Aright, get this: I followed the protocol that you "pros" created. Pay a dev and launch it. Nobody ever said proof read it and I actually tried but couldn't find anyone and when a dev said, I'm running it and it looks good, that's a test run so why would I doubt him?
For crying outloud, its 98% copy and paste, I wanted a few few features but it was "too ambitious, so I settled for the golden blocks. I thought in was dealing with a pro, why would I proof read it?
So here's my question, who here is a rea full blown programmer? All jokes aside, I've rather enjoyed, in a weird self punishing fashion all the laughs at my expense, but i thought you were all programmers, call me naivé or stupidé.
So can I have a few honest guys please stand up and say, ok, I can program anything and this is my fee? I don't mind paying more if what I get is real programming and not a hack job that is then my fault cause the programmer tested it and stupid me, an economist that can't code 2 lines didn't proof read it.
I wanna see how many can seriously program. I think MarKM is a real deal, I think maybe twoBits is the real deal but I'm not sure and there's gonna be a few more. If I get a set of real features together and they're new, then you guys make anything happen? Can this coin be salvaged if I add a few features to it that originally were "too ambitious"?
I'm asking a serious question - this is part what thisnforumnis about so let's get some honest answers. I got fooled once I don't want to make the same mistake again. If none exist then my only option is to go to the student lab where I went to school and talk to some grad students but who knows if they'll just steal my ideas. Hard to say.
Let's stop the laughter for 5 minutes and get an honest head count please of the real, the very real deals. Doesn't anyone have a bachelor's of science in programming here? Not that it's necessary but it would mean you can program just about anything. Thanks in advance.
And maybe real proven programmers can have a special star put next to their names so newbies know who's who when looking for a proven programmer, it would save people and the community a lot of trouble and in necessary laughter.
Well, let's have it, all real REAL PROGRAMMERS OUT OF THE COSET PLEASE! TIA
A good 99% of the developers here might know their way around the bitcoin software...but frankly that's just about it. If you want a developer you're going to have to stump up something like $8000 for a few months of work. If you're going to pay $20... that's like handing $100 over to a car salesman and saying, "Get me the best car you can give me for that"...it's not his fault that you're going home in a rust bucket.
First and foremost you should always set out your aims and objectives. You need to know exactly what it is you are aiming for and then you need set objectives of how to get there. If you have an idea about what protocol you want to implement or how it works it is not their job to say, "It's too ambitious". It's your job to say, "Well I'll take my money elsewhere, thanks for the tip." Patience is a virtue. The point here about proof reading, is not that you've proof read, but does it do what you wanted it to do? If not, your programmer has wasted their time and your time. It's not his fault that you paid up front in full, it's your fault.
This coin can't be salvaged in the state that it's in. Why? Because it doesn't meet any of the aims that the coin was supposed to meet. It's not really fair to all miners, just the miners who happen to be either very lucky or very early, that's it.
If you have a vision for this coin, you will accept nothing less than the best, but of course, that will have to be either paid for, or you're going to have to get to grips with the programming and testing so that it does exactly what you want it to do.
