[ANN] BlockPay -Your favorite store can now accept any crypto thanx to Bitshares

[kenCode]

Just a few more weeks and C-IPFS is ready for its first release! This is so exciting because C-IPFS will serve as the main component in the new Core for every single product we have created, will create, and all of the BlockPay Integrations that are stacking up right now, including a meshnet project but I will reveal more about that later.
 
c-ipfs storage is now in full swing (mekledag, links, blocks, etc). c-ipns is being finished up, it was running too slow before. is-domain is done. c-ipfs-node and c-ipld-node will be done by december 2nd.
 
The security upgrade that we have been working on for our android apps is almost done too, should be ready by friday of next week on google play, upgrades will be required to use our new server configs. We released another debug apk last night and running one more audit on it (as well as upgrading the Faucet itself to support our BIP39 and other lib mods). Also, we felt adding BIP39 support would be nice since Brainkeys are kind of annoying with all those weird words. The first transactions with this upgraded security model are now going through, ie: https://cryptofresh.com/u/bilthon-2016
 
Tons of work being committed for Graphene, some graphene-ui, C-IPFS, the Smartcoins Wallet and more:
https://github.com/kenCode-de?tab=repositories
 
As you know, the Smartcoins Wallet supports eReceipts, Loyalty Points, Overdraft Protection and a lot of things that no other mobile wallet out there can do yet. Well, starting next week we are also adding support for Bitcoins, Dash, Doge, Ether, Litecoin, Steem and SBD. Why? Because we can't wait for all those mobile wallet providers to add eReceipts, Loyalty Points and Overdraft Protection support in the near future. Those 6 additional communities will now be able to take advantage of all the things that BlockPay has to offer. As always, everything we build is open source though so that when they do get around to it, they can grab the code they need for their wallet upgrades.
 
See you in mumble today guys, have a great week ahead!

[kenCode]

We are going to beat my Christmas deadline (completing our IPFS work for Stealth and BlockPay Core).
 
We also have the IPFS implementation in C running 1 week ahead of schedule:
 
https://github.com/kenCode-de/c-ipfs
https://github.com/kenCode-de/c-libp2p
https://github.com/kenCode-de/c-multiaddr
https://github.com/kenCode-de/c-multihash
https://github.com/kenCode-de/c-multicodec
https://github.com/kenCode-de/c-ipld
https://github.com/kenCode-de/c-iprs (on hold, lack of docs)

Config file is done, Protobuff needs to be figured out, r/w storage operations in progress, implementing lightningDB (instead of leveldb), c-ipns datastore is in progress (with speed improvements), node is in progress, cid is usable now but needs a use case, also in progress: c-libp2p routing, c-libp2p crypto, c-libp2p network, is-domain, proquint, pin, key, merkledag, daemon, c-libp2p tcp, sctp, utp, udp, udt and open_tcp.
 
Pull Requests welcomed!
 
We released a second debug apk of the android security update yesterday, and after this next security audit is done tonight, and it passes with flying colors, then I will probably feel comfortable enough to flip the servers back on and launch the update on google play by end of next week.
 
Also, by Christmas, we should have Stealth integrated with IPFS and the new graphene-ui well underway. At the same time we're building out the new BlockPay Core with IPFS so that BlockPay can be installed on anything (vending machines, cash registers, iOS, etc).
 
In next weeks update, I will try to include all the download links for you guys.
 
edit: Details posted to steemit: http://steem.link/wQXc4

[kenCode]

LOTS of progress being made on the android security audits, c-ipfs and stealth this week:
https://github.com/kenCode-de?tab=repositories

[kenCode]

Security Alert: https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,23494.0.html

[kenCode]

BlockPay "S" v1.0.6 released today:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.bitsharesmunich.blockpay
 
UI/UX updates, and beginning the implementation of a new Blocktrades API that will make signups with Blocktrades (for coin to coin bridging) a bit easier. Right now, the initial setup of BlockPay is still a pain in the butt because the user has to setup multiple accounts, but this new API will help our a bunch.
 
We are also making a lot of headway on our IPFS implementation in C. Over the next couple weeks we will be uploading a lot more to these repos:
https://github.com/kenCode-de

[kenCode]

BlockPay "S" v1.0.5 is now available for download on google play. Please update all installs!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.bitsharesmunich.blockpay
 
note: please update all brainkey PIN numbers to 8-digits instead of 6-digits. i added support for web wallet accounts too (numeric PIN's only though, not 8-digit brainkey passwords). by changing your brainkey PIN to 8-digits, this will allow you to use the same bts account inside of BlockPay as well as in your web wallet.

[xeroc]

Right now, I have 2 full-time guys (Gordon and Jose) doing all the blockchain-level code for graphene. Lots of existing code has had to be cleaned up first though, it's quite a mishmash in there.

