Topic: Why is BTC dev non-existent? (Read 1915 times)
the amount of development on BTC in a month out paces all other active coins put together, and then they we copy it. so by far, you are way off
when i read the first 3 posts, i was so happy.
i really thought newbie jail was back again.
i really thought newbie jail was back again.
Lot's of things are going on, they are just too busy to talk
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I spend about 40hrs a week deving bitcoin related code.
you are wasting your lifeHow absolutely condescending. If that's a waste of life, what do you call the time spent trolling a topic you hold in such disdain?
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I spend about 40hrs a week deving bitcoin related code.
you are wasting your life 
I'm surprised Bitcoin has as many devs as it does.
I'm not. In addition to the two developers who are paid by the Bitcoin Foundation and the many volunteers, aren't there others who are paid by BitPay and other companies that have an interest in seeing Bitcoin succeed?
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How many client downloads are we up to now, 5-10 million? VLC media player has well over a billion downloads. For just a movie player that's pretty impressive because there are dozens of different movie players. Bitcoin is still just a newborn infant.
They don't compare, at this point Bitcoin is still in its infancy. While it doesn't currently have mass adoption like VLC media player, it does attract people who are far more able and willing to contribute code (to Bitcoin Core or to other related projects) than your average person who simply wants to watch a movie would be.
I wouldn't exactly call VLC "just" a movie player either. It may be the best media player I've ever used and it's definitely the best cross-platform media player I've ever used, working almost identically on Windows, Mac and Linux. It's one of the first things I install on any computer I own even if I don't plan to use that computer primarily for movies or music.
I guess I should have said as young as bitcoin is development is funded. It has paid devs that should be killing themselves improving it. I said Bitcoin was still an infant but in another six years I expect it to be as least where vlc was at in the early 2000s with a couple hundred volunteers, 7-8 thousand commits and a half billion downloads. If it's not something is wrong with the idea. I chose vlc for comparison because, like Bitcoin, it's a great project whose time has come.
Compared to the other coins who are at least making half-assed attempts, what are the bitcoin core devs doing?
(expecting a lack of answers on this one, hence the death of BTC)
(expecting a lack of answers on this one, hence the death of BTC)
And what are these alt coins dev's motives? They're only 'active' because it is in their interests to do so because they want to get rich from their coin. Once it dies or gets dumped they don't care - on to the next coin. Bitcoincore devs don't care about money and are more interested in adoption and the betterment of the currency but don't need to hang out all day here.
We might expect, that what happened in linux will happen in bitcoin, that bitcoin companies, needing mission critical improvements, will pay in house devs to do them, which will be contributed back to the main source.
2 .........................a whole fucking 2 for the entire btc world ...............
do you think thats enough or youre just trolling ??
Two paid full time developers, three core developers on volunteer basis and a lot of extra people who like to help out Bitcoin. Should be more than enough. For more information (and a full list of people who have done something for Bitcoin) checkout this link: Bitcoin development. do you think thats enough or youre just trolling ??
Don't forget how much money blockstream raised for development - $21 million. That pays for a lot.
(And glad they moved this from the tech and dev section).
Edit: http://www.coindesk.com/blockstream-21-million-funding-will-drive-bitcoin-development/
Besides which, to a certain extent, "Altcoins are where bitcoin dreams" so to speak. A lot of the alpha type features and ideas get road tested on alts, and if robust and useful enough can get backported to bitcoin. So dev activity in alts could be recycled into bitcoin at some point.
I'm surprised Bitcoin has as many devs as it does.
I'm not. In addition to the two developers who are paid by the Bitcoin Foundation and the many volunteers, aren't there others who are paid by BitPay and other companies that have an interest in seeing Bitcoin succeed?
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How many client downloads are we up to now, 5-10 million? VLC media player has well over a billion downloads. For just a movie player that's pretty impressive because there are dozens of different movie players. Bitcoin is still just a newborn infant.
They don't compare, at this point Bitcoin is still in its infancy. While it doesn't currently have mass adoption like VLC media player, it does attract people who are far more able and willing to contribute code (to Bitcoin Core or to other related projects) than your average person who simply wants to watch a movie would be.
I wouldn't exactly call VLC "just" a movie player either. It may be the best media player I've ever used and it's definitely the best cross-platform media player I've ever used, working almost identically on Windows, Mac and Linux. It's one of the first things I install on any computer I own even if I don't plan to use that computer primarily for movies or music.
I'm surprised Bitcoin has as many devs as it does. How many client downloads are we up to now, 5-10 million? VLC media player has well over a billion downloads. For just a movie player that's pretty impressive because there are dozens of different movie players. Bitcoin is still just a newborn infant.
Been looking for this myself.
Compared to the other coins who are at least making half-assed attempts, what are the bitcoin core devs doing?
(expecting a lack of answers on this one, hence the death of BTC)
(expecting a lack of answers on this one, hence the death of BTC)
Bitcoin devs are coding, reviewing and testing everyday. It your own ignorance you did not actively seek information about their work and post trash like this.
https://twitter.com/gavinandresen <- Here's one feel free to follow him. He posts a couple times a day. I shall excuse your ignorance on the matter.
Sorry I wasn't clear, I was referring to actual progress being made that may help adoption...lol
imo, the devs should focus solely on the tech. supporters like you should do your part in helping gain adoption, whether setting up a business, building something on top of the protocol or just spreading the word.
if you're nothing but an investor/trader, then you'll have to be patient.
And bitcoin core <> bitcoin world.
2 .........................a whole fucking 2 for the entire btc world ...............
do you think thats enough or youre just trolling ??
Two paid full time developers, three core developers on volunteer basis and a lot of extra people who like to help out Bitcoin. Should be more than enough. For more information (and a full list of people who have done something for Bitcoin) checkout this link: Bitcoin development. do you think thats enough or youre just trolling ??
if people actually got paid for their work there might be a lot more progress
banks and financial institutiions pay millions for their infrastructure development teams ..........
develop something for a crypto- your going to have to fund it yourself and work for free until it starts making money
and most people have bills to pay so they cant dedicate a few months to working full time on an experimental
bitcoin app that may not result in any returns ..............just saying
Two developers are getting paid by The Bitcoin Foundation (wumpus and someone else, I forgot their name). Once again, please educate yourself before stating something like this. banks and financial institutiions pay millions for their infrastructure development teams ..........
develop something for a crypto- your going to have to fund it yourself and work for free until it starts making money
and most people have bills to pay so they cant dedicate a few months to working full time on an experimental
bitcoin app that may not result in any returns ..............just saying
2 .........................a whole fucking 2 for the entire btc world ...............
do you think thats enough or youre just trolling ??
if people actually got paid for their work there might be a lot more progress
banks and financial institutiions pay millions for their infrastructure development teams ..........
develop something for a crypto- your going to have to fund it yourself and work for free until it starts making money
and most people have bills to pay so they cant dedicate a few months to working full time on an experimental
bitcoin app that may not result in any returns ..............just saying
Two developers are getting paid by The Bitcoin Foundation (wumpus and someone else, I forgot their name). Once again, please educate yourself before stating something like this. banks and financial institutiions pay millions for their infrastructure development teams ..........
develop something for a crypto- your going to have to fund it yourself and work for free until it starts making money
and most people have bills to pay so they cant dedicate a few months to working full time on an experimental
bitcoin app that may not result in any returns ..............just saying
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