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-===== Qnect =====+===== Qnect App=====
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-**DeveloperIdo**+**Current Phase:** Beta Pre-Release
  
 Qnect is our upcoming cross platform chat app! For Android, Linux and Windows this app will be available as a native build, which means the packages are built specifically for each of those platforms and will not be dependent on or require any additional software to run. It has not yet been decided if the Android version will be available through the Play store or as an unofficial apk. Qnect is our upcoming cross platform chat app! For Android, Linux and Windows this app will be available as a native build, which means the packages are built specifically for each of those platforms and will not be dependent on or require any additional software to run. It has not yet been decided if the Android version will be available through the Play store or as an unofficial apk.
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 The plan is to release Qnect in 3 phases:  The plan is to release Qnect in 3 phases: 
  
-**Phase 1:** The Beta testing phase, at this stage you will be able to pull chat messages from the blockchain but you will not be able not post any messages. All available groups will be presented to you and you'll be able to choose which ones to follow. Chat messages from followed groups will automatically be downloaded and stored locally on your device enabling the much anticipated feature of chat history persistence. If there are any unread messages in a group you will see a badge with the number of new messages on the right side of that group's tile, when entering the chat the app will navigate to the last read message. Qnect will automatically show previews of websites and images inside the chat if you enable that option. A user's info can be viewed by tapping on their avatar, when we get to phase 2 or 3 the latest minting efficiency and history for minting accounts will be presented, this data is already collected but not yet presented at this stage. Due to the current 24 hour limit it will be necessary to open the app once a day for at least one minute to ensure you receive all the chat data, once messages are persisted longer on chain this will no longer be necessary. At this stage all API calls are done over Traxo's and AlphaX's public nodes (thank you for this service guys!). Phase 1 is very near completion and those interested in testing it can expect to do so very soon!+**Phase 1:** The Beta testing phase, at this stage you will be able to pull chat messages from the blockchain but you will not be able not post any messages. All available groups will be presented to you and you'll be able to choose which ones to follow. Chat messages from followed groups will automatically be downloaded and stored locally on your device enabling the much anticipated feature of chat history persistence. If there are any unread messages in a group you will see a badge with the number of new messages on the right side of that group's tile, when entering the chat the app will navigate to the last read message. Qnect will automatically show previews of websites and images inside the chat if you enable that option. A user's info can be viewed by tapping on their avatar, when we get to phase 2 or 3 the latest minting efficiency and history for minting accounts will be presented, this data is already collected but not yet presented at this stage. Due to the current 24 hour limit it will be necessary to open the app once a day for at least one minute to ensure you receive all the chat data, once messages are persisted longer on chain this will no longer be necessary. At this stage all API calls are done over Traxo's and AlphaX's public nodes (thank you for this service guys!). Phase 1 is very near completion and those interested in testing it can do so by going to the Download Guide below!
  
 **Phase 2:** Support for connecting to a node on your own network will be added as well as Qortal account creation, similar to the way that this is done in the Qortal UI. This will open up the possibility to post message, as well as other functionalities such as making payments, group management and name registration, though at this stage only the posting of chat messages will be implemented.  **Phase 2:** Support for connecting to a node on your own network will be added as well as Qortal account creation, similar to the way that this is done in the Qortal UI. This will open up the possibility to post message, as well as other functionalities such as making payments, group management and name registration, though at this stage only the posting of chat messages will be implemented. 
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 The second reason that Qnect could be called centralized is the fact that it uses our public nodes to make API calls. Within our home network we will (in phase 2) be able to connect to our own node. The second reason that Qnect could be called centralized is the fact that it uses our public nodes to make API calls. Within our home network we will (in phase 2) be able to connect to our own node.
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-There's currently simply no way around using public nodes if we want to have access to the API outside of our local network.At least not until we have mobile lite nodes. 
  
 Qnect cycles through the list of all current public nodes when it makes API calls. You'll be able to edit that list, this might come in handy if more public nodes become available, or if some public nodes go offline. Qnect cycles through the list of all current public nodes when it makes API calls. You'll be able to edit that list, this might come in handy if more public nodes become available, or if some public nodes go offline.
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