All,
It comes to my attention that Namecoin is in need of a lightweight wallet to strore one's coins.
I am proposing to port the MultiBit Bitcoin client ( see:
https://multibit.org/ ) to be used for Namecoin (NMC).
The Bitcoin foundation has now recommended that desktop clients use MultiBit SPV mechanism rather that Bitcoin-QT. This mechanism does not require that users spend days downloading the entire Bitcoin blockchain.
This kind of convenience and usability would be a big boost to the adoption of NMC as a currency.
The current namecoin client is still on version 3.72 which dates back several years.
This proposal is to make available a new client that will run on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Furthermore, this proposal will make possible the development of Namecoin clients for Android phones.
The effort required to do this port will require the porting of two existing Bitcoin open source projects into Namecoin. Specifically:
(1) Bitcoinj
(2) MultiBit
This takes a considerable amount of work and I am therefore seeking donations for this effort:
Namecoin address: MwDtDr6FxHAav4FqxcqqfKDdZM3J3oYsi4
If you are heavily invested in NMC, please consider investing to this project to further NMC development.
Regards,
FrictionlessCoin
P.S. A similar port for iXcoin is underway, however that is funded by a separate fund raising activity. See:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ixc-ixcoin-core-development-fundraising-349790