Thanks a lot, @barton26! This is what I think a big part of the community was waiting/hoping for and calms nerves a bit. :-) Glad to hear about the progress you are making.

Thinking of investors and researchers who do not even want to check here, on reddit and gitub: Is there a way to post these kind of updates on the official site www.gridcoin.us? I don't mean a discussion forum but just official status updates. From a marketing perspective, it looks a bit odd that the major issues are not at all addressed there.

I also favor an update 12h before you give the exchanges a go to avoid insider information allegations.

Looking forward to the testnet info and happy to help there if needed! And thanks for your work, guys, it's appreciated!!