Thank you, much appreciated.
In other news.. the polls are in, and it was a close vote but the community is in favor of pursuing both a multipool and Tor implementation simultaneously. This route will cost more APEX upfront but will give us a better chance to gain value quickly as more features will be implemented in a shorter amount of time, allowing us to play catchup faster. We are pleased to announce that the team saw which choice the polls were favoring and decided to get a day's head start on both projects. At this time, we feel comfortable enough to also give a rough estimate on the timeframe of completion.
Tor implementation should take between 4-7 days. The dev plans on working through the weekend until it is complete. However, we do not want to rush this and plan on fully testing the new wallet to ensure that it is fully compatible with the current network and that everyone's coins are safe. That is the priority, and will delay this release if necessary, but we are fairly confident that we can release this in the allotted time.
The multipool takes a little longer, and should be ready between 2-3 weeks from now. When the time comes, we may ask the community to point some hash for a few hours to test it out before releasing this service to the public.
Please note that these are estimates, and these services may become available earlier or later than expected. We will keep everyone updated and try to give 24 hour's notice before officially releasing these features through our homepage, this thread, and our twitter/facebook feeds.
In the meantime, we would like to hear from the community about other features they feel would help APEX through phase 2. We will be gathering ideas, throwing some out ourselves, and conduct a poll a couple days prior to Tor release to decide the next feature we will focus on. Current ideas include multi-signature addresses, android wallet, different wallet versions with different themes/features (such as price index, volume, etc), and publicity stunts to solidify a brand name, just to name a few. Please feel free to add to the list and we will add it to the master list to be voted on.
Thank you for participating in the poll, there will be more to come.