Development Update 13

Development — Production Client / Testnet

MrRobut has estimated the production client will be ready in mid-February and by the next update will have some screenshots of the visual revision that has been done while cleaning up the existing code base. After the release of the production client, we will look to better estimate the release date of the public testnet. On initial release, some features may be only accessible via the command line but before the release of a main net launch we expect to cover all functionality via user interface. Users will have an option within the client to select whether they’re connecting to the testnet or the temporary blockchain.

Change in Community Managers

Due to underestimating his health problems and condition and inconsistency with time commitment Spencer has resigned. Unfortunately, we are not in a position where we can have a community manager who cannot make a time commitment to the project so we brought our other candidate.

Amanda (Morticia#1437 on Discord) in place of Spencer has taken over community management after being brought on last week Wednesday. We hope going forward Amanda continues to take initiative and an active role in the project.

FAQ Update — Guide: Manually adding nodes (atmos qt)

We noticed many users seem to have an issue with the initial set up of the qt client in terms of finding peers. We have published a guide on how to manually add peers which can be found here.

Visual Aesthetics / Rebranding

Amanda will be sharing with the community a few new logo designs this week to get their feedback. A reminder that after the production client has been released in February, users are encouraged to familiarize themselves with it as we will be requesting a ticker change from “ATMS” to “ATMOS” and will not be releasing any subsequent changes to the qt client.