Two things, which I'm posting here as a general FYI, since the BCT thread doesn't get updated as much as other channels.
The first is from PIVX's Exchange Coordinator John M on Discord, via Turtleflax on Reddit (
https://www.reddit.com/r/pivx/comments/7msi7c/donation_fund_for_exchange_listing/):
Good evening everyone. I have been working with exchanges to get added to them, and we have run into a small roadblock. Some of these exchanges require payment for addition. Now these aren't fees for listing, but rather funds for promotions and airdrops. Most, if not all of the funds get distributed back to the community. Some very generous members of the community have put forward some PIVX to help negotiations with other exchanges already, but we need to have a pool for this so that we have some negotiation power when speaking with larger exchanges. I personally think around 4000 PIVX for a pool is sufficient. This would allow us to move quickly with the exchanges, instead of having a coin with a budget for this getting listed first. PIVX address is DGNe3hSAJnZwMTuCCRKEaqCKzjMvkbgNWr BTC address is 3QxJGj4FLAWM7s9WwKVxL7CVVvuH5QkXb6
The second is from user Sieress on Reddit/Discord (
https://www.reddit.com/r/pivx/comments/7n0yud/pivx_masternode/drydlgg/):
[...] The 2018 road map is still being finalized so this list is in no way set in stone.
To start with, we're in discussions with at least 5 of the top 15 exchanges with at least 3 of them already working on development and test for listing PIVX, apologies I can't say who, there are NDA's around the discussions of listing prior to announcements.
The iOS mobile wallet is just about (if not already) to complete testing, that will be submitted to Apple before the year end which will tick off our last promised roadmap item for 2017.
The new wallet redesign has had it's pull request submitted and ready to be rolled out, we also have a completely overhauled PIVX wallet to be released next year using JavaFX.
The core wallet should also incorporate BIP 39 and 44 which allow for wallet recovery seeds.
Hopefully the dandelion protocol work makes it into 2018, with this protocol, privacy goes to the next level where addresses will no longer be able to be linked to IP's. This would be huge but there's been some issues found with the Dandelion library (they are their own project similar to zerocoin) delaying the ability to integrate into PIVX.
Of course, there's zDEX to be released towards the end of Q1 which will allow in wallet trades of zPIV <> BTC. This introduces MN's being able to collect the fees from these trades as an incentive to run their MN's.
The masternode tool is going to be released in Q1 allowing for collateral to be stored on the ledger instead of a PC. It'll also have a few features the are unique to MNO's.
zPIV staking should be rolled out early Q1 along with deterministic zPIV (zPIV recovery seeds, so zPIV mints are no longer locked to the wallet.dat they were minted on). This will encourage a large volume of piv to move to zPIV as the rewards for zPIV staking are higher.
We should also start to see the first phase implementation of CDG (community designed governance), this will give all holders of piv a vote in the proposals.
There are also partnerships with up and coming projects like adbank, local world forwarders and unity, there's a new initiative being worked on called PIVX ambassadors where people represent PIVX to their community which is supported by PIVX (merch & funding). Oh and there's the POS app coming to push merchant adoption in a big way.
That's a lot of the road map stuff coming in 2018, it's going to be a big year and that's not all of it
. So why will it take off? Sure there's all this great tech coming but it's the community that will really launch us. The community is taking the initiative to roll out PIVX to their local communities and businesses. ONEZetty in Mexico, Buer in the UAE, Jeffrey in South Africa, Snappy in Canada (just to name a few) are getting involved in promoting the project to their friends / families / local businesses / hosting meetups, it's the drive of the community that will move this awesome project to the people.
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