** DETERMINISTIC SANCS / GIN / PROD **
I promised to mention the status of Prod/dip3 and Deterministic sancs upgrade.
So our prod chain has voted in dip3 successfully, and we will soon be able to continue upgrading to deterministic sancs in prod.
But I would like to make one small change to the schedule.
Since it is so late into July, and our superblock is near, lets postpone the deterministic sancs upgrade until August (after our July superblock pays out).
I will modify the schedule now.
https://wiki.biblepay.org/Evolution_Upgrade ** Today's Goal **
- We are currently running 1.4.4.3.
- We successfully support funded and non funded mining. I think the ABN endeavor is turning out to be a success, as we are attracting new users, and this environment is satisfying both newbies who do not want to hold bbp and satisfying old-timers who want to provide the ABNs.
- The pool is still running in protocol v1.0.
- Some log spam exists related to ABN/funded mining activing, checkblock errors due to stale blocks from the pool, and some nodes seem to get banned occasionally.
Proposed Solution:
- Release pool mining protocol version 2.0. This allows funded or non-funded mining in the pool without limitations, and provides more accurate health info.
- Remove log spam.
- Ensure blocks from the pool are not causing log spam issues. Address any pool checkblockvaliditylite errors. Ensure miners are not being d-dossed for bad block nBits or blockheaders.
I will notify when the new version is ready. This is a leisure upgrade.
** Near Term Future **
- Update the roadmap goals for Q3. Share the BiblePay goals (as related to Christian Spaces/HTML5) with the forum.
- Make the users aware of a new project we will implement towards the end of the year and how they can help with this project.
BiblePay
1.4.4.4 - Leisure Upgrade
- Remove log spam
- Upgrade BiblePay Pool protocol to v2.0 (Upgrade busywait to mutex, add
two-way comm and handling of reply commands, add pool deadline support,
allow funded & non-funded mining at the same time per user)
- Handle bad nBits in pool mined blocks gracefully (and ddos
gracefully), and remove Pool log spam
- Disconnect nodes who spam us with bad block headers
** Pool Miners: please upgrade within 7 days **