Parallel block downloading: could this be Zeitcoin's Manhattan Project? The other side have got it. The first altcoin to get it will be the new Litecoin.
Besides possibly the Bitcoin developers, in my humble opinion, Tranz at Hobonickels and Ray at Zeitcoin are two of the most dedicated and talented developers around. Ray, like Tranz, admits to his limitations, but still comes up with cutting edge solutions, not only for Zeitcoin, but for other coins too. We are very lucky to have him. Sometimes I think that we put too much weight on his shoulders, even though he grows from strength to strength as time goes by. In our ranks we may have/still have other capable developers (Fa San?), who could combine with Ray on this. Should we slap a Top Secret notice on this for the Knights to take up and develop internally?
May I also suggest non-staking Android wallets?
Regardless, I like the way Zeitcoin is progressing.
Agreed, Ray is amazing.
Been watching pandacoin's implementation of a lite and hybrid downloads of blockchains.
They have been covering up alot of the problems with it.
Lite mode only pulls downs headers , like the bitcoin model.
It does not allow staking, only transferring of coins, so it does not help network security at all.
Their hybrid mode has been having issues like crazy.
Tech's not ready for prime time for a POS coin yet.
POW guys can get away with it since their miners do all of the work, and their clients do very little.
POW guys problems, the mining does not cover the cost anymore.
The Android wallet will most likely be in mid 2016 , there are some security issues that we are monitoring , that may require a hard fork in a few months, and we will probably have to commission an android developer , so would rather wait til after we see if the security updates are necessary or not for the main software. Now if we have any android developers in the zeit community, PM me.
Thanks for the ideas, keep em coming.