Erm .. the code is actually very clean and separated into functional parts. If I were you, I wouldn't mess with the existing code base if you want code changes to be merged into bitshares quickly.

Final product will be wicked clean though. We are hiding all of the amounts and most of the metadata too, so Stealth is going to smoke everything else that is out there now. Fast, scalable, anonymous, untraceable, totally private... it's everything I'd hoped Stealth could become.

That is what STEALTH can do today: Hide sender, receiver, amount and memo .. don't know what kind of meta data is missing ..

Right now, we are working on all of the IPFS implementation in C. The new BlockPay Core is in C as well. The IPFS and new Core should be ready by Christmas. If all goes well with Stealth, I really hope you guys can pop in to our testnet and start helping us with testing it out by Christmas as well. When we are ready for that, I will send you guys the testnet info then.

Looking foward to it!

[kenCode]

@kenCode you are one of the last hope for bts to succeed.  Thank you very much 

there's nothing out there that can beat our platform in speed, scalability and features. why more businesses aren't building on it is beyond me.

Anyhow @kenCode - for sure you guys have done an awesome work, of course I'm not even putting that into question. BTS Munich is one of, if not the most, prolific group of entrepreneurs around here.

Last I heard, you were putting together a team to implement STEALTH -- are there any news on this, and most importantly, any ETAs? (next summer? )

Thanx karnal
 
One of the long-time Bitshares Devs has agreed to help us with the Stealth UI when we get to that point.
 
Right now, I have 2 full-time guys (Gordon and Jose) doing all the blockchain-level code for graphene. Lots of existing code has had to be cleaned up first though, it's quite a mishmash in there. Final product will be wicked clean though. We are hiding all of the amounts and most of the metadata too, so Stealth is going to smoke everything else that is out there now. Fast, scalable, anonymous, untraceable, totally private... it's everything I'd hoped Stealth could become.
 
Right now, we are working on all of the IPFS implementation in C. The new BlockPay Core is in C as well. The IPFS and new Core should be ready by Christmas. If all goes well with Stealth, I really hope you guys can pop in to our testnet and start helping us with testing it out by Christmas as well. When we are ready for that, I will send you guys the testnet info then.

[karnal]

@kenCode you are one of the last hope for bts to succeed.  Thank you very much 

there's nothing out there that can beat our platform in speed, scalability and features. why more businesses aren't building on it is beyond me.

I'm gonna guess total transparency is a huge part of the reason. Especially over there, from what I gather, Germans tend to be serious about privacy ..

I think even today the lack of STEALTH is routinely minimized by the community; we automatically lost all relevant demographics: some rich dude doesn't want the whole world to know he just invested half a million in bitshares, your average crypto user (who may be fine with bitcoins' pseudoanonimity or really not even be aware that it's pseudonymous, not anonymous) sees public account names and public transfer amounts and runs away never to look back, and merchants and users alike are not interested in broadcasting their entire financial life to the entire world until the end of time.

Can't blame them - I myself have always done minimal transactions with BTS, and under several aliases, on different computers, all through proxy/vpn/tor, in a gynormous effort to keep identities unlinked. And I'm a technical guy, working in security - it's hard even for me to keep matters separate, average joe doesn't stand a chance.

Privacy was never taken seriously by the wallet developer(s) either, there is no proxy support, changing wallet from settings happily queries the now-active wallet using the same TCP connection (trivial for the server to correlate who is who - sure, nobody does this. maybe. how do we know?), and so on.


I hope I'm mistaken that the timing to get some privacy on this blockchain has since passed, time will tell.

Anyhow @kenCode - for sure you guys have done an awesome work, of course I'm not even putting that into question. BTS Munich is one of, if not the most, prolific group of entrepreneurs around here.

Last I heard, you were putting together a team to implement STEALTH -- are there any news on this, and most importantly, any ETAs? (next summer? )

[Chris4210]

Looks like someone of the core team are going out. forme2cu, the 6th richest blockpay owner are selling all tokens.

Nobody from the core team is selling BlockPay Tokens, and all three parties are well known. I don´t know forme2cu, but I am happy to connect and have a chat. The new BlockPay engine will be amazing.

[mchoinski]

Looks like someone of the core team are going out. forme2cu, the 6th richest blockpay owner are selling all tokens.

[lil_jay890]

Such awesome news!

Unfortunately the market doesn't think so... huge dump this morning

[cusknee]

Such awesome news!

[kenCode]

@kenCode you are one of the last hope for bts to succeed.  Thank you very much 

there's nothing out there that can beat our platform in speed, scalability and features. why more businesses aren't building on it is beyond me.

[mf-tzo]

@kenCode you are one of the last hope for bts to succeed.  Thank you very much