Hi all, as discussed through msg with our big contributor Lombaqe, we are facing the problem of slow retargeting when difficulty is high.
Today for example:
Current Difficulty 143.31197786
Est. Next Difficulty 197.81380121 (Change in 60 Blocks)
That's mean that with few miners the blockchain will be soon stuck again for the second time.
Then we have to find a solution for this:
Discussing about the part of code that is causing the slow retargeting:
static const int64 nTargetTimespan = 4 * 60 * 60; // 4 hours
static const int64 nTargetSpacing = 240; // 4 minute blocks
static const int64 nInterval = nTargetTimespan / nTargetSpacing; // change every 60 blocks
static const int64 nReTargetHistoryFact = 4;
we think that with actual difficulty, 4 hours are too much. To find 60 blocks at starting difficulty is very easy but now with few miners is a mess and could take ages.
We are working on tuning this and we already have an idea on how to modify retarget time, but as we are an open community any feedback on which will be the best solution will be appreciated
Cheers!
Finally, it's great to see some technical discussion here with a new coin. I have accidentally come across this coin and tbh it has caught my interest. In my opinion to see the work gone into this coin already separates it from other shit coins. Time will only tell but it looks like Solarflarecoin is headed in the right direction. To have the wallets, pools and blockchain etc up and running is great. To also have the MAC OX wallet running is even better! Not because I only use mac (also a windows user) but to see the "mac user population" not targeted would be like not really caring that all the audience considered and to me that would limit the interest long term in this coin.
I would like some more specifics about this coin, but being so new I guess time will allow this and I need to do more research.
I do think we need to look at the slow retargeting and to action this remedy very quickly. I have seen many coins get "stuck" and the interest declines very quickly with the coin, and trolls become more apparent. I do not have any programming skills but have been involved in crypto for a few years so have seen how these coins can wither and die quickly. Any coin can die in the future but so far Solarflarecoin is heading the right direction. As I am currently mining this coin, slow retargeting when the difficulty is high is a concern for me at this point and tbh I will switch coins to mine if this is not remedied. I am sure Im not the only miner who will do this. So thank you Lombaqe and other contributors.
Keeping up routine information from the Dev shows commitment and gives stability (not just technically) but those of us who want to buy into this more longer term.
Choosing the correct exchanges is very important but we need volume before being considered on any large exchange (e.g.. Poloniex). I would like to see more social activity on here or elsewhere before getting too excited about this coin, as interest is everything.
I hope to see this coin increase with interest and price.