And we should always remember that in matters of evolution, nature will select for the ability to adapt and survive, not for maximum convenience to mankind.

Phil Chandler, The Barefoot Beekeeper

The ‘Hive’

LCC solution against 51% attack is now live with more and more beekeepers joining the public Testnet daily to find out what all the Hype is about.

The public Testnet has proven to be a monumental success, a culmination of countless development and testing hours. The network is stable, coping with the demands and performing completely as anticipated.

Therefore, without further ado, the team wish to initiate the process of full Mainnet activation and integration. The following procedure details the technical process and estimated time required to ensure implementation is achieved.

Mainnet activation process:

For every 8064 blocks that occur on the network a check is done. After 24-Dec, every time this check occurs, the previous 8064 blocks are checked to see if they have been mined by pools or miners who support the activation of Hive.

All that is required to show this support is upgrade to 0.16.0.2.

https://litecoinca.sh/#corewallets

Each time the check occurs, if 75% of the previous 8064 blocks show support for Hive activation, then activation becomes ‘locked in’. From this point, activation is definite.

However, full Hive activation does not occur for another 8064 blocks of ‘locked in’ status. This is to give anyone who still has not upgraded a final opportunity to do so.

Note: Block calculation/initiation, 23-Dec-18, 17.00 UTC. At block height 1539753.

Updated activation time estimation, 04-Jan-19:

Height: at block 1540224, 471 blocks from initiation point, Dec 24, the vote has not commenced. Nothing to report.

Height: at block 1548288, Aprox time 07/08-Jan-19, Voting period starts.

Height: at block 1556352, Aprox time 21/22-Jan-19, Potentially, if 75% of previous 8064 blocks show support, Hive status becomes “Locked in”

Height: at block 1564416, Aprox time 04/05-Feb-19, Potentially, Full Hive activation at this point if “Locked in” status is achieved at block 1556352.

For more information please see BIP8 and BIP9:

To check the current activation status, run the RPC call getblockchaininfo. At the moment the bip9_softforks block looks like this:

“bip9_softforks”: {

“csv”: {

“status”: “active”,

“startTime”: 1485561600,

“timeout”: 1517356801,

“since”: 1201536 },

“segwit”: {

“status”: “active”,

“startTime”: 1485561600,

“timeout”: 1517356801,

“since”: 1201536 },

“hive”: {

“status”: “defined”,

“startTime”: 1567123200,

“timeout”: 1598745600,

“since”: 0 }

The team would like to thank all those involved in making this Hive project so special and eagerly look forward to great times ahead, with the network secure, ensuring a stable foundation for future growth.

“unique among all creatures, only the honeybee improves the environment and preys not on any other species”

Royden Brown”