What pools? most, if not all have shut down, or redirected
I think they are wanting them to mine blocks worth 0 coins.
Yeah. Because last few block didn't get matured. And there was 6 hours difference between last block and PoS. We have to solve some more blocks in order to make those last blocks mature.
So in theory, if lets say, suchpool/dedicated updates wallet and re-enables their pool, we could strat mining to get those blocks to kick things off?
You are right. PoS will start working when the last block (7200th) is matured.
but surely, the minting of mature coins should get things moving again? however if all wallets are OOS, then minting cannot occur? I'm off to work, best luck getting it sorted folk, I hope it's all rectified by the time I get home.