I don't want to mess up my old installation until more discussion is going on about the new wallet.
You don't have to mess up anything.
There's a document that explains how to update the wallet:
https://element-hyp.com/cc/how_to_update.pdfQuite simply:
Shutdown your HyperStake wallet if it is running.
Rename the HyperStake appdata folder to Element. And then within the Element appdata folder, delete the following:
db.log, debug.log, governance.dat, peers.dat, and HyperStake.conf
Run the new Element binary. Done.
We're now running a multitude of seed nodes, so addnodes in the .conf are no longer necessary.
We can only apologize in advance if there's any short term confusion in regard to updating, but we're not quite at the point of being public about the release. Getting the indexes and exchanges to update is a slow process, and we're in the process of finalizing the mobile app, too. The intention was to publish the new bitcointalk thread, announce the release of the mobile wallet and desktop wallets together. However, some people are downloading the new desktop client in advance, so it's an inevitability that there's going to be some friction to start with.
But as always, if you have any issues, you can open up a ticket on the HYP Discord server and you can communicate with us directly: