I'm now testing wallet version 1.5 see picture
- v1.5 now has a new network protocol version 70003
- To give enough time for users to update the software, v1.5 will accept connecting to peers with both new and old protocol versions until March 23, 2016.
- After March 23, new software will stop accepting peers with old protocol version. This will ensure only new software will proceed to the new fork.
- After that, fork will actually occur at block height 2100000, and then the network will also stop accepting PoW blocks.
Some more changes that will be noticeable by normal users:
- new command on console:- sendsplit (allow users to split into multiple outputs easily when sending coins). For example, if users want to send 1000 x 1000 coins to address eXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.
The command should be:
sendsplit eXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX '{"count":1000,"amount":1000}'
- getmininginfo command now contains staking-related information, including PoS weight and estimated time for reward.
When testing is final in a few days I announce the release on twitter BTC and some personal messages.
You have 5 weeks to get your normal PoS rewards, after that we have a fixed block reward of 5 ENRG and a 90 seconds blocktime.
The potential inflation is much lower after the fork and small wallets can earn a nice profit with 24/7 staking.