Topic: NXT :: descendant of Bitcoin - Updated Information - page 1708. (Read 2761645 times)

cause if you look at two strings: DatS7 and opKrN you instantly see the difference, the lesser the alphabet, the less difference is visible on two words over that alphabet...

Apologies if I posted this already - why can't we just add a check digit instead of changing the account number to alphabetti-spaghetti, not perfect but i would catch the majority of errors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhn_algorithm

I can see the benefits of ECC but it generates something that in my humble view is even harder to get right - I've tried a few account numbers in his useful website - yes its balanced by error correction but I don't think its solving usability.

I was originally thinking around the same lines.  I was playing around with a modified Luhn code that used a check character rather than a digit since some account numbers without a check digit would pass the Luhn check.  It was easier to see that 1234567A was a checked code (for the naked account number 1234567), rather than 12345671, for example, and it could still be easily used without the check character for clients that didn't support the Luhn check.

The reason I was looking at a modified Luhn, rather than a CRC or the Verhoeff algorithm, was that the check could be calculated by hand, or mentally with a little practice.

However, with a little reflection, I think ricot's proposal is much better.  It has error correction built in, which is a huge plus.

Apologies if I posted this already - why can't we just add a check digit instead of changing the account number to alphabetti-spaghetti, not perfect but i would catch the majority of errors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhn_algorithm

Something like blockchain.info would be huge!

There are more features without mention, for example, arbitrary message, voting system and so on.

I noticed that if i saved with Notepad, and opened with Notepad to Copy/paste all was ok.
But if i opened .txt file (created with notepad) with Wordpad, i get those extra characters and the password is messed up.

On the one hand, we're referring to a public NRS instance as "online wallet", and on the other we're trying to drill into people the idea that their passphrase is to be taken with them to the grave. Does not compute!

An auditably secure online wallet (a la blockchain.info) would really drive nxt adoption. Anyone able to do this? Any bounties to support it?

Okay guys, my public node is running: 95.85.31.25

You can add it to your web.xml, it will run 24/7 and is also working as a Online Wallet under wallet.nxtarea.com:7874.

It's safe, but I wouldn't recommend to login at my online wallet. Maybe someone will hack into my vps and change the client. So use it at your own risk. You can check the blockchain there.

NXTarea.com went public!


My new site NXTarea.com is now open for everyone!

We have an online wallet and a big link list. I redirected CoinArea.net to the new site as well. The faucet was dry for several days already and nobody is willing to donate. That's why the faucet goes offline and won't come back. Use wesley's one.

Currently I am developing a few small games and a place to promote NXT businesses. Let me know if you have nice ideas.

I think this is a great idea and I will support including it in the official client.

Btw, how to delete an alias:
Create a new account, send there some coins, rebuy your alias by using a pass from 1st account for 1 coin, then buy the same alias for more coins by the 2nd acc passphrase

I clearly understand that nxt is not a coin.  What do you think people will find when they search for "what is nextcoin?" vs. "what is nxt?" on google?

Right now, the only people that know nxt is a crypto are people on these forums... in order to get massive adoption it's important that the non technie public can "instantly" recognized the term we use. 

Do you think people will understand "nextcoin" easier or just using the words "next"?

I understand we want to differentiate ourselves from btc to show that we are unique n different.  We can do that by making nxt easier to "use"  rather then using a fancy name that does nothing but causes confusion.

I've known and invested in btc n cryptos for a yr now n still did not know what "next" was when I heard n saw it for the first time... however, i instantly knew what the term "nextcoin" meant the first time i heard it.

Imagine how a new public user would think when they first hear the term "next".  don't put urself in ur shoes. put yourself in the shoes of a new non techie user.

I clearly understand that nxt is not a coin.  What do you think people will find when they search for "what is nextcoin?" vs. "what is nxt?" on google?

Right now, the only people that know nxt is a crypto are people on these forums... in order to get massive adoption it's important that the non technie public can "instantly" recognized the term we use. 

Do you think people will understand "nextcoin" easier or just using the words "next"?

