CR1776- thank you! it may not be but i will read and let you know! also i agree about the header, but i assure you i am not ignorant to what i was writing, it just did not come out the way i planned after editing my post. it does not come from a place of ignorancet hough, the "mess" was in reference to its current state as it is in a transation period. it is currently in the process of accounting being deprecated, with partially integrated multi-sig and soon-to-be partially implemented multi-wallet support. its only part way done in regards to the RPC. That is my opinion although i agree with your statement 100%, it does not make a good impression even though it was a focal point ofm y message before i changed it around.
HCP- i may wait, i just wonder how long, ill have to look in to it a bit more. thanks for the info!
no - sorry, no. I think this is too easy. Forces me into another comment (rant? Roll Eyes):
im all for a good rant, im just hoping the misunderstanding is now clear.
i responded to your points just out of good fun, but it does help me as well since if i should change i will. im playing devils advocate a bit here as i do agree with you, but i still think c# is best for my project and there is no viable way to run c# on a linux os using apache since it can not handle the .net framework. so then what, python+php? c++ even has issues. i just dont know about that.
yo ucan not ignore the extreme lack of EXTENSIVE software developed for linux, the repositories are growing but it is a fraction of what we can get with windows.
Windows 10 comes per default with "calling home" functionlaity, and you can de-activate it. Yes, but that's not my point. Also not the ongoing automatic "security" updates (which proofs, that software wasn't written correctly - and this is from professinal enterprise software developpers). Without wanting to go into real details and the overhowling long history of vulnarabilities in the operating system, you cannot trust closed source systems and drivers.
I think you confuse anonymity and personal security with software security.
100% agreed, however i will play devils advocate again for a moment. you also can not trust open source just becausei t is open source, its all on a per case basis depending on procedures the developers have in place. its a fallacy if you believe open source is secure because many eyes are better than few eyes. we know from experience that users of open source all depend on the next guy to check out and verify it, but most people with the ability to audit a software dont have the time or motivation, so it goes un-audited. truecrypt was open source, it took YEARS to audit and many flaws were found. the only people iwth true motivation to go through the source are hackers, paid auditors (some use them, but not all, but do you really trust them either?), the developers, Gov, and some oddballs that are very interested and bored, or enterprise that really care about security. this leaves a lot of open source projects left un-checked with their source open for all to see... and break.
and we are not discussing windows 10 here, we are talking about windows server. different kernal + os all together (slightly, but still different).
and software is never written correctly from day 1, new exploits arise, it usually is not fault of the developers (well it is fault of the developers but it is impossible for projects of that complexity to have all current and potential holes covered. the more complex a system, the more ways it can be broken). it may be fault of a library used or a plugin, it may be the fault of a partner software. look at ubuntu, it is a bloatware filled OS, i personally feel it is more secure than windows 10, but it has the same issues. updates help this, and while an ANONYMITY concern, its not a security concern due to modern day signature verification of the updates.
unless you read and understand the source yourself, and i mean actually read it through, you can trust it about as much as closed source.
You almost never have the source code to evaluate the possibly of hidden malfunctions. Compare this to Unix or xBSD, deep down into the kernel. Ahh, the kernel... the windoofs kernel integrates sooooo many functions and drivers, that the layer of rights can be easily violated with a single piece of software, and you don't know it. In Linux and xBSD and OSX the underlying OS has an onion type approach, for segregation of duties (best is OpenBSD IMHO).
I love debian, its my favorite os in conjunction with kde. but that is my personal preference, linux has flaws. its more secure because less hackers understand it, and you have more control over its operations. linux with an uneducated user is as bad as windows. but regardless, how often have you looked through openBSDs source? id bet good money you have not read and understood more than a few pages unless you are involved in the project. you expect others have though, but who? open bsd is the most popular so has the most eyes, but do you trust those eyes?
you say openBSD may have hidden malfunctions, well if that is the case it was not developed correctly from the start (ofcourse) and who will catch it first, an attacker or the good guys?
Whereas in older times it was annoying, that you got a blue screen, and had to restart your machine, nowadays it became a threat. And this threat became very much clear with the audio driver on HP systems. The audio driver logged each (cool, eh?) keystroke. Well, one might ask, why does an audio driver need to log each keystroke, but that's not the point where I want to go to. Fact is, this happens all the time, and imagine you are typing in your privkey or seed, and it is logged into a data structure, where you don't know what happens with it. Bitcoin is well enough known today, to store enourmos amounts of money... How can someone evaluate a closed source driver update (for sure only for security reasons)?
again we are discussing personal anonymity, not corporate security. and again, this can easily be prevented using proper firewall rules, the logging is bad buit without access to teh network it is useless.
the good thing is, if i dont know what happens to it, neither does an attacker, would i consider hp an attacker? no, a threat yes but to freedom as a whole not the security of my software unless the software was in some way a target of hp or the gov, which at this point is not the case. if hp ever caused financial losses to me or the users, its like a built in insurance policy when they are sued in a class action.
I really am an anonymity nut, but in business i feel windows is a valid option. its very enterprise oriented. C# is an amazing language, i mean its not VB were talking about here. C# can be everybodies best friend. i know real dirt low level languages, im pretty experienced with ASM to a small extent even, i even know very high level like java. c# can be both, sure its .net but it still has c++ functionality. and nobody would call c++ an insecure language.
windows should be avoided at all costs, windows 10 disgusts me with how they treat users as advertising IDs and nothing more, they are a curse on teh technology community and will put an end to interest in IT as a whole. but ill be damned if they didnt produce a great way to develop in depth web applications and software. if only iis and microsoft sql were up to speed. Windows, apache, mysql, c# is my preferred setup now second to lamp.
i dont touch java, never plan to unless persuaded properly.
What I try to say: Windows might be ok, as an operating system for companies and enterprises, cause they can afford to calculate the risk against the necessary security extensions. Same for professional or enterprise devs: how much additional effort do I need to take, to make it secure? This does not prevent developpers from providing bad code (as we have seen with many failing exchanges), due to financial constraints.
so we do agree here it seems...
ok, enough ranting around, let's go to work! It is better to start coding, and then improve, as to buid an entry barrier that would make people scary and avoid diving into the crypto space. So remains only my personal view, and is by no means inetnded to be offensive to anyone...
well before you said read before working i think, but as i have said, im already working. im just at a stand still until i decide how to move forward. write my own wallet over a 6 month span, or find an API/RPC/library.
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, and it starts with the header. Then there is lot of bla bla about a big team. And the impression is given, that there is lots of experience and knowledge behind. Just to finalize with "code = doc?". And a certain lazyness attitude. This is all fairly ok for a newbie. But doesn't match with the intro words. You can certainly get better answers, if you stay away from storytails, and get to the points immedeatly. 
