v0.8 [May 13, 2014]
- It uses the latest version of OpenSSL in order to fix the Heartbleed vulnerability. This vulnerability will only affect those who use the rpcssl command line option. It also affects the request payment feature in the Bitcoin 0.9 Qt client but this feature is currently disabled in Feathercoin.
- Block time reduced to 1 minute. We handle more transactions and reduce the window for double spend.
- Block reward is reduced to 80 coins a block to maintain the same inflation model. 80 coins * 2.5 minutes = 200 coins
- Retarget every block compared to every 126 block currently
- Use combined average from 15, 120 and 480 block averages with .25 damping
