1) On the swap, here is basically how it would happen:
1. Release a new v1 client that stops giving PoW rewards or gives miniscule rewards at block height X but still accepts work to keep the chain moving. That makes it so v1 isn't still minting money with people trying to trade it in for v2. The new version would also make it so new transaction comments will be stored with the transactions on the blockchain.
2. Release the new v2 client that has a premine for the entire replacement money supply of v1.
3. People will send their v1 WAS to an address with their v2 WAS address as the transaction comment, I'll write a program that watches the incoming v1 transactions and sends out new v2 replacement coins. Exchanges can use this method or contact us for a direct replacement without going through the program. If the transaction comment is empty or the comment isn't a valid v2 address then it would send the v1 coins back to their owner.
Edit: Part of the reason for doing it this way versus a web-based solution is so there is no IP trail connecting your old address to your new for your privacy.
2) People would have a long time to swap; say 3-6 months? Any of the new coins not swapped after the time allowed can either be destroyed or used for giveaways/advertising/whatever the community wants. Or it could be run indefinitely.
4) It probably is a good idea to keep PoW going along with PoS, it helps to make sure the blockchain keeps running smoothly. I'm not sure if we should keep it as a meaningful reward (like dividing the current block reward by 100 too) or a token reward like 10 WAS. Still assuming a 100:1 swap ratio my personal preference is probably a lesser block reward like 125 WAS halving every 200,000 blocks down to a stable 10 WAS; this would give about 3 more months of higher rewards before hitting the maintenance reward of 10 WAS. For PoS a 1-2% reward would probably be good since PoW would still be going; but really it's up to the community.
I had the same thought but wasn't sure how it's going to play out and honestly I'm ready to send some BTC after selling some of my Mints for the raffle.
1. How will you handle the swap, Bittrex Richie did swap for some coins but they were on the Exchange to begin with?
2. What will happen to the people that didn't know or didn't want to participate at first?
3. What can you do with the largest wallet (WXvAuSCM9dJ9NYnfir2RrkivyC4PsLbdkQ)? I think it belongs to
http://sha.mine-pool.net/was now Xguild.net. It stole hundred of million WAS from me and never responded with any of my emails. I'm sure there are many miners out there lost their coins too.
4. Will the 10 coin reward enough to keep the network safe? Why don't we go POS to save some energy?
5. 2% pre-mine is no issue IMHO, you guys just have to be transparent about it with Google doc or some sort of reports to inform everyone.