"No pool" was his main and original concept, but I don't think ocminer did a bad thing on purpose. It was a challenge for any pool owner. Ocminer just solve a challenge.

Yeah, 1% hashrate, cool. that's a big pool!!!! everyone is minig there!!!! omg, omg
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No need to be so negative.    I'm just trying to share my thoughts in this bad situation. Look at my posts and you should see I'm doing it really rare.
Its not a big pool right now, but there's a possibility to become big or there could be other pools in the future too.
Like I said I would gladly help in any form to save SPR.

Whether intentional or not, permanent or temporary, Mr Spread's absence is something that Spreadcoin would have had to deal with sooner or later. TBH, programmers of Mr Spread's ability tend to move on as their interests in other areas develop, in these instances anything other than a clean break creates a lingering decision paralysis that often proves to be the ruination of the project. The current situation is a something of a baptism by fire and likely to prove the making or the breaking of the coin.

It's a very good sign that people are stepping forward to offer assistance, it betokens an inclusive group --- and IME, for purely existential reasons, Open Source developer groups absolutely have to offer a low impedance to those wanting to come on board, else the inevitable attrition will whittle the group down to an ossified and beleaguered rump of die-hards.

I'd like to see an education programme about coin logistics, node and explorer deployment, website and content development, right through to public speaking about crypocurrency in general and Spreadcoin in particular. If Spreadcoin gains significant traction, someone will have to perform these tasks / fulfil these roles in a consistent and capable manner.

Cheers

Graham

Quote from: Strumpet! on February 23, 2015, 09:19:47 pm

Is there some specific direction you'd like to head in?

At the moment, I don't get any clear sense of the direction in which the community is oriented or even if there is anything even approaching a consensus (I suspect that's partly due to Mr Spread's omission of a public vision). It's very likely that Spreadcoin's trajectory will be in at least the same quadrant as Darkcoin's; given the heritage, it can hardly be otherwise.

Nevertheless, there's still more than adequate scope for the identification of a coherent set of brand values and the creation of a distinctive brand identity, both of which, by necessity, will have to be a true reflection of the existing community's values and any nascent group identity that begins to coalesce. Sorry if that's rather vague, it's a difficult subject to articulate.

Cheers

Graham

For the community to reach concensus we need working examples first, that we can test and approve.
I want to see many different forks that demonstrate how it might work one way or the other, and THEN we can reach a possible concensus by choosing the one fork that will add most value to spreadcoin.

At the moment I can recognize at least 3 different paths mentioned by different people of the community (I would love to see test net versions of each of those):

1) test round 2 with improved parameters. (Mr. Spread's mn-test branch improved)
2) strumpet's version with fix amount MNs
3) my version with flexible max amount of MNs (total coins/2880)

I am working on 3)... who is working on 1) + 2) ?

What I want to say with this is: I don't think we need a clear direction at the moment. What we need is innovative devs and testers that want to try new things out. All the time.

I agree, it just doesn't make sence. But are there programmers that can push this project forward until Mr. Spread comes back.

Quote from: SandwichSpread on February 24, 2015, 07:39:40 am

I agree, it just doesn't make sence. But are there programmers that can push this project forward until Mr. Spread comes back.

I havent had time to look over the code completely yet but will make time tomorrow, I can progtram C++, C#, Java the list goes on so I'm pretty confident I can pick up  where he left off. My biggest issue will be time, I run an IT department which as you can imagine takes up a lot of time. There are few programmers within the community so between us we should be able to keep it running in the right direction, the main thing at the moment is to establish what direction to head in.

Might be a good idea to organise a live chat session on irc or something similar so we can all have a proper discussion?. Thoughts anyone?

I think that is a good idea, I can give imput but I'm not a programmer. I want to see this project succeed!
Maybe set up a new thread?

Quote from: SandwichSpread on February 24, 2015, 07:39:40 am

I agree, it just doesn't make sence. But are there programmers that can push this project forward until Mr. Spread comes back.

I havent had time to look over the code completely yet but will make time tomorrow, I can progtram C++, C#, Java the list goes on so I'm pretty confident I can pick up  where he left off. My biggest issue will be time, I run an IT department which as you can imagine takes up a lot of time. There are few programmers within the community so between us we should be able to keep it running, we do need some sort of road map of which dirextion to go. If we have multiple forks and no clear goals people will lose faith in spr which is the last thing we need.

Might be a good idea to organise a live chat session on irc or something similar so we can all have a proper discussion?. Thoughts anyone?

I completely agree. We should definitely set a time for IRC. Also I think our next immediate step is creating some sort of testnet version. Even if it's only a small tweak to the code. The public needs to see that we are moving forward. Can anyone create a simple tweak that we can begin testing within the next week?

Ill talk to him. Honestly an interesting project is more likely going to sway him rather then crowd funding. Well see..

Sad to admit the reality but it looks like something happened to the dev that prevents him from continuing this project.

I don't believe for a minute that he abandoned it out of free will. Whatever happened to him is speculation at best. I agree this project is worth continuing and for that we need to attract top programmer(s). Not to replace Mr. Spread but to continue the development in his absence.

What can we offer potential candidates and how will we select a competent programmer?

My suggestion would be to:

1) Have them compile a test release from github repository (qt compiling on all platforms is a challenge in itself)
2) If point 1 succeeds: have them program test version 3 based on a community wish list
3) after completion of point 2) we can think about a new release version including masternodes

and compensate them with:

1) Dev fund in SPR
2) or Dev fund in BTC
3) Other means of compensation

Thoughts?

I agree. I think we should pay in SPR though. That way the dev has incentive to make the project go well.