Yep pretty much the point is to be able to keep your wallet locked without worrying about having to unlock it when you have mature coins.  I myself never use the feature because I try to always have mature coins, but some people find it a must have feature.

Also good work on getting the wiki started David, that will be a great resource for the community. I suggest that everyone add a thing or two to the wiki when you get a second.

When the network stake weight is low, it means that blocks will typically come through with longer intervals in between, and as such you have a much less chance of someone else generating a block before your block gets accepted.

Thanks for compiling that for everyone.  I don't have a pi to test it on, but it is a valuable addition. I am adding this to the OP.

that is pretty badass! (and handy!)

eta for GUI?

What are people's realistic values on hyp right now?
Coin swap has the buy price at 1500, with the sells down to 500, with not much support until it hits 300.

Bearing in mind the apr,meaning 1500 sat today, effectively means you can sell your coins for around 1250 sat in 9 days time for the same overall btc..... Im finding it difficult to value where this should be.

Such a high apr adds a whole new variable to price valuation! :-)

I don't have a specific price that I try to buy at, I let the market decide what I pay.  I pretty much buy anywhere between 100-1000 HYP each day to send to my wallet, I don't have to worry about price too much because I am continually buying, meaning I buy when it is low, high, in the middle, and it all averages out.  I think a more patient approach to buying and selling proves to be the best in the long run.

And also it is worth mentioning that several of the members in the high stake community have pointed out that the higher the stake %, the larger the buy and sell spread. This seems to have been proven true with HYP so far.

Excellent news, looking forward to the release

Here is the first commit. I still have to add warning dialogs that tell when it is rejected, and add info to the staking icon.
https://github.com/presstab/HyperStake/commit/f59424693fed05ebfca29b3004e8ca1d023fcfcb

I've started a faucet at http://hyp-faucet.tk/ to help popularize HyperStake. Get your first HYPs and let them stake!