On the main page, I can see the [new] icon beside name of a sub-forum if there are new posts, for example "Witnesses", but no [new] icon on the main boards, for example "BitShares 2.0" or "General Discussion". Why?

What's the file name of your backup? I wonder it is a backup of BTS 0.x wallet or PTS wallet.

Good. For local shops, how can I know if they use Odoo or not? Just asking, I'm not good at passing those to shops at all.

Tiered threshold makes sense for me. However we need to define the tiers in detail, and identify which feature is on which tier, it's a bit hard imo.

I wrote a quick BSIP-draft for this:
https://github.com/bitshares/bsips/issues/4

Input appreciated

Thank you.
Have you created a worker for this BSIP? I'll approve it asap.

By the way, why not use a push request instead of an issue?

I think OPENASSETS have a chance. Obviously every exchange decides what it's best for their business model. But from a user pov shared orderbooks could be very interesting. If we at some point get bigger I'm sure we could get smaller exchanges to use them.

So why haven't blocktrades and metaexchange join OPENASSETS? They are competing for the first bite. I think it's best if we start with this, try to let them be combined as soon as possible.

Thank you very much Akado. It's very interesting and helpful to discuss with you.

For a shared order book, we need a same asset for all the exchanges. Obviously like OPENBTC which is issued by a single entity won't be accepted by other exchanges. But BitBTC which need 2x+ collateral won't be adopted as well if the exchanges need to put in the collateral. We need an asset with around 100% or less collateral so the exchanges can sustain.

One solution could be the bond market. Others will put in the collateral for you! You just need to pay for a market decided interest.

Another solution could be an asset owned by a multi-sig account, on which every exchanges have some weight of control, just like the Federal Reserve System. It's not collateral related anyway. With this, exchanges are able to issue the same asset on demand, and they'll find a balance among themselves.

//Edit:
One asset is not enough, we need a list of assets, so that they can be traded against each other. Side chain is not the answer, since it's impossible for fiat.

That's too complicated for a common Joe. Thus not a good idea for voting. Voting should be simple to understand.