OK I have to say that I'm not liking the fact all of this is being decided behind the scenes in IRC. this should all be hashed in open forum. Either in this thread or in a dedicated NON-MODERATED thread for later reference.
Now don't take that as an attack. It is meant to clue you guys in that we in this thread are only hearing after all these decisions are made what IS going to happen and then that suddenly changes and no reason is given. I mean specific reasons for all the changes. We all know the broader reasons. I'm sure that you don't notice this as your discussing this continually and have not noticed the rest of us are in a vacuum. Maybe the relevant discussions in IRC channel should be posted here at regular intervals for the community to comment on before the decision is made? If we are to be considered part of a community then we should have a say correct?
#1 Why was POS chosen period??? I see no explanation for that anywhere except "Someone wanted it earlier and we chose it".
#2 Why has POW suddenly returned and it why will be for a "short lived" Yet UNSPECIFIED set of time. Explain why it has to end at all.
If we have our own algo and add POS at the same time there is no need to change the amount of coins from the original set at inception. Which I will add is one of the main points of a coins adoption is it's initial amounts and rate.
I think I have been 100% spot on on all my assessments ( #1 of which when I predicted that coins that would start to cannibalize others) in this thread from day one and have yet to see one argument why changing Algo's to avoid massive dumping from ASIC's is not enough to save this coin. I have no opinion on POS either way except I hate that every time I read it is says "Piece Of Shit" to me.
I have also not seen one argument against my idea of publicly stating that "this coin will morph to avoid ASIC's" is not a viable solution.
It seems to me not one person has argued my points. They have just been ignored or commented that "I don't like that idea" without an argument to support why. reminds me of "I don't like change because it has always been this way" even when it is obvious the present path is to doom.
Damn I'm long winded today. got a good nights sleep for once in the last month.
:Edited to add a little clarity
Let me spell this out very clearly to you. We don't know how the blockchain will react to the changes yet. No changes are official, no PoW period is official, no PoS is official. We are in a purely developmental phase exploring what are possibilities are. That is why there is no official information, because we want to test out the basic framework before decisions are made. So sit back and relax and wait for the testing period to let us know what is possible and what is safe. Nobody has ever done this, so there is no guide or anything like that. Go ahead and sit back and criticize me (because I am doing the coding) for not being able to tell you exactly how the chain will react and what the possibilities are. If you want to criticize, then start doing your own testing and helping out with the code.
Let me know what resources you would like and what github account to look for pulls from.
I have not criticized you I have criticized the lack of information being supplied on the decision making process. I am not questioning your skills as I am not aware of what they are. I think the issue is the wording being used.
You and Rofo need to start using Qualifiers in your posts. I was criticized when I was Senior Hardware engineer in the past because of my lack of communicating my decision process but was completely assured my technical skills were beyond reproach. And they were correct. We need to learn that making decisions without the added logic behind those decisions looks to outsiders as dictates even though we put untold hours into the research before making those decisions.