Hi Serge,
Thanks for writing.
Do I understand correctly that there are no plans to other mentoined features?
It would be incorrect to deduce we have no plans for Masternode/InstantX/Darksend.
To be completely honest with you, it sounds like you're asking, "When will Mincoin be Dash?"
Here is my development forecast for the next few months.
As you know, we upgraded to the tip of the 0.8 Satoshi branch earlier this summer.
Our immediate plan involved doing so such that we would be able to implement the Hard Fork we executed on September 28th.
The Hard Fork was designed to fix two critical deficiencies in the Mincoin protocol.
The first was our classic difficulty adjustment algorithm and the second was the low coinbase maturity threshold.
These have been addressed by replacing the difficulty adjustment algorithm with our new Splash Guard and increasing the coinbase maturity threshold to 300 for mined blocks.
We wanted to get this behind us and have v0.8.8.0 be the final release in the 0.8 branch of the Satoshi reference client.
At the time, the future upgrades were then focused on making a release based on the 0.10 branch in order to secure the Mincoin chain w/ the benefits of BIP66 and BIP65.
As you know, things like a modern Android wallet currently rely on features found in the newest Bitcoin Core code.
Our goal is to provide these amenities to Mincoin users by progressively upgrading the Mincoin code base to support those features.
It is a bit orthogonal to strive to integrate Bitcoin Core upstream features, bringing Mincoin to the latest and greatest from the reference client while at the same time incorporating new features from Dash.
Each time a new feature gets ported into Mincoin code from one of the other altcoins, we then need to maintain that integration each time we rebase against a newer version of Bitcoin Core.
Hence, I had figured Mincoin will upgrade to a 0.13 or 0.14 branch of Bitcoin Core code, then start incorporating some of the more exotic and fancy features with regard to coin mixing, stealth, masternodes, etc.
In short, we want the best coin possible but don't know of any shortcuts to get us there.
I should take this opportunity to mention we are recruiting.
Any contributions from blockchain developers, Qt UI designers and other talented operators will help us to add more value quickly.
Which of the above features you requested do you think is the most important to secure the chain?
Which of the above features you requested do you think will attract the most new users?
Which of the above features you requested do you think will be the most attractive to new developers considering a contribution to the Mincoin project?
Best Regards,
-Chicago