Spirits and force for the whole team, I wait to see soon like it starts the Safenetwork.
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Iām with @whiteoutmashups on this. Whatever testing group is most convenient for MaidSafe is my preference.
I actually feel a bit guilty I havenāt been aiding in the testing efforts, but it seems like there are more than enough other participants.
Iām not going to be extremely excited about testing until we get home vaults again, anyways.
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Testing and user groupsā¦ Do you remember when Gmail first rolled out? You could only get access if you were invited through a friend. Why not do something similar. Iām a developer, have trusted friends and colleagues who are itching to try this network. You could keep tabs on how deep someone is in the introduction networkā¦ cull a branch if it gets to an untrusted source?
Benefitsā¦
1). You grow the network base fast.
2). You grow it through trusted users.
3). The network will get to a trusted size fast before final release.
4). You could in this way reserve site names for people like Wikipedia.
Youād have to think about how to track this, but also how to just then release the network to general use.
The āwhy canāt I have accessā aspect of such a roll out will self market. People will kill to join.
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I agree with Mark again. I want to point my friends and other people to maidsafe.net and say they should really try this out. I guess it canāt be done without an invite as attackers might abuse the fact that Safecoin isnāt implemented yet so here are my 2 cents on how this could be done in a user friendly way:
- Point all people to maidsafe.net when Alpha 2 is released.
- Let them download the SAFE Browser and allow them to surf the network and its safesites.
- If they want an account, point them to a clearnet_link (which opens in their common browser) so MaidSafe can allow only 2 invites per IP.
What could go wrong?? An attacker could try to ddos the system in itās current state (the proxies) but thereās spam prevention in place for that.
Another possible attack could be the use of VPNs and/or proxies on the clearnet to try to grab a load of invites. But MaidSafe is able at the moment to detect the tokens which are abused isnāt it??
So overall it should be very simple to use. Wanna browse some sites? Grab the SAFE browser and youāre good. Want to upload a website?? Create an account and make use of the invitation link.
Thatās probably quite some work, but itās way better and easier to use than Alpha 1 and it shows a lot more capabilities. Forcing people to become member of our forum will keep away quite a few of them I guess.
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Very thankful to the hardwork and commitment that the team have put into as usual. Take care all!
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Stay strong. We need you! 
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I tend to agree with you. Non techos like me need a lot of time and simple instructions on how to use the new world. Change is a big thing you know. And the earlier they can see whatās coming the better
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Thereās an old saying: āFortune favors the boldā. I agree with Polpolrene. Systems like Status.im take off in a huge way (although clumsily like their launch) because they went balls-to-the-wall and then fixed some kinks along the way.
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Did I miss this? Were the new binaries made available?
No, not yet. But there are quite some updates to the codebase. Every tab in the browser used to fill a spot on the proxy_node. Even after being closed, thatās fixed. Thereās also an update that proxy_nodes no longer have a limit when it comes to connected clients. Looks like they just share bandwidth over all connected users. So looks like some updates binaries are coming. I have no idea if they need to be tested or will be open etc.
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Their has been alot put into this platform so we donāt want to release until its ready. The Healthcare field needs it thatās for sure have a great week.
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Keep up the good work I just landed a huge account for private communication!
Jeeeezle Pete, donāt reply to old dev updates at update time 
you had me confuzzled!
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