Topic: Obsidian ODN - CryptoCurrency & Secure Anonymous Messaging - page 6. (Read 92706 times)

Interesting stuff, I'll have to join the discord, so will we be able to still keep our ODN? sad to see it sitting so low in the market...

was there an update I missed in the last little bit?

Quick summary of ODN and ODIN for anyone that has missed it or misunderstood what is going on right now

Obsidian Platform (OPL) is a privacy-focused crypto project which embraces open source and community involvement.

OPL has so far funded and supported the development of ODN, a fork of Stratis, and is working with developers from the community to add masternodes and service nodes with an aim to run decentralized applications on the ODN blockchain.

OPL has supported the development of the Obsidian Secure Messenger (OSM) mobile app which is currently hosted and maintained by Claus Ehrenberg (Blackstone).

A primary current focus is the development of a PoS privacy coin, ODIN Blockchain, and other technology around this. Legitimate ODN holders will soon be able to register on a claim portal in advance of a distribution of ODIN coins to ODN holders. The Whitepaper for ODIN will be published soon, and there is an active community around ODIN here.

OPL is continuing to support the development of the ODN chain, whilst building and assisting with the development of DApps on the ODIN Blockchain.
 
Official ODN Wallet Downloads

We look forward to revealing more information very soon. Please stay tuned on our Discord channel. Check out the community and social links on the ODIN Blockchain website.

Is there any update about the ODIN fork ? The total supply of coins ? The utility of each blockchain vs the other ?

I think joining Discord for updates is probably the best Idea. The Team or the community is quite active there and there are sometimes some sort of contests and rewarding events. I can only advise to join.


Very good question as part of the new development especially. Since the messaging is anonymous, it makes sense to have at least the option to send the transactions anon too

Thanks for posting that Andro! Here's the info.

In the following we’ll provide a brief overview for the reasons for the upcoming split, as well the vision of ODIN.

During the process of working on Obsidian, the team realised they were utilizing only a small fraction of the potential that was possible from our project. In addition, many new technologies emerged as this whole field continues to mature.

The former development team's strategy was to adapt a centralized, non-crypto/blockchain based messenger into a decentralized, crypto supporting and blockchain based secure messenger. However, it became crystal clear that the original Obsidian project could be expanded far, far beyond this limited objective.

We could become a complete open source, mobile based development platform ecosystem with a privacy mandate. One that was ideally placed to target decentralized blockchain projects in a unique, compelling human-centered way; an ecosystem which encapsulates all our core values.

These realizations coming to light, coupled with the several deficiencies encountered during audits on ODN, led us on this new path. One where we could fix all the mistakes from the past, and which would allow us to create a stronger, much more future-proof foundation.

Thus, Odin was born.

To work on this much larger scope, we have brought in a new Odin core development team that had a much greater understanding of our key issues and who are much more capable in accomplishing this expanded vision than Obsidian's original core team.

They have completely revised and redesigned the old system, and are implementing a much more robust, cohesive and agile blockchain which enables us to meet our expanded vision both in terms of quality as well as rate of progression.

They have put decentralization, the coin, the blockchain platform first, as to have a solid foundation for further applications and other software to be built upon.

We will therefore soon release ODIN which is a uniquely human-centered blockchain development platform, that will hold community at its core much more than what we originally could have envisioned.
However, the release of ODIN does not mean we will pull all support from ODN. As a chain started by OPL, we consider it our responsibility to keep it viable and alive. Therefore, as part of our commitment to the ODN community we will continue to provide support and improve on this chain as well.

-Pete