Hello Everyone,

I promised in my last post that there were exciting developments coming on the OpenPay front and here it is.
With the release of bitcoind 0.7 there is now native support in bitcoin for the raw transactions API.
This new API has resulted in a great deal of simplification of the overall design, making many of the original design choices for OpenPay moot.  Therefore we went back to the drawing board.

The new OpenPay will feature 3 primary components.
A merchant gateway.
A slightly modified bitcoind.
An exchange connector.

There will also be a GUI client for home use to handle enrollment and unenrollment of payment cards into the network.

All of that is being worked on right now, and since I am between contracts right now I have much more time to devote to the software development side of things.

Unfortunately, being between contracts also makes funds rather tight.  Instead of asking for donations, I've decided to start a daily lottery drawing.  A ticket costs 1 BTC per 7 days.  Your ticket # is your transaction ID.  You can send more than 1 BTC, doing so will extend your ticket's time in the game.  The winner will be randomly selected each night at midnight MST.  You have a chance of winning each day.  After the drawing, I will post the winning transaction # here.  If it becomes something significant I'll put up a website somewhere where the stats can be tracked.

The jackpot is 90% of receipts for the last 24 hour period.  OpenPay will keep the remaining 10% to fund ongoing development.
To participate in the lottery you simply send coins to 1AHJ89HwYrfP6okarzJeB38YUgikQHu9US

Enjoy!