We have scheduled a PoW hardfork for Tuesday, April 29th (or block 162,090). The hardfork will require you to update your wallets, miners, and pools to the latest version. Wallet versions 2.1.0 will be released early next week (22nd-23rd). The code has been updated at our github repository for any and all pool operators & miner developers to take a look at.
This PoW Hardfork will allow for an even more profitable experience for IoT devices whilst simultaneously helping the network defend against FPGA & ASIC miners. Hashrates for all miners will increase dramatically,(sorry neqinox), even more so for lower end devices.
What has been done in this hardfork?
* Upgraded base PoW algorithm to CNv8 from CNv7
* Reverse shuffle operators
* 128KB Memory
* 16,384 Iterations
How to prepare for the hardfork:
* Announcements will be made via Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Telegram, and Discord next week regarding which miners are ready for the upcoming hardfork. Once the announcements have been made, update your mining software to those supporting the hardfork (Currently XMRig-UPX, FruityMiner, and UPX Android miner).
* Update your GUI, command-line, and/or Android wallets sometime between the 24th-29th of April