I understand we want to differentiate ourselves from btc to show that we are unique n different.  We can do that by making nxt easier to "use"  rather then using a fancy name that does nothing but causes confusion.

I've known and invested in btc n cryptos for a yr now n still did not know what "next" was when I heard n saw it for the first time... however, i instantly knew what the term "nextcoin" meant the first time i heard it.

Imagine how a new public user would think when they first hear the term "next".  don't put urself in ur shoes. put yourself in the shoes of a new non techie user.

Certainly, it is still very early days for NXT. Still need to fix bugs, etc. I also cannot speak on ricot's behalf.

Any average programmer can code solvable problems by writing a bunch of code. Few are able to write a little code that does a lot. BCNext wrote about 4000 lines of Java code to implement NXT framework. From what I can tell, all of the new features in progress won't take as much as 4000 lines. There was a couple hundred lines of code that looked like it implemented Asset Exchange. a couple hundred lines! Also, from a difficulty standpoint, all the cool end user features pale in difficulty compared to Transparent Forging. Very valuable from end user point of view, but not requiring of genius. Transparent Forging is genius, no doubt.

BCNext doesn't have to do anymore to prove his genius to me. If you want to wait until jean-luc and others polish the codebase to give BCNext his credit, then that is certainly your perogative.

Many think that BCnext might be Satoshi, but that's probably too easy.

James

Wow I thought you should know better since you said you are an investor from an early day. The guy doesn't care about money. You should come back and browse all the posts BCNext made in this forum and you will see that the guy want to make his idea material first. Financial gain will come but I don't think that is his primary concern. If he is materialistic, he would have done another J.R mastercoin fundraising style and pocket 1-2 thousand BTC instead of a mere 21 BTC.

It takes a historical perspective to know what kind of contributions BCNext would make so I agree that at this point over-hype is premature. But in my personal observations, he has shown some signs of a genius in the making in some levels. There are technical innovations such as POS, transparent forging, however what I see the most valuable in his works is a coherent vision of what a decentralized network could be. It's similar to the way Steve Job designs the first Iphone. There are technical improvements compared to earlier smartphones in the first Iphone, but much more important innovation is the way everything is brought together to define what a smartphone should be. NXT decentralized network could be the same. It will succeed not on a specific feature but on the way all the different features are bought together in a coherent framework; plus all that hi-techs are accompanied with strong message of decentralization and community involvement. That the whole package together imho is the novel contribution.    

Satoshi has paved the way with his blockchain original idea. But without a written evidences, I doubt Satoshi has such a strong vision of how a decentralized network based on blockchain technology could be. So in a sense, BCNext extends Satoshi's original idea.

We still need to wait for the actual implementation of NXT decentralized network and there are still much uncertainty ahead. But the only reason I has devoted so much my time to this venture is because I has a conviction in my above judgement. I believe in NXT success and the validation of BCNext's ideas.

I am not a programmer at all n not qualified to make any comments about the source code.  I make my comments strictly from a user's perspective....

I am glad to hear that your review of the code has been positive.  And that ricot feels the same way.

I don't understand how the new features of nxt will be coded cuz i'm not a coder at all... but as a user.... I can totally see the huge value and advantage that nxt's features can bring to the market this is why I took the risk to invest my money into nxt so I'm not some knucklehead in the media who comments on btc or nxt n has never bought, owned or sold a btc.

I'm just stating the current status of nxt.  We talk about all these new features but as a user... I'm not able to use any of those features yet so it's still a "fantasy" until it becomes a reality...

Like I said before... once the proof is available that users like myself can use the features of nxt like BCnext claims then I'll be the first to promote n market the genius behind his work but if all we have is the source code right... n no implementation.... we are far from having solid proof that BCnext is another Satoshi genius.

I understand it takes time to create the code n put it to work so that users like myself can use it n i'm wiling to be patient n waiting.

During this Beta period... i'm gonna hold back from putting BCnext on the same stage as Satoshi....

Tai Zen

Nextcoin would be just as confusing, because Nxt isn't a coin, or rather not just a coin. The "coin" is part of the larger system.