Thanks for the heads up @gtg! I'm currently reading the following post to know what the changes will be:

https://steemit.com/steem/@steemitdev/appbase-the-next-step-forward-for-the-steem-blockchain-let-the-testing-begin

but I'm going to switch soon

Don't do it on the sabbath! lol ... :) ... Do you know of any api servers that are currently running this version so I can do some pre-tests?