I've been reading some of the posts from the original [ANN] thread and I'm hooked. Just a question about the current dev team though. Is it true that the original developer - BCNext, is no longer involved in the project? And Come-from-Beyond is running things now?
Jean Luc is the lead developer. CfB is still heavily involved.
Wesley is the client developer
There are other developers involved on some way (l8orre, CIYAM, jl777, ChuckOne, doctorevil, mczarnek, kushti)
Oh that's good then. I just wish the original dev didn't leave so early. Even Satoshi stayed around for a couple of years.
BCNext delivered a single Java file with the basis of Nxt and notes to the community to Come-from-Beyond. Everything after that was done by the community. Come-from-Beyond said BCNext followed the posts on the megathread, he was watching our discussion.
Nxt has many references to George Orwell's book '1984' within it, a book where Big Brother was always watching. As CIYAM pointed out once, a theme in the book is whether Big Brother really existed at all.
When BCNext 'left', it caused much more of a stir outside of the community than it did within it
I wouldn't worry about BCNext and his legacy, the direction of Nxt is in the hands of everybody who wants to get involved.
If there is something you want to see in Nxt, go to the Tech Fund committee for the cash and get a dev on the jobs board and go for it
Or, as many are doing, launch it on the AE and fund it yourself. Exciting times.
P.s. Do you remember the useful role of Randall Stephens in the Shawshank Redemption? A hard man to find, could be relevant here
The ghost of BCNext could still be walking among us, protected by the distance from his work he now enjoys.
(P.p.s ^ This ^ is speculation on my part )
