Possible questions so far from this thread -
I can answer some right now if you want.
What does it mean technically to say that a wallet is "unlocked" ? That the private key is exposed in memory? Does a locked wallet process transactions ?
Yes, private key is exposed in memory and has to be as you need it for scanning
TITAN transactions (no scanning if wallet is locked!!) and also for signing
transactions (or blocks if you are a delegate). There is no fancy way to
prevent that, except in-memory encryption.
What happens when a block is missed? Ok, so it is skipped. Is there anything
put on the blockchain saying that the delegate missed a block? Is there just a
null block in the chain? Howzzit work ?
There just is no block .. the transactions that were supposed to go in there
are then stil unconfirmed and the subsequent delegate has to do the job (he has
to do it anyway).
How is voting from a cold wallet being addressed? Will we see this ? If it
isn't going to be done, why? etc.
BM already answered that somewhere. If you send you stake into coldstorage you
vote but that transaction. Period. If you want to change your vote you need to
take your stake out of coldstorage and move them somewhere else.
Can a delegate in Bitshares X frontrun? What in the network would allow
detection of this type of attack if it exists ? By this attack I do mean
delegate. I could frontrun on the block producing level. In theory, there are
opportunities where a delegate can determine it would be profitable to purchase
an asset themselves and scalp trades. I was curious about your thoughts on
this ?
Good question!
So now with DPOS we have this new type of miner, the delegate. At some point
the Bitshares X network becomes more in control by the delegates than by the
dacsunlimited. So what happens if there is a split in delegates where there is
disagreement on which release to use. Say 40% did not want to use a new fork
and 60% proceeded to use it. Thoughts on how this might play out in real life
?
BM probably will answer sth. along: the market will decide!
Thin clients? Plans? placement on roadmap ?
Afaik, planned, probably not upcoming. probably not so high in the todo list.
Would like to know more about that too.
Hope you don't mind that I tried answering some questions. You can sure still
ask them in the hangout. Would be nice to self-check my answers Bingo-like