Hello,
i want to mention that i've hired a professional team realizing the
Namecoin Wallet for Android.
Development already started at Monday 19.05.2014 and will be based on the wellknown Bitcoin Wallet for Android by Andreas Schildbach (
https://github.com/schildbach/bitcoin-wallet)
After my finishing payment to the developer team, the sourcecode will be released as Open Source on Github.
They are several reasons, which speak for the implementation of a Namecoin Wallet for Android:
* Android's market share is nearly 50% compared to all other Consumer Operating Systems worldwide (Please note the attached Infographics below)
* Significantly wider usage of Namecoin
* Windows is vulnerable to Virus / Trojan attacks
* Linux is immune to Virus / Trojan attacks, but has only a minor market share at the moment (i think around 2%)
* I don't know about the status of the OSX Wallet (reproducable build, sourcecode and signed binary), but imho very important due to it's market share, like Phelix mentioned 11%.
http://namecoin.org says: "OSX coming soon"
* Namecoiner are able to keep their NMC mobile and secure (Android is based on Linux)
* Mobile Payment of NMC possible
* New developer with new hard skills entering Namecoin Development
* Increasing competitiveness to projects like NXT and Bitshares, as they have commonalities to the Namecoin project
* Several people indicated the need of an Namecoin Wallet for Android:
https://www.mail-archive.com/namecoin-d ... 00122.html,
http://www.reddit.com/r/Namecoin/commen ... r_android/,
http://www.reddit.com/r/Namecoin/commen ... r_android/,
The first stage of this Android Wallet will offer send/receive of NMC only, to keep the development complexity on a low level. Mentionable and thinkable for the second stage is integrating /ID namespace, Ported solutions like OpenID/OneName and last but not least .BIT domains.
Namecoin is a wide ecosystem of different applications, which are built on top of the Namecoin Blockchain and the intention of this Wallet is to give the Namecoin project additional value.
Namecoin is predestined as a payment system / currency. Due to it's nature as a data storage for systems mentioned above, Namecoin as a currency offers an intrinsic value, which could help to raise the value of NMC significantly and keep the price more stable compared to Bitcoin. For example a nice feature would be the use of /ID namespace to pay to human readable names like "domob", "phelix" and "snailbrain"
I would like to invite everybody interested in this project: Your contributions to the sourcecode, code review and betatesting are very welcome and appreaciated.
All members helping to realize Namecoin Wallet for Android hope to fullfill with this Wallet a big community need. Of course you can donate as well if you like to support this project.
My plan is to share the donations for extending features of this Wallet. If you think you can help with this project just mention it
Please note:
This is NOT an official announcement yet - its more a quick overview of the project. I would like to open a seperate thread for Namecoin Wallet on Android, which is collecting additional information
Please excuse a potential delay of my answers because of my holiday preparations, job work and the additional work for Namecoin Wallet of Android.
Best Regards,
Sudo
Attachment "Market share of operating systems worldwide":