So this weekend I decided to get out of Tokyo and visit Nagoya, a relative small town compared to Tokyo, just 2 hours by the shinkansen I was able to enjoy the food and nightlife from this nice town. The porpouse of my trip was to meet with QT developers which are a strategic good alies to have.
Qt is the framework that most of the crypto wallets have. But like most people in crypto world, they have 0 to none knowledge of C++ and its frameworks.
Most cryptocurrencies, or rather Bitcoin itself is an app built on top of Boost and Qt. Boost is a STL or standard library to ease cross platform compilation as well as Qt.
The problem is that most of the code was written in 2009 and the libraries are a bit old, and even if the app has been kept on the new versions of Qt. The code itself isn't using the new features of the language.
Qt6 is its latest version of it, and its great because it implements QML which is the upgrade from Qt Quick controllers. With QML, is possible to build new interfaces that can be compiled for desktop and mobile. The components are adaptive to the different platforms.
Qt itself is very powerful as it can operate vector graphics, as well as HighDPI rendering which makes lovely interfaces that look great for any visualization APP.
Personally I think the Bitcoin wallet (and all its clones) could benefit from some serious visualization upgrades. Such as percentage of costs categories, and other features.
About me:
Steemian, crypto fan, like to listen to 90s hip hop, and loves to chat about Linux Python and Free software. Runs a local Tech club in sunny Cancun, and enjoys hopping on planes and landing somewhere else.