Yes I built it but I couldn’t find the time to post about it. This release only includes the lower threshold to switch to the new protocol (described in the 4.0 release) because the other changes are not ready and it’s not clear whether they will be finished shortly given the current state of the project.
So after majority of BKS nodes switch to V5.0.0, we can vote reputed signers.
Technically there can be up to 15 reputed signers, how many should we vote? 15? 12?
I believe these reputed signers are something like “board of directors”, and this group is very important for B&C’s decision making in this special situation.
Before I advertise this, I want to get a confirmation from @sigmike and @CoinGame that the reputation voting bug has been fixed in this release. In the last release I discovered that setting reputation votes will prevent you from minting any blocks. Has this been fixed in this release? If you want to know more about this issue, check my replies throughout this thread, where I did tests to discover the issue…
Indeed there is a bug. Your wallet is probably still voting for the 4.0 protocol. It was not discovered during testing because we used new wallets, and the problem is in the upgrade process from existing wallets. I’ll fix that and publish a 5.0.1 that will also include the other fix.
I don’t think this bug also affected the 4.0 upgrade, but it is possible.
I’m not sure making my rate public would be beneficial for the shareholders, the other developers or myself. It may have an impact on the negotiation of future contracts (and maybe the current ones) and I have no idea who would benefit from that.
And the final cost depends a lot on the efficiency.
Giving a common rate is also very difficult. I guess you could look up freelancer rates of highly specialized developers but you’d probably not find an answer.