If a team/community decides, that all team devs are needed for already scheduled development, I humbly propose myself for the task of working on Native network. I wanted to say this in public, because I’m in favor of transparency.
From what @dirvine wrote, that the technology is already there, I deduce the token we have now in Beta is roughly the target Native Token or not far from it. My theory is, that the most work of NT launch is meant to go to a tooling – wallet, exchanges (ERC20 ↔ Native) etc. And if we are speaking about parallel/test/community network, keeping a separate version of a codebase with Native Token is necessary. I have no great experience in developing large projects in Rust, but in other langs I do, and I already have a record of working for Autonomi community (JAMS), and am somehow familiar with core codebase, not to mention a deep connection with the project and forum presence.
I think I could at least keep the Native Token version alive in the current form (integrating non-token development from main branch). It’s the least what’s needed for testing the token, the economy dynamics, and allow developers of apps, that relay on NT features (micropayments, zero fees), to continue their work without waiting 1-2 years for official NT launch.
The ERC20 branch is meant to become the leading one soon. And from that moment the more it gets developed, the harder it will be to keep up with incorporating non-token changes into the hypothetical NT branch.
As this does not seem to be a full-time task, I think I’m capable of that. And, if there are more resources, probably help with what’s needed above that, with a guidance from the team. I’d be more than happy to be accountable to the community in any form that is decided, public reports etc.
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