I oppose this bounty,  bitcoin 0.8.1 is the most flakey version of bitcoin I have yet had to deal with.  It is the wrong time to try and make a new base. Perhaps instead say what is missing, it may be simpler and quicker to just add it.

Also it has been said earlier they do not want a dice service running on devcoin... if this is what is keeping those off of it so much the better.

There's a few things going on - hence trying to clear up things.

1) Nodes
What:
Long standing dvc nodes - ideally placed on fast connections & configured with a large number of connections.

Why:
To allow new & existing clients to bootstrap quickly.  To allow a complete fall-back when other systems aren't functioning.

How:
Coded dns names in the code - that allow cname & a lookups.

2) Locators - client discovery
What:
Review the current infrastructure to ensure it's suitable for scalable growth.  
IRC, DDNS (DNS Seeding), Client cache

Why:
It's good to review where you are and where you're going.
DNS Seeding should be reviewed and checked to see if the current setup is optimal.  DNS Seed names (DNS entries) should be checked & updated - are we using the most appropriate record types, what's the change control process.  As you mention - does it fallback properly should those DNS Seeds be taken out? Can geoDNS be leveraged to help users download the blockchain from their closest neighbours.  Tech has moved on - DNS has improved a lot - with ipv6 more prevalent now - srv & locator records can be used and you have more granular control over the how & what.
geoDNS is now pretty affordable and no longer limited to the big-boys - it can make a huge difference to the blockchain startup/catchup time for end-users.
The existing locators aren't setup to gather & supply metrics - each DNS query, irc join is a statistic that's useful in gauging adoption, growth & measuring scale.

How:
Test, metrics, target goals for how this works.

3) DNS
What:
Using existing DNS names to make config & setup easier & simpler for end users.  

Why:
Long term success in pretty much all things comes down to making something accessible to end users.

How:
Update the way a handful of (1) are recorded in DNS, update the documentation for users telling them they can addnode=dvc.devcoin.me and you'll be up & running in no time.
Using something like dvc.devcoin.me is way easier than 15 addnode=abc.def.ijk.lmn entries when a user is complaining that its taken 20h for their blockchain to be downloaded.


I'm overly cautious when it comes to DDNS because there's risk - it's easy to pollute and as it's a centralised public resource it's an address book of hosts.

Yes, I am very cynical now.   I propose that a reasonably period of time must elapse before such small work bounties may be claimed by the person originally asking for said bounty.  This is assuming the bounties are meant to motivate people to work on things they would not have done anyway.


There is no feature to consolidate posts using the skin I am using at least. And it is irrelvent, smaller replies to the exact post are better.  Post counts are also meaninless and have no value, so there is no incentive to increase such.
I I wanted to increase my post count as a goal, I would have far more then I do, especially given the time I have been on the forum, mr newbie with over 1000 posts.... 

I just started working on a DVC ticker image app after I saw the proposal, and I agree, it is a little disappointing to have started working on this and see you post it so soon after recommending the bounty. I will still try to finish my app and claim the second bounty, and I don't think jasinlee should be prevented from claiming the bounty, but I agree with twobits recommendation - in the future there should be a reasonable amount of time before the person who proposed a bounty can claim said bounty.

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I think it can be said jasinlee posted the bounty in bad faith. That would be reason to prevent him from claiming the bounty.

You are right, it is a trivial site to make.  However, if what you said is true, why would you not have been the one posting it?   Feels way too much like after the fact BS.

Why is this such a big deal?

Is it just one share though?