...I recovered CrossVerse's "madpool" addition, after finally figuring out what it was all about.
Good work! Thanks for focusing on this and telling us about it.
...One favourable implication of this is that it might open the way for a soft-fork migration to segwit.
Are you at all interested in a IsSuperMajority() network upgrade in a next release using this built-in pool code which could be patched into 0.13.0 (perhaps [or whatever you like]) and then once those are activated, [the IsSuperMajority() forks] continue to lock-in the version bits soft forks?
Since the pool side of the equation and solo mining side of the equation is looking to be more well managed right now, I wouldn't be opposed to doing a white-box generic unpolished but functionally precise wallet to usher in the IsSuperMajority() BIPs.
The hierarchial deterministic wallet comes with 0.13.0 iirc (BIP 32) and activating BIP 66 and BIP 65 with it (but especially BIP 66) will give the Datacoin network a great baseline to then move people out of the 0.8 branch and ensure the problems associated with rejected transactions due to strict DER signatures (to prevent unintentional forks) may be resolved before attempting a SegWit network upgrade.
Also, I will be AFK a ton for the rest of the weekend - but I wanted to just pop in and thank you for the attention you're giving as caretaker for Datacoin and to help with strategy for future protocol upgrades now that more of the mining technology has been wrangled.
Best Regards,
-Chicago