Does a wallet app require a full-client or a sys-proxy?  I would love to
see both of those if Abhishek wants to do them, but I think he just wants
to do a wallet....

Would Abhishek contacting Google help our chances?

Thank you,
-Zach Lym


On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Daniel Kraft <d...@domob.eu> wrote:

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>
> On 2014-02-19 18:42, Abhishek Batra wrote:
> > I am Abhishek studying computer science and engineering in VIT
> > University, Vellore, India. I have proficiency in Android App
> > development and Java Programming. I want to be a part of GSoC14
> > with Namecoin. I am interested in the android project for
> > implementing the wallet app. Please guide me about what should be
> > my next step in this direction.
>
> Thank you very much for your interest!  We at Namecoin are definitely
> looking for help -- note, though, that the accepted organisations for
> GSoC 2014 will only be announced in five days, so it is not clear
> whether or not Namecoin will be accepted.  We hope it for sure,
> though.  And in any case, your help is greatly appreciated!
>
> The Android app is surely an interesting project!  As far as I am
> aware, no one of us is really an expert with Android.  I have some
> limited experience with writing small toy apps for fun, but nothing
> really serious.  So you would surely complement us nicely here.
>
> The challenges will be two things:
>
> 1) Find a way to make Android resolve .bit domains through your app.
> This could be done with some system-level "magic" with iptables or
> whatever, if possible, or via implementing a SOCKS proxy server.  It
> is probably also interesting to see what the Orbot people do for .onion.
>
> 2) Implement a client suitable for Android.  It could be based on
> BitcoinJ, but it is probably too much to add full Namecoin support to
> BitcoinJ for a GSoC project.  Alternatively, you can discuss other
> ways to retrieve data in a lite but still secure way with us and
> implement that.
>
> Others here probably also have suggestions, so I'll leave it with that.
>
> Yours,
> Daniel
>
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