Ok, after informing the team of my status and waiting an additional 24 hours, I've got a slight status update to release to you all re: 1.2.2 update / hard fork.  

After running numerous tests, we basically have 3 options to make this fork happen that have succeeded in every single test run I've done.  I have 3 separate builds of the wallet with which I've been testing, all of which are release-ready as of about 3 hours ago, each one implementing a different technique for making this reward drop a reality.  I've also been brainstorming some additional ideas with which to extend the longevity of the mining period and after this fork is complete I'll be speaking with the team about it and we will likely hold another poll to see how the community feels about these changes.

We are slightly (a couple of days) behind schedule now due to some unforeseen issues that came up during the testing/debugging period, but I'm happy to report that we're back on track, and as soon as I have had the chance to meet with the rest of the team, we're ready to release the 1.2.2 wallet.

This wallet will be a mandatory update in any case as it will implement a new hard fork of the blockchain (this was unavoidable), however, which method we're planning to use to deploy said update is still up for team discussion.  This prevents me from releasing any information on the specifics for the time being.

Also, I've been looking at a target block window of ~96 hours (still a bit short for my tastes) for the hard fork block target.  I'd like to get some community input before I set a hard target block.  How long do you all feel is a sufficient period to allow for exchanges and pools to update?

Let me know either here or via PM, and I'll discuss your feedback with the rest of the team ASAP.

Apologies for taking so long, I just needed to be 100% ready before deploying such an important update.

Full changelog will be included with the wallet for anyone who "has to know" what's new immediately.

All of that said, it is currently 4:58 am here in US/Eastern, and I'm exhausted.  This release will happen some time after I've had a bit of rest to prepare for the chaos that is sure to ensue.

+1

I just hit "Ignore" for 2 more clowns this morning, but I still have 4 more pages to read to be all caught up from yesterday morning, when I went to sleep....

Yes, this point you also make about FEATURE all being OUTSIDE the core is ground-breaking and makes us UNIQUE. To my knowledge this coin is the FIRST! I, also believe they are correct to keep things secret the way they do. Other coins realize we are a threat to them, and maybe would copy stuff. It is a legit concern and their secrecy should be applauded. It is the right choice.

~darylluke.

Chinese would get to a point were ROI was not there anymore and its only good news for the crypto world as I see it.
One of my main markets is china and they have for years been a pulling factor, but the last year the pulling has changed to EU. Electricity has sky rocket in china so the mining marked is more equal now. US is still the cheapest  besides Sweden.
LTCD is a strong coin already and with the releases we will put out shortly even more.
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Xircom

I'm the only one here today. Main Dev is offline for the half day and Troll is working like a maniac on the wallet.

Protection fees 2000RMB, I do not agree, then the attack
This kind of thing is very common in the Chinese, because competition

I do not compromise
I hope you can hold on

Expression may not be accurate, forgive me
If you really could not bear, I'll pay it, because it is my responsibility

Please explane in the forum what was happend.

I was checking the logs and looks like all the ip addresses are coming from China......

Yesterday we had a meeting by Skype. The team agreed what the new block reward should be. I can't tell you yet what the new rewards are and when we role it out. But I can reveal it happens sooner than you think.

Also the Chinese version of the white paper and roadmap coming out very shortly....

As a miner, any coins I mine I can convert to another coin or sell for USD w/o having to be subject to FinCEN rules as long as it is for personal use.  Converting USD to crypto coins is a grey area and my understanding of FinCEN rules is that you are transferring (converting) money and then are subject to licensing rules.  That is a can of worms I want to avoid.   In a previous post pages back; I have posted the link to the FinCEN info.

Buying the coins is better way to obtain LTCD rather than mining

As requested I have posted a black version of the logo. Not trying to step on any toes, but just more options
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=781305.new#new