would we have to replot all of our hdds ? i hope not
What, for the new PoC2 in the Dymaxion? No replotting is required, just maybe some optimizing of old plots but definitly no replotting.
I heard otherwise. it is even write in the whitepaper
You heard incorrectly and/or should re-read the whitepaper
This is a litteral quote taken straight from the whitepaper:
"Proof-of-Capacity 2.0: backward-compatible plots"Please join us on the Reddit or the Discord channel where this is discussed quite often with the actual developers.
To add, here is a bit more info taken straight from the whitepaper:
"The PoC2 proposal is a minimally invasive way to achieve
time-memory tradeoff resistance, while keeping the currently
used plots functional. Figure 14 shows the concept of hash
interleaving to re-shuffle SHABAL256 hashes in scoops in a
way so that each scoop represents an equal amount of hashing
effort.
Software used for the mining process can operate on both
PoC1 as well as PoC2 format, where PoC1 requires twice the
reads compared to PoC2 and works on both optimized as well
as unoptimized PoC1 plots.
For better PoC2 performance a PoC1 → PoC2 converter
will be offered."
The 'converter', or optimizer, will not just be a re-plotter. You will not have to go through that entire process again.