Q1: Your thoughts on XCP and crypto-exchanges: we all want to see XDP gain popularity on crypto-exchanges. Personally I would be relatively more interested in the possibility of getting existing exchanges tapping into the DEx than more exchanges adding XCP.
What are your thoughts on this - more exchanges or more integration with the CP DEx?
First priority : Get XCP-BTC vending machine(s) up and running.This will make it a lot more convenient to get XCP.
Second priority : Get XCP listed on major fiat exchange(s). This adds credibility and makes Counterparty mainstream.
Third priority : Educate people that the DEX is a niche exchange. It is here to stay, but it’s not an alternative to traditional exchanges.
Fourth priority : Encourage a centralized exchange to automatically support all Counterparty assets. It may be integrated with the DEX. There are several possibilities:
Idea: Centralized Market on top of DEx
How about an Auction DEX?
How about a Semi-Decentralized Exchange?
Q2: In order of your preference in terms of end user community engagement, etc. what do you think should get more attention in 2015 - Counterwallet, counterparty-gui or something else?
Counterwallet needs a few cosmetic face-lifts such as removing inner scroll bars and formatting tables better. Other than that I’d focus 100% on the GUI wallet. The GUI wallet will support plugins, which will be of great value to third party developers as well as end-users.
Q3: What do you see as the main impediment to increased adoption by developers (main reasons in order of significance)?
- Small community (can and should increase since every Bitcoin user is a potential CP user)
- Lack of knowledge (like, ehmm, isn’t Counterparty a fork of Colored Coins …)
- Uncertainty to whether and when smart contracts will go live
Q4: Features (apart from Smart Contracts, which are a big theme in 2015): what do you see as high priority features for this year - off-chain transactions, counterparty-gui plugins, mobile client support, etc.?
1 Smart contracts
2. GUI wallet
Get these live asap. Once these are live I believe the platform will grow exponentially. Then it’s all about maturing the code, documenting, encouraging and supporting the pioneers of peer-to-peer finance.
Regarding J-Dog’s questions about XCP; this text from October should be a sufficient answer.