📢 Dex-Trade Listing Notice

The PEPEPOW community has received a message from Dex-Trade regarding trading activity on the PEPEW/USDT pair.

Dex-Trade indicated the pair is currently inactive and requested improvement within 7 days to keep the listing.

⚠️ If activity does not increase, the exchange may begin a delisting procedure.

Important notes:

• 7-day improvement window
• Trading activity may help maintain the listing
• If delisting happens, users will still be able to withdraw funds safely

Development and technical work on PEPEPOW continues, including the Hoohash upgrade and testnet preparation.

Community discussion and ideas are welcome.

⚠️ Dex-Trade Update

Dex-Trade has provided the PEPEPOW community additional time to improve activity on the PEPEW/USDT pair.

📅 New deadline: March 18, 2026

If activity remains too low, the exchange may proceed with delisting.

Key points:

• Extra time granted by Dex-Trade
• Limited window to improve trading activity
• Funds remain withdrawable if delisting occurs

Maintaining the listing helps keep liquidity and visibility for PEPEPOW.

Community support is welcome.

⚠️PEPEPOW Mandatory Upgrade – Hoohash Hard Fork

The PEPEPOW network will perform a mandatory protocol upgrade introducing the new Proof-of-Work algorithm hoohash-pepew.

📅Hard Fork Schedule
Block Height: 4354200
Estimated Date: April 10, 2026
UTC Time: 18:00 – 19:00

Nodes running earlier versions will no longer synchronize with the network after this block height.

Required Software Version
All operators must upgrade to:
PePe-core v2.9.0.2

Release page:
https://github.com/MattF42/PePe-core/releases/tag/v2.9.0.2

Masternode Operators
After upgrading and synchronizing your node, restart masternodes using:
./PEPEPOW-cli masternode start-all
Failure to restart may cause the masternode to expire and stop receiving rewards.

Miners
Mining will transition to the Hoohash algorithm. New mining software is available:
hoo_cpu
hoo_gpu
hoo_gpu_amd
hoo_cpu_arm
Download:
https://htn.foztor.net/
Miners should switch to the new miner only after the fork activates.

Pool Operators
Mining pools must support the algorithm hoohash-pepew.
Reference implementations are available at:
https://github.com/MattF42/PePePow_multi-hashing
https://github.com/HoosatNetwork/hoohash
🧪Testing on testnet before the mainnet activation is recommended.

⚠️ Dex-Trade Delisting Update

Dex-Trade has confirmed they will begin the delisting process for PEPEW due to low trading activity.

Key points:
• Trading will be discontinued
• Users can still withdraw funds safely
• Follow Dex-Trade instructions for withdrawal timelines

Please make sure to check your balances and withdraw funds when needed.

Development of PEPEPOW continues, including the Hoohash upgrade and testnet progress.

🔥 Hoohash Incoming (~April 10, 2026)

GPU mining is making a comeback. Are you ready ?

PEPEPOW is preparing to transition to the hoohash algorithm, bringing:

⚡ CPU + GPU mining support
⚡ Better decentralization
⚡ More efficient Proof of Work

🛠 Currently in progress:
• Core integration
• Testnet upgrades
• Miner & pool coordination

This upgrade opens the door for broader participation across the network 🚀

🚀 PEPEPOW Monitor Page is now available

Track network status in real-time:
👉 https://explorer.pepepow.net/monitor/

🔎 Features:
• Block height & sync status
• Node version overview
• Fork / split detection signals

🎯 Built to support smooth upgrades and network stability

⚡ More features coming soon
Community feedback is welcome!

🚀 PEPEPOW Mining Algorithm Upgrade Incoming

The PEPEPOW network is approaching the transition to the hoohash-pepew mining algorithm.

Based on the current network monitor, activation is expected in around 2 days, although the exact timing may still vary slightly depending on block production. Node operators and miners should begin preparing now.

### Network readiness
Around 75% of nodes on the network have already upgraded to the new version.
This is a strong signal that the network is moving steadily toward activation, but the remaining nodes should still upgrade as soon as possible to reduce fork risk and ensure a smoother transition.

### Miner preparation
Miners should prepare to switch to HTN Miner, which now supports PEPEPOW_HOOHASH.

Miner downloads and usage:
https://htn.foztor.net/

At this stage, the recommended supported miner is HTN Miner.
For users on Linux, it can be used directly.
For Windows users, the currently documented path is via WSL.
Native Windows support or additional third-party miner support may come later as more options become available.

