As we come back from the holidays, let's take a moment to look back at what we've achieved in the past few days and see what we've got to look forward to in the week to come.
Note that last week's progress was slightly slower than usual due to the holidays and spending a few days with family and friends. Regular development pace has now resumed.
BasicSwap 📈
Dogecoin Integration 🧪
We are ready to merge the Dogecoin (DOGE) integration into the dev branch for community testing, which will occur within the next few hours or during the weekend.
Due to Dogecoin's unique codebase, we've developed a custom core package to enable integration. We're seeking additional community testers to thoroughly evaluate this implementation before its production release. It's important to note that this DOGE integration will be classified as 'experimental' since it uses our custom core rather than the official one. This custom version was necessary to implement functions required by BasicSwap that are absent from the official core.
Furthermore, due to Dogecoin's lack of SegWit support, it will only be available as a scriptless coin. This means it cannot be swapped directly with Monero, Wownero, or other non-scriptable coins. While we're investigating potential solutions to this limitation, implementing the necessary changes may ultimately depend on the Dogecoin development team.
Private Offers 👤
We're expanding the local reputation system announced in last week's update with more user-friendly features. These include a new tagging system that color-codes SMSG ID addresses on the order book and replaces them with user-defined labels when saved in contacts. We're also developing an improved identity page that functions more like a contact management system, making identity handling more intuitive.
Also, planning has begun for our network-wide reputation system, which will adapt much of the local reputation logic but operate at the node level. While implementing decentralized reputation presents significant challenges, we've designed an elegant solution. However, it requires additional refinement to address potential vulnerabilities.
Though implementation isn't immediate, this network-wide reputation system represents one of our next major developments for BasicSwap. We'll provide more detailed information once we begin active development.
Master Update ✅
We're preparing for the next BasicSwap production update, scheduled for release around next week. In preparation, we're completing various smaller tasks from our development list and will dedicate the next few days to minor bug fixes and improvements.
Watch for an upcoming Particl News blog post that will detail all the new features and improvements in this update!
As always, we thank you immensely for your passion and dedication to Particl and what it's working towards achieving. None of it would be possible without you all!
We wish you a great weekend and happy new year! We'll see you all back on Monday! 🌟
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