The MaxCoin protocol will be modified on Thursday 18th September 2014 (GMT) to address a fix for the wallet synchronisation issue and will change the target block time to 60s from block 635000.
Updated branding and a new wallet security menu have also been added. The total number of coins to be mined will remain unchanged at 100,000,000. A checkpointing protocol will be implemented in order to provide additional security to the blockchain.
A VirusTotal link has been provided here as, on occasion, Chrome will block downloads due to the IRC bootstrapping and mining code within MaxCoin. The problem is known and we’re in contact with Google about possible solutions.
To prevent loss of your coins DO NOT send any transactions using the old MaxCoin wallet software after block 635,000. You must update your MaxCoin wallet by downloading the new version from either github or maxcoin.co.uk prior to sending coins from your wallet, or they may be lost. If you are keeping your coins on an exchange (while not advisable) you will not have any problems as long as you eventually withdraw the coins to the updated wallet software.
Technical Changelog
Increased block time to 60s
Reduced block reward to 16 MAX
Added automatic-checkpointing
Fixed ‘copy transaction ID’ bug in UI
Added dumppubkey RPC call
Improved sign/verify UI
Changed sign/verify to use hex encoding
Changed makekeypair to use hex encoding
Backup and safety measures
Create a backup copy of your wallet.dat file before upgrading! Follow the directions on this page to find the location of your wallet.dat. This is the only file you need to recover if anything goes wrong. Before running the new wallet make sure to remove these commands (“checkpointenforce=false”, “-reindex”) from your shortcuts or maxcoin.conf configuration file!
source: http://maxcoinnews.net/maxcoin-v0-9-3-1-release-notes/
MaxCoin v0.9.3.1 Release Notes
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