[ANN] Snowballs | ONE MORE HARD FORK to BALLS 2.0.2 | BALLS/MMXIV Market OPEN

[iGotSpots]

Significant changes in the BALLS 2.0.1 Two Stage Hard Fork:

• Protocol has been switched back
• Blocks will return to their previous speed

• Protocol switch occurs at 1424995200
• • 02/27/2015 @ 12:00am (UTC)

Staking Changes

• Staking will return to its previous frequency
• Stake rewards have been updated to be more interesting
• • Now based on block number in a specific, fixed range
• A few features or changes have been cut to prevent a coin swap to a new chain
• Stake rewards start fluctuating at Block 200,000

Stake Reward Structure in its entirety is as follows:

Code:

int64 GetProofOfStakeRewardYear(int nHeight) {
    static int64 nBaseCoinYear = 5000 * CENT;
    static int64 nMaxPercent = 20000;
    static int64 nReward = 0;

    if (nHeight <= 80000)
        return nBaseCoinYear;

    if (nHeight <= 85000)
        return nBaseCoinYear + ((nHeight - 80000) * CENT);

    if (nHeight <= 94000)
        return (nBaseCoinYear * 2) - ((nHeight - 85000) * CENT);
    
    if (nHeight < 200000) {
        return 1000 * CENT;
    } else {
        nReward = (nHeight % nMaxPercent);
        if (nReward == 0)
            nReward = nMaxPercent;
	printf("Stake percent on block %d is %d\n", nHeight, nReward);
        return nReward * CENT;
    }
}

             

Fork goes live in about 22 hours. Make sure you are updated to 2.0.1

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[ehalvers]

still not staking for over 24 hours, wallet synched, loadsa connections, massive weight, says staking with blue arrow and 1 second till stake. Anything i should/could do???

Be patient 

Yeah and about me !!! my coins are in the wallet for 10 days and have 218k weight but no staking.
is there a minimum amount of coins requirement?

If only you knew the weight of some of the larger wallets 

You guys needa take a chill pill. All of your stake will come in due time. Please try to be a little more patient haha. Posting in here every few hours wont make it go any faster.

[fastaslighting]

not worried about it coming worried about it orphaning  I received 4 stakes and all but 1 orphaned.

[tolikkk]

how  min coins  for stake ?  80000 ?

[Zebedee23]

still not staking for over 24 hours, wallet synched, loadsa connections, massive weight, says staking with blue arrow and 1 second till stake. Anything i should/could do???

Be patient  

Yeah and about me !!! my coins are in the wallet for 10 days and have 218k weight but no staking.
is there a minimum amount of coins requirement?

If only you knew the weight of some of the larger wallets  

You guys needa take a chill pill. All of your stake will come in due time. Please try to be a little more patient haha. Posting in here every few hours wont make it go any faster.

I am 1 of the largest,was staking 10,000 balls almost every min or so a couple days ago and then all just stopped.

[Zebedee23]

my weight is 3180000 , network weight 1370 , expected time to stake , 0 seconds.  It is not a case of being impatiant waiting for it to stake, i havnt staked for a VERY long time and am owed shitloads, was staking almost every block untill 2 days ago then all just stopped. All synched, good connections. Hope the fork fixes this!!!!!I dont care as long as i dont lose my weight and balls owed.

[iGotSpots]

my weight is 3180000 , network weight 1370 , expected time to stake , 0 seconds.  It is not a case of being impatiant waiting for it to stake, i havnt staked for a VERY long time and am owed shitloads, was staking almost every block untill 2 days ago then all just stopped. All synched, good connections. Hope the fork fixes this!!!!!I dont care as long as i dont lose my weight and balls owed.

I don't know how I can make it any more clear to you that the fork to fix your (and everyone else with the exact same) problems happens in a few short hours

[iGotSpots]

For anyone who has or is using Cloud Staking on GorillaStake, please head over to that specific thread and post a review, whether it's good or bad. I know there's not much to review, but if people see other customers saying that it works and is legit, it may help us out. As a consumer, I always check for POSITIVE TRUST and user reviews before purchasing or trusting a service

Thanks guys

GorillaStake Thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=951437

[Mattei]

Significant changes in the BALLS 2.0.1 Two Stage Hard Fork:

• Protocol has been switched back
• Blocks will return to their previous speed

• Protocol switch occurs at 1424995200
• • 02/27/2015 @ 12:00am (UTC)

Staking Changes

• Staking will return to its previous frequency
• Stake rewards have been updated to be more interesting
• • Now based on block number in a specific, fixed range
• A few features or changes have been cut to prevent a coin swap to a new chain
• Stake rewards start fluctuating at Block 200,000

Stake Reward Structure in its entirety is as follows:

Code:

int64 GetProofOfStakeRewardYear(int nHeight) {
    static int64 nBaseCoinYear = 5000 * CENT;
    static int64 nMaxPercent = 20000;
    static int64 nReward = 0;

    if (nHeight <= 80000)
        return nBaseCoinYear;

    if (nHeight <= 85000)
        return nBaseCoinYear + ((nHeight - 80000) * CENT);

    if (nHeight <= 94000)
        return (nBaseCoinYear * 2) - ((nHeight - 85000) * CENT);
    
    if (nHeight < 200000) {
        return 1000 * CENT;
    } else {
        nReward = (nHeight % nMaxPercent);
        if (nReward == 0)
            nReward = nMaxPercent;
	printf("Stake percent on block %d is %d\n", nHeight, nReward);
        return nReward * CENT;
    }
}

