Suggested user experience improvements for Rein:
- Explanation of bitcoin, somewhere.
- Making verification of escrow easy (say, generated URLs that the user can click and see if the addresses are funded).
- Desktop / e-mail notifications.
- Would love to have more direct access to user wallet createntials - digging in db's is not something the user should ever have to do.
- Built-in update system, maybe?
- Perhaps some sort of profile for users, so that others can see their previous jobs, portfolio links, etc?
Edit: These have been included and prioritized into the above Q2 roadmap
Topic: [ANN] Rein - Decentralized Freelance Market (Read 10568 times)
Development Roadmap Q2 2017
Usability / UX (ordered by descending priority)
Support manual payment amount. This allows for fiat-based pricing
User lookup - get enrollment from server by SIN, master, or delegate key
Mediator collect/presign payment
Email notifications
Show/hide delegate or payment keys/xprvs for import into other wallets
Enrollment updates
Previous jobs, portfolio links (with strong warning) on profile user profile page
Explanation of Bitcoin, link to FAQ, help docs
Mediator search
I18n
Translate web interface
Mobile App
Android app based on http://imgur.com/a/nDpXW
Client-side encrypted mode
Chrome extension
Network efficiency
Client helps share docs between servers
Safety
Links to discussion forums about trust/ratings issues
Privacy
Enable bids and later in order flow to be encrypted for decryption only by parties to transaction
Usability / UX (ordered by descending priority)
Support manual payment amount. This allows for fiat-based pricing
User lookup - get enrollment from server by SIN, master, or delegate key
Mediator collect/presign payment
Email notifications
Show/hide delegate or payment keys/xprvs for import into other wallets
Enrollment updates
Previous jobs, portfolio links (with strong warning) on profile user profile page
Explanation of Bitcoin, link to FAQ, help docs
Mediator search
I18n
Translate web interface
Mobile App
Android app based on http://imgur.com/a/nDpXW
Client-side encrypted mode
Chrome extension
Network efficiency
Client helps share docs between servers
Safety
Links to discussion forums about trust/ratings issues
Privacy
Enable bids and later in order flow to be encrypted for decryption only by parties to transaction
hey man, do you want help in translating app to Spanish?
I think we're good for now since I have the messages.po file. If you want to take all of the translations and get them into the i18n branch, pm me and I'll send them to you. 
hey man, do you want help in translating app to Spanish?
Updated roadmap.
Look very promising and active. Good luck with your project!
If you need any help, just let me know.
If you need any help, just let me know.
Development Roadmap Q1 2017
Mobile App
Android based on http://imgur.com/a/nDpXW
iOS app based on http://imgur.com/a/nDpXW - In process
Usability
BIP32/BIP39 - Done
Easier final payments - Adding a wallet feature that builds, signs, and sends transactions via choice of third-party API. - Done
Explore client-side encryption - In process
I18n
Make app translatable - Done
Primary languages ofPhilippines, India, China, Nigeria, Ukraine, Latvia, and Thailand - In process
Safety
Begin on reputation system, generate SIN - Done
Enable user to rate others referenced by job - Done
Network efficiency
Client helps share docs between servers
Privacy
Enable bids and later to be encrypted for decryption only by parties to transaction
Change doc format to json
Mobile App
Android based on http://imgur.com/a/nDpXW
iOS app based on http://imgur.com/a/nDpXW - In process
Usability
BIP32/BIP39 - Done
Easier final payments - Adding a wallet feature that builds, signs, and sends transactions via choice of third-party API. - Done
Explore client-side encryption - In process
I18n
Make app translatable - Done
Primary languages of
Safety
Begin on reputation system, generate SIN - Done
Enable user to rate others referenced by job - Done
Network efficiency
Client helps share docs between servers
Privacy
Enable bids and later to be encrypted for decryption only by parties to transaction
Change doc format to json
Bitcoin Freelancing & Dogfooding Rein
https://medium.com/@dsterry/bitcoin-freelancing-dogfooding-rein-ba78937757ba#.qwuuc8k33
https://medium.com/@dsterry/bitcoin-freelancing-dogfooding-rein-ba78937757ba#.qwuuc8k33
Current funding needs
~0.5 BTC for BIP32/39 in setup process
1.5 BTC for mobile app prototype
If you wish to help fund, let us know. Your donation can go directly into a multisig escrow for a specific job.
Timeline
Oct. 2015 - Planning begins
Jan 2016 - Alpha tagged, command-line version
March 2016 - First transaction completed - a digital painting
May 2016 - Tor support
Oct 2016 - Web-based user interface
~0.5 BTC for BIP32/39 in setup process
1.5 BTC for mobile app prototype
If you wish to help fund, let us know. Your donation can go directly into a multisig escrow for a specific job.
