Titan, have you thought anymore of implementing KGW to stop the difflocks?
I didn't implement KGW in the past because it it not efficient for mobile wallets.
Something much better is in the works. It already works very well on test net.
It's a stochastic intra block retargeting scheme that can compensate 100x hash rate fluctuation with minimal block chain slowdown.
I am still working on hardening the scheme against attacks, but I think I nailed the main issue.
We will hard fork over the next four weeks. I still have to port ACP to the Bitcoin client 0.9.1.
In the mean time the Luckycoin network got some Scrypt ASICS to keep the network operation smooth.
The next reward reduction is coming this week at block 300,000. This will further reduce the selling pressure from the miners.
During the next cycle we will have a coin production rate of about 20 USD per day.
I think it will take one more month or two for the crypto market to bottom out.
LTC is taking a beating today, but there is no panic yet.