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This all gets fixed with a single upgrade to PTS 2.0 after DPOS is proven via Bitshares X.
We don't want to perturb the PTS chain more than once.
Agreed. The switch to DPOS will require a total disruption anyway, so might as well wait until that instead of disrupting it twice and wasting the extra development time on an intermediate step. Also, no one should be using PTS for point of sale transactions, so the block times aren't really a big deal. If people are in a hurry to grab some stake, they can use BTC to AGS anyway, and that way the resources actually go to development.
If I have the infrastructure to GPU mine, I would rather mine PTS directly rather than pay the exchange fees to convert. Especially since NaN's GPU miner is netting me 4200 col/min per each 7970. Currently mining NRS.
It's been nearly 2 months since I started this thread. The 42 day estimate was nearly spot on. It currently estimates 140 days to retarget.
No real sign of BTS-X and DPOS being finalized in the near future and PTS fixing is in line behind them. I know, I know, "they are almost done".
A year from now you may wish you had started today.
-Karen Lamb
Here's another:
On a long enough timeline, the development rate for bitshares drops to zero.
-Chuck Palahniuk