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Guys - here is an idea that I think could really separate Nxt from all other cryptos and ensure its widespread adoption.

Why not "fully document the Nxt protocol as a *document* rather than just as Java source code"?

Bitcoin has constantly fought against this idea and has constantly made sure that no-one can write a Bitcoin node without using the Bitcoin software (and they have been quite vocal in attacking projects that have attempted to do this - you just need to look into the attempts to do Bitcoin in C to see this).

Although I don't mind that some of the features being currently "kept under wraps" to stop premature forks I think if we can get out of the whole "this source code is the protocol" mindset then we would really have something very different.

If we could create a thorough and precise protocol description in something like an RFC then I think that I might be interested to volunteer my own time towards creating a C++ version of Nxt.

@Nexern: I think that's a great way to handle passwords Agree with NxtChg about the separator, just fix it as a character never used in the suffix (having one less char to use is no big deal), this should be clear enough. This reduces the burden of having to remember what the separator was, in case folks have to reformat and reinstall the client (consequently wiping all settings) or something. Alternatively, just include the separator in the suffix and save it to file.

EDIT: Use the password as one seed for the suffix, and save the separator and other seed to file. This should gives free encryption for the suffix file (assuming secure choice of generating algo).

+1

A clear text documentation of the protocol would be great.  It would make programming interoperatable software much nicer.

Basically, yes.

In todays world you can track down everybody if you have his true IP address (given that he isn't using any VPS service). That means if criminals want to track down big account holders in real life that would be super easy for them. Let's assume that most of the big account holders of NXT are "internet generation". That means they are between 20-35 and live in a flat/appartment. This is super easy to exploit and a visit from 3 big guys with guns can make them give up their NXT pretty quickly.

I know that sound major paranoid, but that is a additional security risk that NXT has over BTC. Basically that is a big reason NOT to forge on your private node.

Am i dellusional/wrong?

From what I'm getting from the VS discussion, maybe we should "vote" on "voting" on the idea  

Voting all the way down... What should our axioms be?

just happened now ?

Yeah.  I have a script checking vircurex for NXT appearing in the main page.  It last checked 7 minutes ago and it wasn't there then, so it just happend.

Edit: my script just alterted me. 

I see the voting system gradually turns into our own internal joke

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It seems we have to wait till the full source code is released and then reverse-engineer the documentation.

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