             

Fork goes live in about 22 hours. Make sure you are updated to 2.0.1

After fork if I am reading this right it looks to me like apr% will grow slowly as chain ages.  Starting at 10.  Does that sound like a fair assessment?  Is % division or a mod operator?  Thanks

[iGotSpots]

Significant changes in the BALLS 2.0.1 Two Stage Hard Fork:

• Protocol has been switched back
• Blocks will return to their previous speed

• Protocol switch occurs at 1424995200
• • 02/27/2015 @ 12:00am (UTC)

Staking Changes

• Staking will return to its previous frequency
• Stake rewards have been updated to be more interesting
• • Now based on block number in a specific, fixed range
• A few features or changes have been cut to prevent a coin swap to a new chain
• Stake rewards start fluctuating at Block 200,000

Stake Reward Structure in its entirety is as follows:

Code:

int64 GetProofOfStakeRewardYear(int nHeight) {
    static int64 nBaseCoinYear = 5000 * CENT;
    static int64 nMaxPercent = 20000;
    static int64 nReward = 0;

    if (nHeight <= 80000)
        return nBaseCoinYear;

    if (nHeight <= 85000)
        return nBaseCoinYear + ((nHeight - 80000) * CENT);

    if (nHeight <= 94000)
        return (nBaseCoinYear * 2) - ((nHeight - 85000) * CENT);
    
    if (nHeight < 200000) {
        return 1000 * CENT;
    } else {
        nReward = (nHeight % nMaxPercent);
        if (nReward == 0)
            nReward = nMaxPercent;
	printf("Stake percent on block %d is %d\n", nHeight, nReward);
        return nReward * CENT;
    }
}

             

Fork goes live in about 22 hours. Make sure you are updated to 2.0.1

After fork if I am reading this right it looks to me like apr% will grow slowly as chain ages.  Starting at 10.  Does that sound like a fair assessment?  Is % division or a mod operator?  Thanks

The range is 1% - 20,000% forever. It will fluctuate between there and change every block. Basically it will divide the height by the max and use the remainder as the stake %, as long as it's not 0

[iGotSpots]

There are still some people not updated to 2.0.1 - If you don't update, you will be left behind in under 8 hours

[wgd]

There are still some people not updated to 2.0.1 - If you don't update, you will be left behind in under 8 hours

more balls for us;)

[freedomsr40]

There are still some people not updated to 2.0.1 - If you don't update, you will be left behind in under 8 hours

question ive noticed, my mmxiv and 10k are staking fine, a few times a day and its normal, however , BALLS is not i have like 125k coins and it only stakes once every 4 or 5 days , thats it , is that normal for this? its not a big deal just wondering, and i just did the update ,thanks for your help!

[iGotSpots]

There are still some people not updated to 2.0.1 - If you don't update, you will be left behind in under 8 hours

question ive noticed, my mmxiv and 10k are staking fine, a few times a day and its normal, however , BALLS is not i have like 125k coins and it only stakes once every 4 or 5 days , thats it , is that normal for this? its not a big deal just wondering, and i just did the update ,thanks for your help!

Yes that is normal. Just wait a few more hours and things will change dramatically

[rocoro]

Should we have staking enabled when the fork occurs,  or doesn't it matter? 

Thanks

[iGotSpots]

Shit is about to get crazy

[iGotSpots]

This is literally your last chance to update to BALLS 2.0.1 before the fork

Significant changes in the BALLS 2.0.1 Two Stage Hard Fork:

• Protocol has been switched back
• Blocks will return to their previous speed

• Protocol switch occurs at 1424995200
• • 02/27/2015 @ 12:00am (UTC)

Staking Changes

• Staking will return to its previous frequency
• Stake rewards have been updated to be more interesting
• • Now based on block number in a specific, fixed range
• A few features or changes have been cut to prevent a coin swap to a new chain
• Stake rewards start fluctuating at Block 200,000

Stake Reward Structure in its entirety is as follows:

Code:

int64 GetProofOfStakeRewardYear(int nHeight) {
    static int64 nBaseCoinYear = 5000 * CENT;
    static int64 nMaxPercent = 20000;
    static int64 nReward = 0;

    if (nHeight <= 80000)
        return nBaseCoinYear;

    if (nHeight <= 85000)
        return nBaseCoinYear + ((nHeight - 80000) * CENT);

    if (nHeight <= 94000)
        return (nBaseCoinYear * 2) - ((nHeight - 85000) * CENT);
    
    if (nHeight < 200000) {
        return 1000 * CENT;
    } else {
        nReward = (nHeight % nMaxPercent);
        if (nReward == 0)
            nReward = nMaxPercent;
	printf("Stake percent on block %d is %d\n", nHeight, nReward);
        return nReward * CENT;
    }
}

             

[iGotSpots]

We are now on 2.0.1 - Blocks are flying - Expect block 200,000 and the new stake rewards to kick in tonight

[rocoro]

Staking icon says not staking... will this be that way until block 200k?

[fonzerrellie]

I'm finding a ton of pos blocks, great job Spots