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Re: [ANN][CAGE] CAGECOIN REVIVAL: New difficulty algorithm, network moving again!
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on 02/11/2014, 12:37:29 UTC
Quote from: nezolder on October 31, 2014, 05:00:30 PM
Quote from: almightyruler on October 31, 2014, 07:02:25 AM
Quote from: nezolder on October 28, 2014, 04:13:10 PM
So, the dev i asked said it is impossible now to hardfork it to x11+pos with bockchain preserved.

Can s/he explain why? I know of at least one coin (KARM) that has changed from scrypt to X11 without needing a coin swap.

A hard fork is nice and (reasonably) simple... upgrade your client and you're done. A coin swap is a pain in the backside, by comparison. Holders are going to hate it, and so are exchanges. Just MHO, as usual. Smiley

Still not sure why we need to change to X11 in the first place?

Well ill ask him that, maybe the PoS is the thing what he cant implement but i dont really know.

I think now we can stay with scrypt then, and focusing the other improvements.
Even changing to POS is possible with just a hardfork. However It certainly aint easy and almost all coins who didnt have POS built into the code and moved to POS have done a coin swap. As far as i know Diamond is the exception and NOBL is als now doing a hardfork to POS with the help of Cryptonit from Diamond.