so much stuff to read...lol...have been keeping track of the forum everyday.
anyway, just want to clarify. Multishield = DigiShield right? was wondering why the different name.
Not quite. They're both difficulty adjustment algorithms but DigiShield only works for one algorithm, whereas MultiShield was specifically designed for multi-algorithm difficulty adjustments. DigiByte switched from DigiShield to MultiShield a long time ago, but you'll still see DigiShield named in a lot of DigiByte propaganda because it was adopted by several other cryptocurrencies. MultiShield is currently only used by DigiByte.