Hello everyone.
We are looking at the darsek issue at the moment, and currently have not found the root cause of the issue. I will be back intouch when we have an update.
As for the exchange, it has been delayed for at least 2 more weeks and more than likely 2 more months. I told the current developer to stop working on the project after I found that he was lying to me. Here is what happened.
The current Dev started work on the project on 4th Sept after the 1st guy did not have the skills necessary. He was to work on the project full time, and he stated that he had done similar projects in the past and with this in mind he suggested a 2 week timescale. I felt this optimistic but he was confident.
After 15 days he disappeared for 3 days and was not contactable. He reappeared and apologized, stating the reason was personal, and that he would continue with the project with immediate effect.
on the approx 22nd Sept he stated that the main reason for the delay was bad planning. He had planned to write the exchange from the ground up in Golang, and that he admitted this was not his usually language of choice. He stated the problems were to do with; the available golang bitcoin libs, being effectively buggy at best, and at worst broken.
He asked me at this point if I was happy to wait a little while longer and it will all be ported to Python, a language that he has a vast experience with. I agreed and at the end of September there was a working exchange.
However there were many bugs and many of the solutions were not immediately obvious. He decided to rewrite elements of the exchange. At this point (approx 1st Oct) I was given 2 days estimate for completion.
The dev then disappeared again and resurfaced a few days later, stating he was sorry and will continue development straight away. The reson was that a car had crashed from the street into his office. I took this reason and allowed him to continue.
Around the 6th or 7th Oct I was told 1-3 days Maximum. These days passed, and nothing. on approx the 10th October we tested the wallets and all worked 100% he just needed to finalize the bugs in the exchange algorithm. and Install the exchange at it's final destination. I gave the deadline on Sunday 13th.
On Sunday he was apparently implementing the exchange and uploading it. however I could see no activity on the VPS and then he stated he needed to visit family. No probs I thought if we are so close. He returned that evening but said he will need to complete tomorrow.
On Monday the 14th He was on Skype, stating he could not do the work so quickly as his internet speed is 80Kbps and he did not know the reason for the slow speed.
I checked VPS traffic and there was non. I knew he was lying and was just buying time. That evening he was on skype saying he was applying the finishing touches while uploading. I had to logout of Skype and boot into linux said I would be back in 30 mins.
After 1 1/2 hours I returned to skype to see he had uploaded nothing and was not on skype, and no emails from him. The next day he was also AWOL so I cancelled the deal with him. I was angry to say the least and I decided to cut my losses.
I feel bad, because I believe he was a very talented developer, but he has some real issues with time management and communication. He seems to be a lazy genius, coding what would take me 2 months in a week. He's a procrastinator though.
He is a forum member so he is welcome to voice his side of events. At present though I am not willing to work with someone that has this little regard for someone that is effectively his employer. we were 6 weeks into a 2 week project and my patience was at it's limit nd he did not seem to give a shit.
As a result, I have some exchange code in Python that I do not know what to do with. But I will write the exchange from scratch in mainly PHP. but this will delay it by a long time.
The good news is that I have asked Cryptsy to list the coins. To which they have said they are interested in doing this, but we will need to wait for them to finish their work at the new data-center first.
I expect them to list each coin with exception of Darsek based on the current issue. I want to say sorry to everyone involved with the coins.
and if anyone is a python expert then PM me.
We are looking at the darsek issue at the moment, and currently have not found the root cause of the issue. I will be back intouch when we have an update.
As for the exchange, it has been delayed for at least 2 more weeks and more than likely 2 more months. I told the current developer to stop working on the project after I found that he was lying to me. Here is what happened.
The current Dev started work on the project on 4th Sept after the 1st guy did not have the skills necessary. He was to work on the project full time, and he stated that he had done similar projects in the past and with this in mind he suggested a 2 week timescale. I felt this optimistic but he was confident.
After 15 days he disappeared for 3 days and was not contactable. He reappeared and apologized, stating the reason was personal, and that he would continue with the project with immediate effect.
on the approx 22nd Sept he stated that the main reason for the delay was bad planning. He had planned to write the exchange from the ground up in Golang, and that he admitted this was not his usually language of choice. He stated the problems were to do with; the available golang bitcoin libs, being effectively buggy at best, and at worst broken.
He asked me at this point if I was happy to wait a little while longer and it will all be ported to Python, a language that he has a vast experience with. I agreed and at the end of September there was a working exchange.
However there were many bugs and many of the solutions were not immediately obvious. He decided to rewrite elements of the exchange. At this point (approx 1st Oct) I was given 2 days estimate for completion.
The dev then disappeared again and resurfaced a few days later, stating he was sorry and will continue development straight away. The reson was that a car had crashed from the street into his office. I took this reason and allowed him to continue.
Around the 6th or 7th Oct I was told 1-3 days Maximum. These days passed, and nothing. on approx the 10th October we tested the wallets and all worked 100% he just needed to finalize the bugs in the exchange algorithm. and Install the exchange at it's final destination. I gave the deadline on Sunday 13th.
On Sunday he was apparently implementing the exchange and uploading it. however I could see no activity on the VPS and then he stated he needed to visit family. No probs I thought if we are so close. He returned that evening but said he will need to complete tomorrow.
On Monday the 14th He was on Skype, stating he could not do the work so quickly as his internet speed is 80Kbps and he did not know the reason for the slow speed.
I checked VPS traffic and there was non. I knew he was lying and was just buying time. That evening he was on skype saying he was applying the finishing touches while uploading. I had to logout of Skype and boot into linux said I would be back in 30 mins.
After 1 1/2 hours I returned to skype to see he had uploaded nothing and was not on skype, and no emails from him. The next day he was also AWOL so I cancelled the deal with him. I was angry to say the least and I decided to cut my losses.
I feel bad, because I believe he was a very talented developer, but he has some real issues with time management and communication. He seems to be a lazy genius, coding what would take me 2 months in a week. He's a procrastinator though.
He is a forum member so he is welcome to voice his side of events. At present though I am not willing to work with someone that has this little regard for someone that is effectively his employer. we were 6 weeks into a 2 week project and my patience was at it's limit nd he did not seem to give a shit.
As a result, I have some exchange code in Python that I do not know what to do with. But I will write the exchange from scratch in mainly PHP. but this will delay it by a long time.
The good news is that I have asked Cryptsy to list the coins. To which they have said they are interested in doing this, but we will need to wait for them to finish their work at the new data-center first.
I expect them to list each coin with exception of Darsek based on the current issue. I want to say sorry to everyone involved with the coins.
and if anyone is a python expert then PM me.
Did you hire Michael Burns? Lol...
This Michael Burns? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_R._Burns
