Edwin [new.capital]:
We would like to share a progress update on the blockchain infrastructure development. As you may know, we are working on an innovative dynamic “supply/demand” inflation model. This feature will allow the network to automatically make decisions on block rewards paid to network participants. The factors for this decision will be price, volume and transaction fees paid to the network. We expected this feature to be completed some time ago, however, we discover more and more unexpected issues on our development environment, but this encourage us even more to “crack it down”. We do have good progress and we hope to complete this important feature as soon as possible, however, it is difficult to make an estimation in terms of timing.
If you are willing to follow the progress and read some code, you are welcome to review the code contributions here:
https://github.com/NewCapital/catapult-server/commits/mainCan we launch the network without this feature now and complete is later?
Yes, we can. However, the expect for lots of issues and resources required by us and the community with such a network upgrade. Therefore, it would make more sense to launch the network with the newly introduced block reward consensus mechanism.
Do we think this feature is necessary?
Definitely! This unique functionality is easy to explain and justify. The more people are using TWINS, the more TWINS are generated, versus our current linear 25 years inflation that is disconnected from the actual market need and usage. In fact, we feel that this feature is one of the top reasons to upgrade the networks.
Will we provide enough time in advance for users to upgrade?
Yes! Once we are ready for public testing, we will upgrade the TWIX network first and monitor the performance of the new feature with the real-world inflation indicators for at least 90 days. Next, we will introduce a mandatory update for current TWINS network with 2 TWINS block reward with the goal to stop the inflation and motivate users to migrate to the new network ASAP. Next, the new TWINS and FIX networks will be launched and the coin swap service will be introduced on NCE, allowing users to deposit old coins and withdraw new ones. This service will be available for at least one year.
Can we introduce the mandatory update with zero inflation for TWINS/FIX already?
Yes, we can. However, we are not in a position to make such a decision, and if you think it is a good idea, please vote. Should we stop the inflation already with 2 TWINS block reward? YES/NO
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