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[martismartis]

If I'll start using 5.2 now, will I get node bounty or it is mandatory only after 515000 block?

[Pizpie]

If I'll start using 5.2 now, will I get node bounty or it is mandatory only after 515000 block?

You can use your old nodes up until block # 515,000

I believe the script has been updated for 5.2, but let me get confirmation from CBKR.
In the meantime, you can use your nodes with the current version you are running them on until then!

[tackaroo kid]

At long last, the next client update is available for the public!
We have also added a .exe installer to make installing Horizon less of a technical hassle. Also, keep in mind that the latest version of Horizon will require you to update to Java 8.

Please note that the installer does include JRE8 in it!

This update will force a hard fork at block # 515,000
You will also need to update your nodes by this block to the current version to continue receiving bounties as long as distribution continues.

We have a lot of other projects and news that will be dropping in the coming weeks to follow, so stay tuned to see what we have been working on all this time, and  will be rolling out next. It's been a long time in the making, and we are very excited to finally release them to the public and focus on the next chapter for Horizon.

With distribution near completion, our focus moving forward for Horizon will be getting more people involved and using the platform, with an emphasis on the foundation that was set up a couple months back. We will continue to update the client, but our focus now turns to getting more people involved, and exposure for the platform. The platform infrastructure, and long standing reputation of the project will serve as a basis for further asset development and new partnerships with businesses to take Horizon to the mainstream public.

Thanks to everyone who has stuck around over the past year. Join us while we take the next step in the blockchain revolution.

You can download it here: https://github.com/NeXTHorizon/hz-source/releases/tag/hz-v5.2

getting more people involved and using the platform will need the price to go up alot

[pharesim]

getting more people involved and using the platform will need the price to go up alot

Not necessarily. There are a lot of use cases where the price of HZ doesn't matter, and even some where a low price is favorable.

[tackaroo kid]

getting more people involved and using the platform will need the price to go up alot

Not necessarily. There are a lot of use cases where the price of HZ doesn't matter, and even some where a low price is favorable.

but it does help for higher price

[infinitechaos]

getting more people involved and using the platform will need the price to go up alot

Not necessarily. There are a lot of use cases where the price of HZ doesn't matter, and even some where a low price is favorable.

Liquidity is the major factor, more so than price. I would think that most use cases of HZ would require being able to exchange back and forth between other currencies/tokens with ease and minimal slippage.

[tackaroo kid]

getting more people involved and using the platform will need the price to go up alot

Not necessarily. There are a lot of use cases where the price of HZ doesn't matter, and even some where a low price is favorable.

Liquidity is the major factor, more so than price. I would think that most use cases of HZ would require being able to exchange back and forth between other currencies/tokens with ease and minimal slippage.

Liquidity means bigger market cap hz cant go much lower so needs bigger price move up

[pharesim]

getting more people involved and using the platform will need the price to go up alot

Not necessarily. There are a lot of use cases where the price of HZ doesn't matter, and even some where a low price is favorable.

Liquidity is the major factor, more so than price. I would think that most use cases of HZ would require being able to exchange back and forth between other currencies/tokens with ease and minimal slippage.

Again, not necessarily. HZ is a toolkit, and a low token price helps to issue assets or currencies and send them around, or cast votes. Assets and coins don't need to be tradable, for coins it's even possible to disallow it.
The only one who needs a high price and liquidity is someone who wants to sell a bunch, for example crowdfunders. There are at least two external projects in the making that I'm aware of, where an asset/coin will not be created to be traded on an exchange. Bitnation and E-Estonia also don't offer monetary services (yet), but they use the blockchain for transactions.

Of course liquidity IS an issue, but one that's also being worked on (i heard...)

[tackaroo kid]

getting more people involved and using the platform will need the price to go up alot

Not necessarily. There are a lot of use cases where the price of HZ doesn't matter, and even some where a low price is favorable.

Liquidity is the major factor, more so than price. I would think that most use cases of HZ would require being able to exchange back and forth between other currencies/tokens with ease and minimal slippage.

Again, not necessarily. HZ is a toolkit, and a low token price helps to issue assets or currencies and send them around, or cast votes. Assets and coins don't need to be tradable, for coins it's even possible to disallow it.
The only one who needs a high price and liquidity is someone who wants to sell a bunch, for example crowdfunders. There are at least two external projects in the making that I'm aware of, where an asset/coin will not be created to be traded on an exchange. Bitnation and E-Estonia also don't offer monetary services (yet), but they use the blockchain for transactions.

Of course liquidity IS an issue, but one that's also being worked on (i heard...)

if Assets and coins don't need to be tradable how do i buy asset or coin or sell ??

bitnation uses hz for services so how do bitnation users get hz ??

folk want need higher price for more purchasing power in the future??

i did read in the slack that the hz foundation wants higher price or they go bust ?

[bobcaticus]

if you are into price rising over technology, i would suggest looking into one of the 1500 different other shitcoins you can make a quick buck off of.

[pharesim]

if Assets and coins don't need to be tradable how do i buy asset or coin or sell ??

bitnation uses hz for services so how do bitnation users get hz ??

folk want need higher price for more purchasing power in the future??

i did read in the slack that the hz foundation wants higher price or they go bust ?

Current Bitnation services are centralized and the fees are paid by Bitnation.

When users of a service need HZ, a low price makes it easy for the service provider to hand them out. Deals can be made on a website, an asset can be bought with fiat for example.

When the foundation pays out something of course a high price is better, because the funds will hold longer. Going bust is far away no matter what, the only regular expense is the hosting. Nothing else has been paid out so far (edit: one translation comes to my mind, just peanuts), and there's no one working on something he wants to claim a bounty for afaik. If we'd keep it like that and cover only the current hosting, we're good for about 10 years right now. And we will move to a cheaper server when distribution is finished.

A higher price could help to bring in more devs to work on the core, but in the current situation services and adoption seem a lot more important to me than new features.

[tackaroo kid]

if you are into price rising over technology, i would suggest looking into one of the 1500 different other shitcoins you can make a quick buck off of.

so says the one with 200x 1broker.com under your quote
get real and start living in the real world

[Nxtblg]

At long last, the next client update is available for the public!
We have also added a .exe installer to make installing Horizon less of a technical hassle. Also, keep in mind that the latest version of Horizon will require you to update to Java 8.

Please note that the installer does include JRE8 in it!

Thanks a lot!! And I'd also like to publicly thank MaWo for all his hard and meticulous work.

[Nxtblg]

Again, not necessarily. HZ is a toolkit, and a low token price helps to issue assets or currencies and send them around, or cast votes. Assets and coins don't need to be tradable, for coins it's even possible to disallow it.
The only one who needs a high price and liquidity is someone who wants to sell a bunch, for example crowdfunders.

Yes, that's right. A low price is no deterrent at all to many projects: crowdfunding is one of the few.

[Pizpie]

Everyone who installed the leaked version 5.2-rc3 must update before block 500000.

[ifinta]

Everyone who installed the leaked version 5.2-rc3 must update before block 500000.

We are at block 500099...

[Pizpie]

Everyone who installed the leaked version 5.2-rc3 must update before block 500000.

We are at block 500099...

Then anyone using the old version better update. 

[CryptoSporidium]

When does the node bounty distribution end?

[pharesim]

Long: When the funds are empty Node bounty and stakeholder bounty are the two accounts holding the rest, and both bounties will be paid until the end. If one account runs dry before the other, some HZ are moved over.

Short: Estimatedly some time around the end of the year.

[altsheets]

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