@jcalfee1, @xerox
For some of us the only real options are to either a) keep funds on an exchange or b) use the current web wallet. Which would you recommend during the transition to 2.0?
Also, even if a) above is preferred, obviously some assets cannot be held outside of a Bitshares wallet. So a transition from the current web wallet to the new web wallet will be necessary for some of us either way. With that in mind, can you tell me if such a transition would be as simple as entering the seed words into the new web wallet?
Thanks in advance.
Definitely web wallet. And you will be able to import your tokens from the brain seed from what I know .. @jcalfee1 should know: will the brain import regenerate all keys and import them automatically? IIRC the accounts are non titan, so transfer keys are easy .. what about market orders?
The hosted wallet has "Setting" and a way to "Backup" the wallet. Use that feature. Make sure you know your password. We need to have some level of brainkey support in the new wallet, but your backup files will be the only thing you really need. Also backup files are going to be important in the future. It is a good option to start now and make sure your have your private keys that were created at any point when there were code changes taking place in the hosted wallet.. If everyone uses the Backup method it could help us keep the new codebase a bit cleaner... It is a good idea to have this secondary USB backup file.
Exchanges are going to have to figure out how to do balance claims and integrate with our API. I'm sure they will work it out. The goal is definitely to limit the amount of time and amount of the funds have to go into a 3rd party like an exchange.
2 cents (hope I'm not sounding like a broken-record here) .. I would use the hosted wallet like a real wallet: just keep what I might need to spend and would not mind too much if I lost it... Any substantial amounts I would keep in a locally installed audited open source program on a safe and secure operating system (open source if possible too). I use the native wallet and Ubuntu.. I know it is asking a lot from some, but this is good practice for any local program local hardware in general. I believe high security JavaScript is possible and we are getting closer by the week.