Hi all,  it's been a while since my last update.  overall the blockchain is still running.  every once in a while - couple of weeks a fork would start and orphans created.  overall though, the nodes have been communicating well, since there was a port enforcment in the orginal code (port 5011).  if you found yourself forked,  use this chain and you'll catchup quickly.   it's from today, 11/27/17:   https://mega.nz/#!IHBjyQqD!vV87xLo6jBGTCf32DQHnyGc0pC10LnOOh3Y45gzsnB8