Okay... here is the news. We will be adding a proof of stake element into EMD in the next update. There are a couple of ways that we can do this.

First, we could do another hard fork and keep on the same blockchain and begin PoS at a certain block height. Or...

We could do a coin swap and start fresh with a new blockchain. The EMD blockchain is quite large, already and adding PoS will just make it grow even faster. Starting with a fresh blockchain could help keep some of the bloat down, for a while at least.

If we do the coin swap, then everyone would have to withdraw their coins from the exchanges to swap out to the new EMD. This would also involve some talks with the Cryptsy wallet team, as they are notoriously slow about updating the wallets of some of their lower volume coins and doing a complete wallet swap may take them an eternity. 

In other news... UNB Auctions now accepts EMD! You can list and sell your items at unbauctions.com for EMD and many other cryptos. You can use your EMD to buy items from anyone accepting EMD there, too. Just look in the description to see what coins the seller accepts. There should be some things listed there soon... if I can find the extra time to get some pics taken and descriptions up. The UNB dev is top-notch and an all-around good guy, so check it out.

Also, I am looking at adding another exchange for EMD. This may not happen until after the PoS issue is decided upon. Don't want to ask an exchange to list a coin and then have a new wallet come out just a couple weeks later... This particular exchange is kind of small, at the moment, but has several very interesting features that I believe will be good for the future of EMD.

Anyhow, feedback on the PoS addition would be appreciated.

More soon.