Great news today about the stealth addresses being implemented on block 400,000!
Exciting stuff
But this needs to be discussed and voted in the VoteCentral place very soon, and it seems that the developers will take their time to make this happen after intense tests, and find the best option. I was thinking that a hard fork is different than a bifurcation, if the hard fork is implemented I guess the main chain will continue and keep the has power already achieved??