Developer Update - 2/14/18
https://www.reddit.com/r/nanocurrency/comments/7xljtg/developer_update_21418/It’s been awhile since our last official Developer Update, so I’d like to give a decent size one today. We won’t call them daily anymore because it just leads to me getting pinged 300 times a day “When update?” but our plan is to still be giving updates as often as possible. The last week has been very difficult for our team and we have focused most of our time trying to figure out exactly what happened with BitGrail, it’s just difficult to do with such little information. We contacted the FBI as soon as we were informed and will continue to assist with investigations.
Our team was in Austin last week for our first official meetup and we want to start by thanking everyone who came. It was a casual get together in a brewery and instead of formal talks or a Q&A we decided to split the team up and mingle throughout the crowd. The turnout was fantastic and the attendees engaged us about Nano, signed up for wallet betas and drank several beers. The plan is to have more events around the country and eventually across the globe, both as larger conferences and smaller meetups. If you are interested in checking out some pictures from the event, please check them out here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GcATTXHCY0MwFrREhWM5ddhPEoJjCxGCYesterday our team added two new members to the Core team and we will continue to be adding accomplished individuals to the team. Brady Napier has been working with Nano for several months already in an unofficial role and has joined the team to focus on improving UX, but once you talk with him you will see he is able to assist us in almost every area. Roy Keene has also joined the Core team and has been vital working alongside Colin and the other developers on the Core protocol. Both Braden and Roy will both be formally introducing themselves this week to the community and feel free to reach out and say hello!
There has been a lot of questions the last few days of where our focus is and what our roadmap looks like. I can tell you that while we have concentrated heavily on the BitGrail issues the last several days, we are still fully committed to pushing Nano forward. The iOS wallet beta that was started last week will continue to add users tomorrow and ramp up towards the official release. Colin is working to finalize v.10 for release, the slow sync time for desktop wallets has been an issue facing users for some time now. The current sync time using v.10 is under 2 hours. Our plans remain as they have; we are focused on releasing user-friendly wallets, adding universal blocks, integrating hardware wallets, having a formal code audit performed by qualified individuals, working towards merchant integration and marketing Nano globally.
One final note is that we will be starting the desktop wallet beta this coming Friday. I know we don’t usually do ETA’s or announce dates ahead of time, but we decided to this time. Devin has done a great job and we are excited to share his work with all of you.