Gridcoin development milestones: 1. v8 stake engine (security, performance) + 2. autotools (new build system)

Here are upcoming milestones for Gridcoin and their progress:

• v8 stake engine (50%): update staking kernel; security issues + performance improvement; see also here
• autotools (0%): the current build system will be replaced

V8 seems to be the likely next mandatory release; you can follow its progress e.g. on the dev branch.