Hi All. I have seen my name thrown around here, so let me just address a few things really quick.
I was asked to help out with RPC, as I have been a fan of his for sometime, and it seems he is ok with the coin, I decided to help.
I have created this pull request into the offical repository.
https://github.com/ronpaulcoin/ronpaulcoin/pull/10The only thing that will need to be changed is the block number the change goes into effect. line 1118 of main.cpp. I will leave that to Colin once he is ready.
There are also a few other changes which may go into. New icons, fee structure change, and dns nodes, from other developers. Again I will leave all of that to Colin.
What I have added is a few missing and incorrect functions:
Fixed: hardcoded checkpoints, and checkpoint code.
Fixed: Alertkey (it was the litecoin alertkey, this is no good)
Fixed: Testnet, new code changes can be now be easily tested, in a safe environment.
Added: rpc function makekeypair. Can be used to update keys quickly if the need comes.
Added: Sync Checkpoint. Checkpoints can be pushed from a node, to prevent 51% attacks. I am not the key keeper, nor the node, someone else on the ronpaulcoin team will handle that.
Changed: Difficultly structure. The diff will now be changed every 48 blocks with 11% max change. This is a step in the right direction. It can also be changed to use a more aggressive approach in the future, such as the gravity well. But this should work for now. And will keep the coin from being flashed mined. If you guys would rather wait for a more aggressive approach, well that is up to Colin.
I have done this without any payment, upfront, or even promised. I won't turn away any gifts though obviously. I did this because, as stated I like Dr. Paul, and I would hate to see this coin trashed. I also know that there is a lot of enthusiasm for Ron Paul, I would like to see some of that spill over into HBN.
I have worked very hard on HBN over the past 6 months. To create a unique, fast, and fun wallet. I've lost about 1 week so far working on RPC, which wold have gone into further dev work for HBN. And with zero vested interest in rpc, finding time for continued development will be difficult. I have many future plans for HoboNickels. Including a strong libertarian movement for charitable giving.
Libertarians don't want government to be required to give out handouts for the poor and needy. In order for that not to happen, then we must help each other.
By EOQ2 of 2014, I plan to release HBN version 1.4. This will add new functions that will make giving to each other extremely easy and efficient. This will take us one more step towards removing more and more assistance from government to provide these things.
In short. If you want to see further development from me into RPC. Then I would like to see a few things from you all.
Add buy walls into HBN. I want to see my investors and miners treated well. I have never sold 1 HBN at the bid. I do put them up on the ask.
Donate: BTC: 148agZUjQNurmPScPi7kfyt2H3VDkZsVeq RPC: RJBzCLqDZRJRh2dEM2s4QvZ9bNiQrKiNEj
Thanks all, I wish you the best of luck!