"...and everything lines up with existing chain" - good move, as FLT is listed already on
https://www.cryptopia.co.nz/Exchange/?market=FLT_BTC, and to put there new coin (chain) is very expensive atm. - there should be no problems just to update clients.
"Thinking 2weeks for soft switch, then another 2weeks before hard switch" - it should be fine, everyone who is interested this coin should not miss the news by 4 weeks period of time - it's plenty of time looking by crypto standards.
Testnet Update --
Probably more detail in this post than necessary, but we have been quiet for awhile, time to be overly descriptive.
i have the test .21 client running on my main wallet and a testnet wallet. Runs well, stakes well, syncs well. "Testnet" scheduled for testing 12/17 and 12/20 to test client soft fork, then 12/20 move to new reward system. Need to check with the other devs to verify they are ready as well.
you can review the test code changes from current master (ignore all the commits, I tested a few variety of options before I decided on final processing method) //fork times will be adjusted once we finish testnet (DO NOT USE ON PRODUCTION, it will cause your client to FORK) AGAIN, this is a testnet client ONLY.
https://github.com/ofeefee/fluttercoin/compare/master...ofeefee:testnetFYI, if you have a github account, please consider adding a star to the ofeefee/fluttercoin repository.
If all goes well I'm thinking January 15th is softfork, and January 31st hardfork...so everyone will need to update to new client by January 15th, as new client won't talk to old client. This gives a good 30+days before anything happens. Once we past the 20th we will verify and post a final update and start contacting and tweeting it out, etc.
Until then business as usual! Keep fluttering...
FYI, if there is a mobile dev out there who has done wallets for other coins please reach out. I want to consider building a staking mobile wallet. I need to reduce the cpu hit on current staking engine, but that is high on the todo list after we past this hurdle.
Once I get mobile wallets, and this could be coinomi, or others (yes we will need to add BIP32 for HD wallets), but i'm okay with those as well.
Graphics Update --
I have "hired" (loose term, more like coerced him!) someone to update some of the graphics around fluttercoin, including update to the logo which will allow us to continue promote brand awareness, stickers, tshirts, etc. Finally get us a scalable logo, we lost the originals in the old days. Also i will be putting a list of items to do in the near future. Some twitter updates, website banners, etc.
Join us in discord to discuss anything you wish, it's pretty quiet now, more the merrier!
Regards,
--o