I understand Frictionlesscoin's point of view. Probably, for people like me and you Vlad, it's difficult to perceive the value of a new/revised software. That's why a new way to deal with the issue could be nice.
There are websites like this
https://www.freelancer.co.ukallowing you to create a contest for the work to be done.
As always, lacking of any sort of Foundation, it's not clear who is supposed to do it.
You are again trying to build the structure starting from the roof, not from the foundations.
Luke, did you not once proposed a Foundation? Am I wrong?
I understand Friction's point, but he's wrong in a sense. Counterparty is worth more than IXC precisely because supposed techies don't have any common sense and they think there's some competitive advantage which Counterparty has in their innovation.
That's cause since my first day here, people, supposed computer literate people, keep regurgitating the same lies about features [along with the same lies about Bitcoin being anonymous and decentralized]. I'm no techie and it took me only 1 month to realize that something which can be easily and legally copied is not an advantage.
This means, Friction, that any price advantage Counterparty has is only temporary and it's nothing more than poor education and lack of understanding by investors, something which cannot last very long. It's nothing more than a temporary perception glitch, a valuation error. With time, the misconceptions and errors in valuations go away and those with real competitive advantages rise to the top.
As for investing in this coin, from what I know of the premine, there are still a lot of coins available for bounties. So maybe you should talk to the person who holds the premine and has specifically set aside a large part of it for bounties. I worked hard and paid cash for my iXcoins and just because I was wise enough [or fool enough] to have bought more than most doesn't mean I'm gonna pay for every update.
I will do my best, just like last time, to rally support and get people to pitch in. And depending on how I'm doing financially, I may pitch in something myself, once again, but that shouldn't be expected from any one member, especially one struggling financially.
And especially not when we still have a lot of iXcoins earmarked for bounties. We shouldn't have to pay a single coin for necessary updates until that bounty money has been exhausted.