This roadmap only explains the plan for the reference client and the core protocol. It does not encompass the general project development or UX modifications and updates of the reference client. It is likely that the list of proposed changes for each release is not final. They should be understood as core features rather than the full changelog.

v0.9

Codename: Strider

This release keeps building on the v0.8 codebase but delivers important tweaks to the system economics, notably RFC-0011, which proposes rewarding 1% aimed PoS inflation split evenly among active PoS participants. This increases the PoS reward up to 5% annually for active minters.

Client released in April, 2020

Hard-fork in May, 2020

Changes:

RFC-0011 (PoS inflation)

PoW difficulty algo tweak to cover some of the edge cases and make the system more predictable.

RFC-0015 (time drift reduction)

v0.9.9

Codename: Zaungast

This release keeps the v0.9 protocol and moves to a new and updated codebase.

June/July 2020

Changes:

New codebase (based bitcoin-core 0.19 with cherry picks from bitcoin-abc and other related projects)

v1.0

Codename: Ikigai

This release builds on the v0.9.9 codebase and delivers long desired changes like cold minting and removal of the transaction timestamp.

Client released November 2020

Hard fork December 2020 or January 2021

Changes:

RFC-0012 (Cold minting)

RFC-0014 (Removal of the transaction timestamp for non-coinstake transactions)

Planned but RFC not defined:

Multisig minting

Remember that this developments are sponsored by the Peercoin Foundation which is turn sponsored by generous community donations.