I think you're right.  There's nobody putting out updates as frequently as Gramps right now.

It's great to see frequent, smaller updates than a larger big bang.  I like the progress.

Yes, I like too. And new release is coming in a few days.

Are you running the latest version?

Sorry took a bit longer then expected to sync up.

Thanks.

It's going slower than expected. I've finished the second scan.


To-Do for Pump Group Release

• scan for previous registrations to know which stealth transactions will relay the pick for the current pump
• scan for said stealth transaction and extract the pick information
• scan transactions belonging to the registration address to report the minimum balance
• gui refinements (lock input fields for manual entry and other "fool-proofing")
• full-cycle testing and associated debugging
• block reward adjustment (assuming consensus for higher rewards remains unchallenged)
  
• deployment (versioning, building, & bundling)

Quicker is good, at least it's not hanging up at all requiring restarts like most these days.  The bootstrap is really apprecaitd.

Has a decision been made on the increased block reward?  I am in favor, see no reason not to make the change.

Everything you said is correct.

At the moment, the minimal balance for entry is 200 SNRG. This number may go down as the price goes up. We came up with that number when the prices was about 8000 sat.

Yes there will be a hierarchy. Bigger wallets will get early notifications. Participants must maintain the minimal balance (200 SNRG) for at least two weeks before the pump start. The minimum balance over that time will be used for ordering notifications.

It is important to make sure that the registration address maintains the minimum balance. A balance split among many different addresses will not work. A participant will register with a single address, and this address determines the participant's ordering.

If it sounds complicated, don't fret, I have been working fanatically to make this as simple as possible. We will have instructions after release and hopefully a professional video (hinting to the rest of the team here).

On that note, I'm happy to report my progress with the pump group organization page. Tonight I debugged the two scans that track the "ongoing" pump. The screen shot below shows the results of a testing cycle. One can see that the GUI client can now automatically scan all transactions to find the registration address for the current pump (here "STTG547MFDcSB36miRyX6c8SwXSVzY9jsz") and then find the encrypted communication that indicates the coin to be pumped and the exchange where the pump will be focused (here "SNRG Bittrex" -- and no, we won't actually pump SNRG).

I have yet to do the final scan to find the minimum balance, but this will be trivial compared to the previous scans, which presented several challenges. My current estimation is to have a beta release within 3 days. I will continue making regular updates in the meantime.