Timeline
Oct. 2015 - Planning begins
Jan 2016 - Alpha tagged, command-line version
March 2016 - First transaction completed - a digital painting
May 2016 - Tor support
Oct 2016 - Web-based user interface
Still looking for more devs. Also someone with experience in management and growth of free open source software communities. If you know anyone, please stop by #Rein on freenode IRC.
Posted a new job for any of you python devs out there to help improve Rein's document sharing among servers. Budget is 0.1+ BTC.
Released v0.2.0-alpha.
Changelog:
* GUI for identity setup and for job creators (post, offer jobs, accept deliveries, file disputes)
Changelog:
* GUI for identity setup and for job creators (post, offer jobs, accept deliveries, file disputes)
Added nice article with updated pics of some stuff by BetByBitcoin: Review decentralized freelance market – Rein
It looks good perhaps we'll try it
Tor Support
Added Tor support to the Python-rein client. To get it, just 'git pull' and run 'python setup.py install'.
Then enable it with 'rein tor true'.
Finally, it's setup to use the default address and port provided by the Tor browser so from there on it should either work or throw an error that the socket cannot connect.
If anyone wants to review the code that added it, I'd greatly appreciate the extra eyeballs on the code. https://github.com/ReinProject/python-rein/pull/50
Time awareness in Rein using Bitcoin Core powers
In the last weeks, the server and client have both become time and blockchain aware. In short, the server connects to a local copy of Bitcoin Core to start providing latest block hashes and times for clients to include in their contracts. Thusly, the blockchain's time keeping can be used easily to enable expiration and updating of mediator availability, job postings, and bids.
Added Tor support to the Python-rein client. To get it, just 'git pull' and run 'python setup.py install'.
Then enable it with 'rein tor true'.
Finally, it's setup to use the default address and port provided by the Tor browser so from there on it should either work or throw an error that the socket cannot connect.
If anyone wants to review the code that added it, I'd greatly appreciate the extra eyeballs on the code. https://github.com/ReinProject/python-rein/pull/50
Time awareness in Rein using Bitcoin Core powers
In the last weeks, the server and client have both become time and blockchain aware. In short, the server connects to a local copy of Bitcoin Core to start providing latest block hashes and times for clients to include in their contracts. Thusly, the blockchain's time keeping can be used easily to enable expiration and updating of mediator availability, job postings, and bids.
Scheduled a Blab for Thursday March 24th at 8pm PST if anyone has questions or wants help getting setup.
https://blab.im/david-r-sterry-decentralized-freelancing-with-rein-ask-questions-get-setup-chat
https://blab.im/david-r-sterry-decentralized-freelancing-with-rein-ask-questions-get-setup-chat
The tech talk last night was a ton of fun and thank you for everyone that logged on for it.
Thinking about hosting a blab.im session sometime this week to talk about Rein and help anyone who wants to get setup. Anyone interested?
Thinking about hosting a blab.im session sometime this week to talk about Rein and help anyone who wants to get setup. Anyone interested?
This can be seen at the simple job listings at http://rein1-sfo.reinproject.org:5000/jobs
Oh, I like Spectacle! Thank you!I'm trying to install Rein the Debian way; I'd have a question: why have you chosen Python 2.7, instead of Python 3? If I'm not wrong all dependencies are available in a Python 3 version, and packaging Python 2 applications could be problematic very soon.
[EDIT]
https://github.com/ReinProject/python-rein/issues/40
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Ciao!
A little update. Rein has now seen it's first job posting for a web template by a new user of the protocol.
This can be seen at the simple job listings at http://rein1-sfo.reinproject.org:5000/jobs
Also, that same user Flamcake has bid to tackle the Rein theme song and that bid has been accepted!
This can be seen at the simple job listings at http://rein1-sfo.reinproject.org:5000/jobs
Quote
Blog theme
By: Flamcake Master: 13PiFqmcFDYW36GYMuxtumPPB4p3674CWQ Job ID: ptsd1lvz2seajxk41tbu
Description: I need a basic blog theme that will be easy to edit for a new blogger. I need to be able to ad a header for a sponsor and 3 blocks for affiliate links and adds on the right hand site.
By: Flamcake Master: 13PiFqmcFDYW36GYMuxtumPPB4p3674CWQ Job ID: ptsd1lvz2seajxk41tbu
Description: I need a basic blog theme that will be easy to edit for a new blogger. I need to be able to ad a header for a sponsor and 3 blocks for affiliate links and adds on the right hand site.
Also, that same user Flamcake has bid to tackle the Rein theme song and that bid has been accepted!
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