will sit until a certain level of certainty has been met. I'm probably patient with environment changes to the point that it drives everyone away. Sometimes it's a positive, often it isn't.
For a current understanding on the current environment, please see:http://www.clmr.unsw.edu.au/article/market-conduct-regulation/austrac-throws-regulatory-lifeline-to-%22de-banked%22-bitcoin-operatorshttp://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-23/accc-to-investigate-if-australia27s-banks-are-acting-unlawfull/6798988I want to make it clear in the long-term this will not make me walk away from digital currency. That will only happen if it is outright banned in Australia with threat of imprisonment. I still don't claim any of this is hiccup-free.
From a seperate discussion:
There is another arguable reason for these bans, and it has more to do with market dominance than the actions of convenient BTC criminals.
Bitcoin is leaving such a bad taste that these bans coincide with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia's recent announcements of working with both Ripple and R3 to build upon blockchain technology. Commonwealth Bank executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin says, and I quote, it is "..right to participate in an effort with a number of like-minded organisations to define the protocols around how blockchain technology could work on a global scale".
What the big four are doing is cutting off the lifeline of digital currency innovators in the country so that they can dominate the market and protect market share. While I doubt the ACCC's investigation into this view will lead to much..
..unfortunately this 'number of like-minded organisations' does not include any local businesses already in the Australian space and that have pioneered support for the technology. Westpac's (one of the big Australian banks closing Bitcoin-related business accounts) venture capital fund is specifically investing overseas in Bitcoin-related businesses while playing a role in denying banking access to local competitors of said business.
..at the end of the day I personally feel there is more than enough room for agile and disruptive apps that remain within the realm of legal and aren't encumbered by the slow, protective and traditional workings of large institutions. Even if the big guys are running around using the term blockchain and attracting large VC money it doesn't change the culture of waste of inefficiency. 'Blockchains' in this space are at best an 'IT upgrade' (very valuable, for sure), but not as super disruptive or 'money-paradigm-changing' as the permissionless and control-free/choice-focused ideals of Bitcoin-esque systems.
Mishmash of the app publishing:
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Here is a copy of the invite containing a little more info:
Hi,
I would like to warmly welcome you to the Noble application beta trials. For months I have been alpha-testing while working to protect myself - to varying degrees of success - in the ever-changing digital currency regulatory and legal environment. Today, I wiped the Alpha version and moved a closed invite-only APK on to the Google Play store.
Despite the increasingly dangerous environment for ‘grass-rooters’ the Noble application now grants an increased level of utility for a growing number of cryptocurrencies, primarily in Australia but also around the world. For an example of the challenges facing those without large backing from the traditional financial system see articles such as
http://www.coindesk.com/fincen-rules-commodity-backed-token-services-are-money-transmitters/ and
http://www.afr.com/technology/accc-considers-inquiry-into-banks-bitcoin-bans-20150922-gjs7p9.
I am reaching out to you because I would sincerely like you to sign up, spam, break, use, deconstruct, criticize, and provide feedback on how this application can more swiftly move forward. The application may have display or account/device-specific bugs, and I am counting on a wider circle of feedback to squash and polish them. Sometimes features/coins will come and go or limits may be set, but for the most part payments and purchases are available and all are guaranteed. If AML/KYC versus anonymity is important to you, please know that while AML/KYC support is a feature, no personal details are required whatsoever.
All that is currently required is an Android device and Google email account (for access via Google Play closed beta support). Once received you will receive an email and access within 24 hours.
On top of the immediately available real-world use and utility for multiple cryptocurrencies, I am testing social and accounts features, educational games and achievements, Shapeshift integration (automated exchange, processing, rates and payments being the priority in current development), distributing participating currencies faucet-style, and a variety of ways for users to engage in trade and market not only from myself but between one another. These will be rolled out consistently on top of the current Beta once sufficient feedback and logging has been reached for each version tier.
I am and have always been committed to growing the digital currency ecosystem while remaining as true as realistically possible to many (albeit I admit not all) of Satoshi’s original vision.
If you unable or not interested in testing please find attached screenshots of the latest application. I would greatly appreciate your discretion and feedback in private.
Current patch notes
Noble Suite Alpha (Android) 0.1
- Account registration, logins, confirmation, reset capability for non-Alpha users
- Logging of active purchases and payments for reward points
- Purchase approximately 239 internationally available gift cards or send to friends as gift
- Initial focused support for digital currencies Bitcoin (BTC), Dash (DASH), Diamond (DMD), Dogecoin (DOGE), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), NobleCoin (NOBL), NobleNXT (NOXT), NXT (NXT), and Ripple (XRP).
- Total support for over 46 different cryptocurrencies
- Pay Australian utility and rental bills, taxes, and credit card repayments using digital currencies via BPAY (Noble is not affiliated with BPAY in any way).
- Direct Australian bank deposits with digital currencies using an account number and BSB.
- View payment and purchase history
- Introductory mobile gift card wallet
Thanks,
Jason