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I love the style/look of the wallet. Very cool. Not being a builder myself, but I think I was hoping for some details about planned features or perhaps info about how you are going to fund development.
I'll check out the test flight version.
Gotcha. I am about 1-2 weeks away of finalizing the main feature set, before moving into a polish and outreach phase. I'll make sure to add some more details then.
As far as funding development, I'd really love to solve the challenge of finding a sustainable model. Right now, I am thinking in-app payments to unlock additional features, like batch payments, that heavy users will appreciate. Benefit of this approach (rather than transaction fees, for example) is that it would be a software services business, which comes with less regulatory scrutiny. Plus, fees would be more competitive and the app would be fully functional for casual users. I also like, for example, how Snapchat+ bundles a whole bunch of small features that just make the app a bit more fun and useful. That's the theory, let's see what happens when it collides with reality.
That sounds cool!
I am not a wallet developer, so please feel free to dismiss my ravings, but I have often wondered how a wallet would do if it simply charged for a download. This is a highly unpopular way of funding software, I think, and it comes with a host of problems, but I think I would pay for really good wallet software. I imagine such a thing could still be open source (only charge for binaries). It feels less messy to me than the freemium model or subscriptions. And I'm sure there are some legal problems that come with charging for software that do not exist when the software is provided for free.
I think that could work, with the right audience and feature set. When you get into complex multi-sig flows or larger amounts, then I think people/organizations would be comfortable paying for software that allows them to sleep well. Not sure if it would work for something like Wallet of Satoshi. Sparrow could probably pull it off.
But as you said, that comes with a lot of responsibility that is not coding. And that's a big step to take.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, very understandable. I am very thankful you took your time to look through it, I honestly did not expect it to get much serious scrutiny at this point.
Goal with this first roadmap was to have something big picture up at all (rather than nothing). My sense is that many people who aren't builders don't have a good sense for the product phases and in which one a project might be at the moment. That might be too obvious for you, but I am not sure it is for everyone, based on the questions I got. I'll definitely keep your points in mind for upcoming updates.
If you'd like to test the app, you can sign up for TestFlight on the homepage. I'd love to hear what you make of it. It's gotten pretty stable with the latest bark beta release. Still a lot of small and medium things to work on, but it's getting there.