The next-gen social network platform based on the Steem Blockchain. With Busy.org: Get your value back!
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Read this post on Busy.org: https://busy.org/steem/@busy.org/busy-news-three-months-beta-what-s-new-next
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Busy is a non-profit organisation offering open-source projects on Steem, which aims to bridge the gap between the old economy and a new economy giving value back to people.
Our goal is to develop the best tools and strategy to bootstrap this thriving eco-system and to enable billions of people to take part in this revolution.
We aim to connect everyone to the best social network platform that can bring value back to users in a peer-to-peer and decentralised way using the power of the Steem blockchain and cryptocurrencies.
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Steem.js * the JavaScript API for Steem blockchain
Steem.js is now the official Javascript library for the Steem blockchain. We changed our repo to https://github.com/steemit/steem-js and are maintaining the library with the help of Steemit developers. It\u2019s now used by apps like steemit.com, eSteem, busy, chainbb, etc. This is an important tool that facilitates the development of new apps on top of the Steem blockchain.
Since February, several updates have been made to fit the last hardforks and fix small issues.
Documentation/Github: https://github.com/steemit/steem-js
Releases: https://github.com/steemit/steem-js/releases
SteemConnect * is a simple identity layer built on top of the Steem blockchain that allows you to connect to authorised apps in a secure and convenient way.
A whole ecosystem of applications is being built around the Steem blockchain. Nevertheless, this profusion of new projects that demonstrate the enthusiasm and dynamism of Steemians leads to the issue of Security for both users and developers of our ecosystem.
SteemConnect as an open-source, collaborative, transparent project, aims to become the official Steem Login and Signing Service for Third-Party Applications Apps * helping the ecosystem to benefit from a convenient and secure solution. (check Steemit Roadmap 2017 p.11/22)
We released a test version (v1) that we're currently using on Busy.org, but are now working in collaboration with Steemit, to make an official v2.
SteemConnect v2 project is in progress. (code: https://github.com/adcpm/sc2) We are re-building the authentication flow to give the app more flexibility and user more securities. More info coming soon!
Busy.org is an Open-Source social network and communication platform that extends itself to a variety of rich features and functionality including free digital payments and a marketplace for goods and services.
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It's been now three months that Busy.org has entered in Beta test phase.
About 300 people were invited to test the platform, which allowed us to take several consistent feedbacks and inputs to redirect our strategy. An excellent opportunity to help us make the next release the best possible.
Remember, this is a Beta version. There are still several works in progress, and not everything may work 100% correctly.
Our Beta goals are:
A non-exhaustive list of last updates on Busy.org:
Implementing new Post Modal component with next and previous button to other articles (#402)
Implementing new comment and reply system for post pages similar to Disqus (#402)
Fixing multiple bugs with comments (#402)
Improving the initial load time with caching of vendor javascript files separately (#411)
Fix the bug with existing modal (#439)
Fix the bug with links on Post Modal (#447)
Enhancement to Popover UI component (#451)
Browser Push Notification (#462, #464)
Sort Items in post feed card #418
Bug Fixes
The elapsed time meter shows wrong data #262
Code not embedded properly #371
Delete key is not appropriately functional #298
Spellcheck not working everywhere #427
Missing spell checker in post editor #345
Added Error Handler for blockchain error #435
Format bug #283
Get images from body if not in jsonMetadata #461
handle overflowing title #476
Server side rendering #449
Completed and waiting For review and merge
Added DefaultMessage for missing Messages #477
Server side for profile and feeds #470
Filter Resteemed posts from main Profile, created a "Reblog" tab
As you can see, many bugs are now fixed, and important features (strong community requests) are implemented such as:
Check out latest commits, work in progress and known issues on our Github:
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The past 3 months with the help of the testers, advisors, and many open debates about user experience helped us to define a proper strategy for the next release.
We set our goals for a decent release this summer.
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As a decentralized and open source platform in the form of a non-profit organization, we are open to any contribution/suggestion from you. We would love to get the finest resources from this brilliant community to build the best platform ever that can change the world. Our goal is to be able to select and pay every contribution that brings value to Busy. Since the first day we\u2019ve paid every contributor! We're enthusiastically looking for talented people who understand where Busy is going.
We're recruiting talented/experienced designers who want to contribute to our project. Branding/UI/UX experts, please contact [email protected] or
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