KED RELAUNCH UPDATE:
I have been putting in many hours (and a couple of all niters) to get the KED launch out on time, and it looks like it is going to make it.
I am going to be ready for final testing sometime this weekend and it should be ready for launch next week. As of now the coding left consists of clean-up and placing some of the graphics in the qt-client like it was before.
After that and testing, all that remains will be to create the final new genesis block, "pre-mine" so to speak, and distribute the "pre-mine" back to the addresses on the original Darsek chain block.
The new client/daemon is directly cloned from the current version of Novacoin.
POW block reward is the same as before at 3.5 KED.
POS rewards have changed, they follow the current Novacoin standard. CryptoManiac has put much time and effort into tuning the POS and I see no reason to change it.
The client/daemon will automatically detect an old Darsek wallet, salvage the keys and create a current version of the wallet with the salvaged keys. Your old keys will not show up in your addresses book, but the client/daemon will use them and your balance will reflect what it was when the KED explorer was taken down. This method also allows for other ways to recover your old Darsek wallets in case the client/daemon cannot salvage a wallet for some reason.
This is a completely new block chain, different identifier, ports, and protocol versions. Old Darsek client/daemons will not be able to connect to the new block chain. The address version remains the same to allow for the distribution of the replacement coins directly on the block chain.
More later..