This confusion has got to stop. I'm not sure where the fault lies, but I can clearly state this, as I have already stated.
LitecoinDark v1.1.2 (released Wednesday) DOES NOT contain hard fork code. Has not, and will never. This means until I push the next update, there will be no reward drop.
LitecoinDark v1.2.2 (to be released tonight hopefully unless something dire happens) DOES contain hard fork code and will cause the block reward to drop.
I have not stated anywhere a target block or when the drop will occur. - This information will be outlined clearly when 1.2.2 is released.
Forgive my frustration, but I have absolutely no idea where or why anyone has given any information stating that the fork would happen before 1.2.2 is released. Everything I've been reading has been wild speculation. 1.2.2 is functionally finished and ready, but before I release anything I run tests, both unit tests, as well as functional tests. I run various simulations with various sets of hashing power and cannot verify my test results until blocks are mined on a private main and testnet (different genesis block as I am not able to test effectively on LTCD's blockchain). This is how I'm able to ensure that something runs smoothly before an update is released.
That said, running said simulations takes time. The coin's parameters don't change just because I'm running a contained test. To ensure my test results are valid, I have to test at specific difficulties with my own limited hashing capabilities. I've had to rent hashrate multiple times in order to test and deploy these changes, and have spent over 0.5BTC in total out of pocket trying to make this happen.
If everyone could please calm down. I'll get it out when I can get it out.
A big thanks to those of you who have been reading and try to help those who have not or have not understood what they've read.
LitecoinDark v1.1.2 (released Wednesday) DOES NOT contain hard fork code. Has not, and will never. This means until I push the next update, there will be no reward drop.
LitecoinDark v1.2.2 (to be released tonight hopefully unless something dire happens) DOES contain hard fork code and will cause the block reward to drop.
I have not stated anywhere a target block or when the drop will occur. - This information will be outlined clearly when 1.2.2 is released.
Forgive my frustration, but I have absolutely no idea where or why anyone has given any information stating that the fork would happen before 1.2.2 is released. Everything I've been reading has been wild speculation. 1.2.2 is functionally finished and ready, but before I release anything I run tests, both unit tests, as well as functional tests. I run various simulations with various sets of hashing power and cannot verify my test results until blocks are mined on a private main and testnet (different genesis block as I am not able to test effectively on LTCD's blockchain). This is how I'm able to ensure that something runs smoothly before an update is released.
That said, running said simulations takes time. The coin's parameters don't change just because I'm running a contained test. To ensure my test results are valid, I have to test at specific difficulties with my own limited hashing capabilities. I've had to rent hashrate multiple times in order to test and deploy these changes, and have spent over 0.5BTC in total out of pocket trying to make this happen.
If everyone could please calm down. I'll get it out when I can get it out.
A big thanks to those of you who have been reading and try to help those who have not or have not understood what they've read.
Awesome this is Great news and nice to read this from you. Thanks for your reply.
I have been around this for some while but work ridiculous hours and don't always have time to scour the thread because 6 hours sleep per night is valuable.
Keep calm your doing a great job and I wish you the best of luck with the coming tests and updates.
Its nice to see lots of familiar names still in the LTCD forum.
