I have decided to call this issue the stormchain.

Sorry I didn’t post an update earlier, we were hard at work on the problem. Our developer went to bed, so I now have time to write an update.

The blockchain/masternode network has fragmented into a ton of little pocket networks which actively give out pseudo rewards and ban anyone else from joining them. Your block number may even slowly go up, but it probably is a “bad” chain.

We know of one chain that is actively moving forward and that is at Multipool.us.

https://www.multipool.us/dashboard/pool/trc

We are working on code to force everyone onto that chain. We also are going to require Sentinel because we are pretty sure that is what caused the issue in the first place.

We are not sure if this was an innocent accident, or a malicious act but regardless the changes we are working on will harden the network against it happening again.

I will be throwing a spork 24 hours after the new code is released which will make any masternodes without Sentinel not get rewards so be prepared for that. I will post all over once the new code is released.

I have contacted all the exchanges and asked them to put TRC in maintenance. All of them are in their own unique pocket chain so don’t try and send to or from them.

So what can you do during this time that we work on the problem?

You can keep trying to get on the multipool chain (sometimes it is behind by 10 minutes or so, so expect that). I had 4 masternodes on their pool for about 18 hours then they went expired, so this isn’t a trivial act. To do this sometimes a reindex works, sometimes a total deletion of the entire blockchain and a clearbanned is required.

I created this branch of github that stays on the main chain for longer, but it doesn’t keep it on there forever. https://github.com/terracoin/terracoin/tree/watchdog

Feel free to compile and use. It also bumps the version/protocol up.

We are having to set up the testnet again and give Sentinel and any new code a round of testing before we release anything so….

I had an idea.

Since we are having to do that, and all the exchanges are down, lets hard fork! Let’s turn this disaster into an improvement for the coin.

Let’s add multi-algo, or segwit, or atomic swap, or Clearinghouse, or all of them? Obviously, each thing we add will add time to how long TRC is broken so this shouldn’t be taken lightly.

Please voice your opinion of this idea before 11/27/17 at 6 am PST which is around when our developer wakes up.

The stormchain is a huge issue, but we will get through it and move forward like we always do.

Thanks for your patience and your commitment to Terracoin during this time.