Just a couple of things I'd like to say after viewing many other threads throughout Bitcointalk Forums.
First, great job to everyone that has been doing their all to bring features to Nxt, your contributions are amazing. I wish I had the skillset to contribute to Nxt, but I am more marketing oriented and have rarely got past "Hello World"; in any script tutorial, lol
My statements here are more or less for the Committee's to consider once they get underway.
Now, I'd like to quickly address some things I see constantly mentioned regarding Nxt on the forums. I know we have a ton of features planned that will absolutely separate it from all other crypto's, however, I think we are still at the point where adoption by new comers is very difficult and here are their typical statements.
Nxt is too difficult to setup. As of February, I have to somewhat agree with them. Although I have had the NRS since it's inception, it becomes a bit more difficult each time to setup each update. I have always run via SSL, but since 8.0 (I think) this was dropped by default and there is a process to go through to get it working. I know we are moving towards actual clients at some point, however, as it stands today, it is very difficult to setup the NRS for a beginner. I know this to be true, since I have given some Nxt away to colleagues and all have had their issues setting up. Not to mention, even after getting it to work successfully, the amount of errors that appear in the cmd window would scare any new comer away.
Nxt Fees are too high. - I know we have discussed this and have plans in the future, but I think at some point we need to have a concrete plan in place that is very visible to new comers to see.
This might be the most misunderstood but importantNxt Forging Security - I am not talking about passwords/brainwallets since we put that to rest a long time ago. However, I am really talking about what is the best way to have a client open to provide protection to the netowrk and potentially forge a transaction fee. For me, I'm not concerned about the fee at all, I simply want to participate while not putting my Nxt at risk. I already run a VPS that is managed by opticalcarrier, but if it's not hallmarked, what real benefit is it providing?
Also, in relation to this, if I were a new user and followed the directions provided by the wiki to begin forging, they would have no success, atleast with Chrome on Win 7.
http://wiki.nxtcrypto.org/wiki/FAQ#Forging "What does it mean to "leave my account unlocked"?" I know it's a wiki and anyone can edit, so I'm just bring it up.
Going live on Cryptsy can be a great thing for Nxt, however, we have to consider all the newbies that will be gracing the forums with the issues mentioned above.
On another note, I would like to connect with some people in the NY/NJ area, perhaps have a Nxt Meetup in the near future. I know jeffdiesel is in Brooklyn, are there any other's out there that would want to meetup in Manhattan?