... the network upgrade will happen on Saturday, February 18th at 05:00 GMT. At that time all seednodes will be stopped and that block height will be the last block on the, what will become, old network protocol version (80000). When all seednodes are running properly on the new network protocol version (80015), EverGreenCoin Version 1.5 wallets will be released and the repo made public again. There will be a brief window of time while backups of the blockchain are made for historical purposes and the new v1.5 daemons are brought online. Ever effort will be made to make this window short and of course, I will be in communication during it.
What does this mean? You need to have stopped your EverGreenCoin wallet prior to Saturday, February 18th at 05:00 GMT and not run it again until after you have upgraded to version 1.5. At that time (Saturday, February 18th at 05:00 GMT, aka 'big bang' time) and going forward, all versions of EverGreenCoin wallets other than version 1.5 will not work. Your old executable file (v1.3 - v1.4.2) will be useless and should be deleted (DO NOT delete your wallet.dat file) after so you do not accidentally run it ever again. Upgrading will be simple, you will only need to run the new v1.5 executable that will be made available. If you do run your existing version (v1.3 - v1.4.2) past February 18th at 05:00 GMT, you will need to resync after you have upgraded. In any event, your EverGreenCoin are safe. As with any upgrade, it is advisable to make a backup of your wallet.dat file prior to upgrading, just to be safe. ...
Quoting the above just to reiterate. To summarise briefly, at 05:00 GMT: 1) Seednodes will be stopped. 2) Seednodes are started with v1.5. 3) v1.5 wallets and source code made public. 4) The EverGreenCoin blockchain continues with only v1.5 wallets.
Bittrex and C-Cex are on standby for the code to be made public. Cryptopia has told me the admins are aware. YoBit, to little surprise, has yet to respond. After 05:00 GMT, please do not send to or try to send from any wallet, exchange, or service provider that has not been confirmed on version 1.5. Announcements will be made when they are confirmed.
If at any time you have an issue, please do not hesitate to ask for assistance. If you stop your wallet prior to 05:00 GMT and do not run it again until after you have upgraded, you should have no issue but in the event you do, many people will be ready to assist. Again, you can upgrade to v1.5 at your convenience after it is released, but do stop your existing EverGreenCoin wallet prior to 05:00 GMT or you will need to resync after you upgrade.
EDIT: Thanks everyone. This should go as seamlessly as possible.