Re: [ANN] Catcoin - NEW THREAD - FORK INCOMING AT BLOCK 21346

THE FORK WORKS

First difficulty oscillation: BOTTOM 1, TOP 139
Second diff oscillation: BOTTOM 1.19, TOP 79

GOING DOWN

The system is very underdamped, but should still reach equilibrium before too long. If a couple of two-hour block times happen every day it is at least usable.

The 12% limit is too large... at least for increases. It allows a 60x retarget in only 36 blocks.

No. It chases the hashrape away. It never gets to 60x. Don't worry about that. It needs to be 12%.
If it's less the swings will be worse because the hashrape will last longer and the difficulty will be higher at the peak. If it's more they will also be worse, because it will allow the difficulty to jump TOO fast.

Envy - I know it's Superbowl weekend, but we need folks working together, not being armchair quarterbacks. Where where you the past month when we were actually testing this? Wink

Keep in mind, everybody, that we are 35 days old, the original dev basically dropped everything on the community, and we had to pick-up the dev process from scratch while building a new team in the middle of a crisis. CAT's in very good hands, the community is stronger than ever, the PR folks are kicking ass, and we've been recognized by an Oprah reality show.

Yes, we still have the seat belt sign fastened - we're not in smooth air yet - but we're alive, we're growing, and we're standing up to hopping pools - and we no longer need to extend our claws to hang-on. Wink

Life's good and getting better, Catfolks!

Andy