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This week has seen BITZ added to Bittrex (
https://bittrex.com/Market/Index?MarketName=BTC-BITZ) and we have a new block explorer up thanks to Presstab (
http://www.presstab.pw/phpexplorer/BITZ/ or bitz.presstab.pw). This will assist in stabilising the network and the two block explorers provide a slightly different view of the network.
There was a slight problem with the master node (192.64.115.186 / server1.bitznode.biz) and we have reconfigured it and hopefully that should again aid to stabilise the network. At the moment, the network looks healthy although only about 35% of Bitz are staking, but as you can see the number of "orphans" has gone down.
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I am currently setting up a new Linux server to run a Cointopay client and so get Bitz added to their payment system. So, it seems you will be able to use Bitz to buy stuff soon.
We are still reviewing the staking mechanism and may choose to implement a fairer system in the near future.
Lessons learnt. It is difficult to set a time specific "road map" as the nature of this whole venture seems to change all the time and we have to re-prioritise and focus on getting the basic infrastructure running safely before embarking on new features. There has been some anomalies after being added to Bittrex and we are trying to analyse that.
I think that we will focus on finding any weaknesses in the code /staking and getting the Cointopay server up and then we'll see...
As always, stay safe and we'll get to where we want to be soon(ish)...
ED: Oh, yes, I donated 2000 BITZ to a faucet at:
https://www.cryptopia.co.nz/Faucet so get some free Bitz