We are preparing to add some new features to help reduce fraud / errors from accounts that look like bter.



1) You can now "burn" shares for or against an account while posting an optionally signed message on the "wall" of the account.

2) You can now link two accounts with arbitrary meta data, ie: the account "bytemaster" can link to "bter-com" and define various properties such as trust-level.



So now users have a way of flagging accounts for both good/bad behavior, leaving anonymous or signed messages on accounts, and build an arbitrary web-of-trust among the accounts.



These features also provide the basis of future features including:

1) Allowing Overstock to issue shares

2) Paying dividends on User Issued Assets

3) Identity authorities for voting



The purpose of this thread is to discuss these features and their implications.