HF 19 Date Tenatively Set in GitHub - 11:00 AM EDT 06/20/17
A change was checked in to GitHub earlier today to set the date of HF 19. The date is currently set to 11:00 AM EDT 06/20/17. Although this is subject to change, I think it is likely that this will end up being the hardfork date.
Here is a link to the pull request:
https://github.com/steemit/steem/pull/1190
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thanks for the update Tim! Do you know how this may effect post payouts through that date?
Or are the changes only supposed to effect new posts created after the hard fork is implemented?
Updated info - @pfunk said they will be two payout mechanisms right after the HF - one for the posts that were created before the HF (current reward curve) and one for posts created after the HF (linear reward curve).
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ah ok, thanks for the update on that as well though uh oh...
hopefully it won't lead to all the mess and confusion with payouts that happened after the last hard fork!
why is there so many hardforks but so little work on frontend?
The front-end is basically on hold as they work on mobile and communities.
That's not true at all. The front end is where the communities work is happening.
Sag mal @sneak - Du sprichst schon Deutsch richtig? Gruß aus München!
Hiya. :) I can read ok but make no claims to speaking well.
Ok no worries - will get back with several HF19 questions these days @sneak - thanks for replying and greetings Berlin.
Hi Sneak - thanks for the clarification. I may have misunderstood his point/question, but I am pretty sure he was getting at the lack of any new features (besides communities). I think the community has gotten used to it and at least stopped complaining (for the most part) but a lot of people give feedback that the front end side is missing a lot of bells and whistles, and the layout isn't the most attractive. The response that I generally give to that is that those types of things are on hold while Steemit works on higher priorities (i.e. mobile and communities).
Great question! A lot of the problems could be fixed by adding proper sorting features, favorites/lists and features like that to make it more user friendly. But it can never hurt to first focus on the technical foundation to make that absolutely solid before you make it more user friendly.
P.S.: i like your articles a lot :)
My first HF experience, how exciting. 😎
Hi Tim, thanks for all you do to keep us informed. Do you happen to know if hf19 will affect pending payouts on posts the way they were affected last time (the were reset to zero)?
There will be some change in the payments around the hardfork time, and the way they are distributed will change based on the new rewards curve - but there will not be a reset to 0 rewards pool like we saw in the last HF.
Thank you very much. I was worried posts from yesterday or today would drop significantly after the HF. I just convinced a few people to post for the first time and was worried I had set them up for a pretty big "surprise".
I truly appreciate you taking the time to answer this.
Alright!!! I've been waiting for that!
What was meant to be a rapid, minor release has turned into a typical 3 month release cycle. My guess is they are aligning some other stuff with HF19 though.
Either way, about time! Eagerly looking forward to it. I'll also make the most of the next week as this will be the most influence I'll ever have :) All power to minnows in a week.
A lot of important stability bugfixes went in to this one, too. Running steemd at scale (the site has seen record traffic the last few weeks) has turned up a lot of minor things that needed addressing.
Thanks for the clarification. There's a great more traffic incoming, surely, hope you're ready for it!
We are on AWS and can scale to 50x our current capacity in minutes, as required. We (in particular @justinw) spent asstons of time and effort in a full speed sprint to get to this point before a huge influx of users happened - and we were successful and ready for it.
I promise we'll be ready for all the future ones, too. :D
Mind you, were Steemit.com to hit critical mass, you'll need a lot more than 50x :)
We control the valve with the signup queue.
Ideally, that valve should be fully open! Hope we get there soon.
At the moment it is. We haven't had any scaling bottlenecks yet, in signups or services.
Thanks for the heads up. Took me a few times in the beginning to understand what hf and/or HF or hard fork meant.
As it relates to blockchain technology, a hard fork (or sometimes hardfork) is a radical change to the protocol that makes previously invalid blocks/transactions valid (or vice-versa), and as such requires all nodes or users to upgrade to the latest version of the protocol software.
Hard Fork Definition | Investopedia
www.investopedia.com/terms/h/hard-fork.asp
Is this typically good news or bad news? HF19, meaning 19 different iterations I presume.
I see it as good news. Each HF that I have been a part of has been to introduce changes into the blockchain that improved the platform.
Thank you!
Joined recently, so I am excited to see what HF19 is all about.
Was told the voting power is 4x with this.
I am excited.
Thank you very much for sharing this information sir @timcliff, you are doing a great job on the platform if I could vote a thousand times for you as a witness
Have a great day
Thanks @jlufer :) I really appreciate your support!