For those interested in trying more beta software, check out staging.siafiles.com
Currently, the site only works with '.sia' files, which are a lot like .torrent files. Unfortunately, you can't use '.sia' files with the UI, you have to use siac. To create a file, run
siac renter share [nickname] [outputname.sia]
To load a file into sia, run
siac renter load [filename.sia]
Then the UI should show the file, and you should be able to download it. Or you can download it from siac using
siac renter download [nickname] [the/place/to/download/file.jpg]
In the next week or so we will be adding ascii support. The code for staging.siafiles.com can be found here:
https://github.com/NebulousLabs/Sunfish/tree/stagingEventually, sunfish will be directly integrated into the UI.
Additional things in the roadmap:
+ Multi-GB uploads, instead of capping at 500mb
+ uploading entire folders, instead of just 1 file at a time
+ rewritten, plugin-based UI (with tutorials for how to make your own plugins
+ exchange friendly wallet API
+ safer wallets (pregenerated addresses, encrypted wallet files, unique filenames for all wallets)
+ faster blockchain download + verification
+ smaller memory footprint for siad (currently between 1GB & 2GB, I believe we can get it to 1/4 of that)
+ no need to restart siad after loading new addresses or wallets, rescanning will be automatic (but may take a few minutes)