Is there any hope of us english speakers being able to get in on the mix? Some of us had hopes of being delegates on the live network. If we get too late of a start thats not going to happen with out massive reserves. I don't care if the gui is in chinese,(could always just swap out the htdocs) but will the command line commands still work? Is there anyone that could give us english updates on where the official source code can be procured, and what the launch schedule is?
No worries. The person doing the BTSX clone from our XT prototype (which is already in English) has assured me that he intends to release English and Chinese versions concurrently. They would be crazy to do otherwise. The English command lines will also remain available. 
Actually I feel like this doesn't answer the question. If I can't read Chinese, how am I supposed to know when the release happens? I understand there will be an English version of the platform launched but I was hoping to be a delegate and at the moment the way the registration fees exponentially increase I have a matter of hours to get in on the delegate party. Having to keep track of a Chinese website is going to severely limit that possibility. Plus this still doesn't tell us anything about dacsunlimitted. Who are they? How can we trust them? Even when I google translate the website there seemingly is almost no meaningful information.
Isn't there anyone else nervous about this?
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Several well-known members of our community wanted to hitch their careers to the BitShares X freight train and work on the operational side of BTSX and other DACs. So they have gone off to form their own DAC company in a jurisdiction where there is more freedom to do so. They have also recruited some great new talent. They are currently working toward a dual Chinese/English launch that is fair to both hemispheres and involves multiple exchanges.
Meanwhile, as we have long indicated, we intend to focus on R&D, toolkit development, and promoting a decentralized industry -- while relying on independent developers to customize, launch and operate all DACs. We are forging ahead with new toolkit features that may or may not be included in the first BTSX launch, at their discretion.
Naturally, we were delighted to see such a company emerge to launch BitShares X. The fact that it involved people we know and trust made it a no-brainer perfect solution that met everybody's needs. As an independent developer honoring the BitShares Social Consensus, they are entitled to our full-scale support as an incubator of DAC incubators.
As for who the specific individuals are. That's for them to announce when they are ready to do so.
That does help me feel better. But my question is, there will be links to download everything here and on BitShares.org right? Will they have a separate github location or just binaries? How much notice will we get on the final release date and time? There was mention before of two weeks notice. I feel like that really needs to be the case.
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This forum and our mailing list will be used to let everyone know as soon as we know. All the dry runs constitute a building tidal wave of attention-grabbing activity and should have given everyone plenty of time to get familiar with the version they need for their OS.
The two-week notice rule is for doing a snapshot - so that people can get their PTS out of the exchanges and back into the wallets they want to use to receive the new DACs promotional shares. We pointed out on July 4th that the final AGS snapshot for all remaining DACs will, by definition, occur on Day 200, July 18. PTS snapshots will occur as each DAC is announced with two weeks notice. The snapshot for BTSX was Feb 28.
As for notification of actual BTSX launch, we've been saying for weeks now that release is
imminent - meaning it could happen any day. Almost certainly this month (assuming nothing unacceptable is suddenly discovered in the ongoing testing).
That said, the market value of BTSX will be influenced by how smoothly and professionally the launch is handled. We want to make sure that we have clear instructions and and a good experience available for all the newbies that will be attracted when they suddenly see BitShares X join BitShares PTS in the Top Ten**. To make that happen means that multiple exchanges need to be ready to go too.
Our whole community documentation team is being asked to assist DACSunlimited in getting their site ready. This is a good old-fasioned barn raising - for those who remember what that means.
There will be both binaries and links to a separate GitHub at dacsunlimited.com and/or bitshares-x.info as well as links to these key pages from bitshares.org.
We agree that it is in everyone's best interest that this is done carefully... now that we finally have the working software that has been so long in the making. Meanwhile, let's all enjoy this moment in history.
**(among all assets not currently in the Top Three)
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