[Bitcoin-development] Proposal: MultiBit as default desktop client on bitcoin.org

[Robert Backhaus]

But... Multibit is Java. Java's security problems has made it an instant
uninstall item on windows PCs for about a year now. Java exploits are a
dime a dozen.

Yes, you can reduce some of the problems by manually disabling the browser
plugin, but how many users will do that?

Recommending a fast SPV client as a first wallet - yes, of course.
Recommending users open such a huge attack interface on their computers by
installing Java - No go. Until Multibit is provided as a compiled binary
without a Java dependency, it is DOA.


On 1 July 2013 02:39, Gary Rowe <g.rowe at froot.co.uk> wrote:

> I've beefed up the supporting documentation for the website to make it
> more accessible for developers who wish to contribute. It's a Java
> application serving HTML.
>
> It can be found here: https://github.com/jim618/multibit-website
>
>
> On 30 June 2013 16:19, Jim <jim618 at fastmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Yeah "email jim' was never going to work so I have
>> bumped up MultiBit support (a bit) by:
>>
>> + having a dedicated Support page on the website
>>    https://multibit.org/support.html
>>    It has fixes and support notes for the most common gotchas.
>> + the in-app help also now has a 'Support' section with
>>    "Troubleshooting' and the commonest gotchas.
>>    I've also written more help to cover as much as possible.
>> + Failing that people are directed first to bitcoin.stackchange.com
>>    (I have a notification set up for the 'multibit' keyword.
>> + Then finally users are directed to the github issues to search
>>    existing or raise a new issue. Gary and Tim often chip in on there to
>>    close
>>    issues down as well as me.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 30, 2013, at 12:42 PM, Mike Hearn wrote:
>> > Sounds like we have consensus, Saivann, shall we do it?
>> >
>> > I'm also going to ask Theymos again to relax the newbie restrictions
>> > for the alt client forums. It's probably too hard to get support at
>> > the moment and "email jim" doesn't scale at all.
>> >
>> > On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Gavin Andresen <
>> gavinandresen at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > > I vote "yes" to have MultiBit replace Bitcoin-Qt as the recommended
>> > > desktop wallet app. I think most users will be happier with it.
>> > >
>> > > If I'm wrong, it is easy to change back.
>> > >
>> > >
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