08/17 - PAI Hybrid Consensus Updates
Here’s a snapshot 
of some of the development progress we’re making:
- Work on PAI Up Mobile hybrid compatibility is ongoing. Efforts completed this week include:
- Finalized support functions for specialized scripts and stake transactions;
- Added new fields to block header and updated related functions for serialization, and deserialization, among others;
- Added the SHAKE256 hash function and supporting functions for block header hashing;
- Added hashing algorithm switch for Hybrid Consensus blocks
- For PAI Coin Hybrid Core:
- A node can now start without issues both when using the -reindex flag and when using the chainstate database;
- Next, the team continues work on:
- Implementation of stake difficulty calculations in PAI Up Mobile;
- Implementation of stake validation rules in PAI Up Mobile;
- Incorporate multiple updated nodes in the Kubernetes deployment of PAI Coin Hybrid Testnet to test for node communication issues