Quote from: micryon on March 07, 2014, 08:59:30 PM

One thing to note about this launch option:

It will not be 100% predictable leading up to the start of mining rewards on when mining will start. KGW is currently non deterministic enough in that when large amounts of hash power gets added/accelerated, blocks do get generated a little bit faster during large gaps.

Even with a -1 day look ahead, we're looking at an error margin of at least +/- 8 hours.

Obviously as we get closer to block 2600.. we start approaching 99.99% predictability.. So if we launch wallets on saturday (starting at block 200 or so).. expect it to be anything between That time +8 hrs, to that time +24 hrs.. with more zeroing in as we approach closer...

So it has drawbacks.. But ultimately it's fair in that everyone will know and be able to see which block we are on, and they make their own judgement on when they apply their miners .. pools will be up and ready to go.. so you can start hashing saturday , and just leave it on.. if you are afraid of missing the boat... At somepoint whenever the switch over happens, your miner on pool will be earning.

Quote from: jimlite on March 07, 2014, 08:15:32 PM

Quote from: GPU Coin on March 07, 2014, 08:08:23 PM

I took micryons suggestion and wish to put the wallet out Saturday to allow the network to ramp instead of hitting a wall of traffic. This should alleviate all prior issues and provide the proper launch. I will be updating the OP with block countdowns to inform everyone when the 20,000 GPUC blocks will start.

Sounds like a good plan, but PLEASE
make sure the 20,000 GPUC blocks will
start as planned on SUNDAY BETWEEN
3PM and 5PM Eastern. No one wants to
be up at 4 am again Monday morning
seeing if everything is OK when the
real 20,000 coin launch is. And we also
don't want it to accidentally kick in
Sunday at 4 am!

Everything sounding great so far, a lot more organized and I'm sure this will be a successful launch.

Could maybe do with updating the first post to let everyone know, otherwise bound to be people who miss this info