Why don't you guys just open source the new releases? What do you see wrong with the model of Bitcoin, Bitshares, Ethereum, Monero, NXT,
Nxt is doing it exactly as we do. They don't open up the source code immediately. See yourself:
https://nxtforum.org/general-discussion/maybe-it's-time-to-open-the-nxt-core-development/https://nxtforum.org/general-discussion/maybe-it's-time-to-open-the-nxt-core-development/msg199725/#msg199725So you can see, they (Nxt devs) are obfuscating new releases as well. We just released v0.5.2 and took the weekend off, after several hard 7-day-weeks. We will release the source code of course at one point, we just need to decide when. I don't know enough about the other altcoins you mentioned.
and every other cryptocurrency?
First and foremost, we are a platform built with elements of a crypto-currency. There are over 600 crypto-currencies with 0 success, somewhere they need to do something wrong. I don't say it's that they release their source code, but I presume the general handling is one of the causes. There is a reason why many big companies don't open source their code, it's because the code is their business. Everything they have.
Why do you think people are going to be willing to buy into your closed source ecosystem? It was like you had to be pressured to release the source for v0.3x, and then you immediately update to v0.5x, which is apparently incompatible with the version you released the source for. I'm honestly just curious, and not trying to troll; I just don't see what the appeal/necessity is of keeping things closed source. Nobody is using it, nobody is developing for it, why would someone even bother to try and copy it?
Sorry for "immediately update to v0.5x" with dozens of bug fixes, speed improvements, decentralized applications, dapp store, multi-signature, loading bars and so on.
We are constantly refining the code, making it better, faster, more feature-rich. We have a model, at which we release software to the public. Check a few weeks if everything is working fine, then release the source code. It's all related to the security of our users, not because someone will copy it.
Again, we will open source the 0.5.x branch. We just released 2 days ago in the middle of the night. Be patient.