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Totally agree. Sounds great, but I'd like to know more about who is behind it.

• lotsofmangos 13y ago
  Don't get me wrong, I really like some of the concepts they are considering for the architecture, however until there is a working beta, I'm just going to file this as vapourware. I am always a little suspicious of publicising something as a solution before a prototype exists.
  • jnbiche 13y ago
    This is a problem with the Bitcoin community. I think enthusiastic people come up with a good idea and release a white paper, thinking others will jump on board to help make a prototype. They forget that Satoshi released a white paper, then put his nose to the grindstone for 2-3 months before releasing a working implementation.
    • kylebrown 13y ago
      According to Satoshi, he worked on the implementation before the whitepaper. iirc he released both at the same time.
      • jnbiche 13y ago
        Well, he may have been working on it, but he released the Bitcoin implementation several months after he released the whitepaper. He released the white paper to the public on Oct 31/Nov. 1 2008, and the actual Windows client (the initial client) on Jan 3, 2009. I don't have time to dig up links at the moment, but you can check the cryptography list archives for confirmation.