BTW, anyone here capable of code reviewing the changes I've implemented for the next release? If so, I can forward the relevant source, which is not in the main branch. The current changes are:

1.) max coins changed from 336000000 to 63000000
2.) old block reward halving scheme removed
3.) block reward permanently reduced to 10 after block 620k (we may adjust this to be a bit more targeted to follow 10 - 45 days after the release - just a placeholder for now)
4.) incremented MIN_PEER_PROTO_VERSION to 70004
5.) incremented PROTOCOL_VERSION to 70004
6.) incremented CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR to 3

If anyone can advise, would any other changes be required to perform the eventual fork in addition to changing the subsidy and max coins? I believe the changes made are what's required, but need to make sure another version number doesn't need to be changed. Anyone know for sure or willing to help with a code review?