### Please get ready
* Node operators: upgrade to the latest required version as soon as possible
* Miners: prepare your wallet address, pool choice, and HTN Miner setup
* Pool operators and community members: continue checking readiness and helping others update before activation

### Track activation progress
You can follow the network status and estimated activation timing here:
https://explorer.pepepow.net/monitor/

Further updates and mining instructions will be shared as activation gets closer.

🚨 PEPEPOW Upcoming Algorithm Upgrade (Hard Fork)

PEPEPOW will transition to a new PoW algorithm:

⚙️ Hoohash-pepew
Fork Height: 4,354,200

This upgrade introduces improved efficiency and enables both CPU and GPU mining.
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🔧 What You Need to Do Upgrade your node / miner before the fork Old miners (SRBMiner / Xelis-based) will no longer work Switch to HTN Miner (CPU or GPU) Use the required flag: --pepepow---
⛏️ Mining SetupFull configuration guide:
https://pepepow.org/mining/
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🧠 Why This Upgrade?Better energy efficiency Balanced CPU + GPU mining Stronger and more adaptive network---
📌 No immediate action = mining will stop after fork
Prepare early to avoid downtime.

🚨Network Update

Reported Hoohash GPU hashrate now appears higher than the old Xelish CPU hashrate, but block production is still stalled.

A likely cause has now been identified: the issue appears to be in the miner target/difficulty logic, not necessarily the chain itself. This was not obvious on testnet because the difficulty there was very low, but on mainnet the problem became visible.

This means the current issue is more likely a miner-side problem than a chain consensus problem.

Pool and node operators should still compare:
* block height
* best block hash
* peer count / sync status
* accepted / rejected / stale shares

Please do not rely on displayed hashrate alone. What matters now is valid block production on the correct chain.

We will share another update as soon as more information is confirmed.

🚨 Emergency miner update
The emergency fix is complete. Foztor has finished updating the miner, and the blockchain is moving again.

All miners should now download and switch to the new HTN miner immediately.

Please do not continue using the previous miner version, as it contains the target/difficulty logic issue that affected valid block production.

If you are mining PEPEPOW, update now and reconnect to your pool using the new miner.

⛏️Miner:
https://htn.foztor.net/

Mining Setup Full configuration guide:
https://pepepow.org/mining/

For using new version in HiveOS, the fast way is to create a new custom miner name for the updated version, such as hoo_cpu_v147 or hoo_gpu_v147. This avoids old cached files being reused.

Miner software update. (Foztor)

Latest versions of hoo_cpu / hoo_gpu / hoo_cpu_arm all released this morning (1.4.8).
(Download from https://htn.foztor.net/)

hoo_cpu - X64 CPUs with AVX2 capability
hoo_gpu - Nvidia GPUs - Maxwell or more recent
hoo_cpu_arm - ARM64 CPUs (also works on mobile phones via Termux).

Fixes --cpu-affinity correctly on hoo_cpu
Adds 65536 difficulty multiplier - supported on both community pool and zpool.

https://community-pool.pepepow.org/
stratum+tcp://stratum-eu.pepepow.foztor.net:13232
stratum+tcps://stratum-eu.pepepow.foztor.net:13432

zPool also supports both 1.4.7 and 1.4.8.

You are strongly encouraged to upgrade to 1.4.8

The reference miner has also been updated to support hoohash at:
https://github.com/MattF42/pepew-cpu-miner

Self build for both X64 and aarch64. No DevFee, but signficantly reduce hashrate compared to hoo_cpu

🖥️🐸 Pepe-Core update to support Windows X64 (Foztor)
https://github.com/MattF42/PePe-core/releases/tag/v2.9.0.4
v2.9.0.4

This version is REQUIRED for correct running on Windows X64 ⚠️

It is highly recommended that you update to this version on Linux as well. 🐧

Switch to openlibm for FP64 determinism cross platform 🔀
Introduces a blockhain checkpoint at blockheight 4362478 📍
Built with stricter FP64 compilation flags. 🔒

You MUST update if you are on Windows X64. 🚨

You really should update all your other nodes as well. 🔄
I tested 100M hashes out with this vs 2.9.03 on Linux, but maybe there's a corner case out there waiting to bite us and fork the network..... 🤔

Mining Software Update

Hoominer now supports PEPEPOW on:
Linux (x64) and Windows (x64)

Hoominer is the reference miner:
No DevFee
Lower performance than hoo_cpu / hoo_gpu
AMD GPUs supported

Recommended use cases:
AMD GPU mining
Windows users without WSL

Download:
https://github.com/HoosatNetwork/hoominer/releases/tag/0.4.1

HiveOS users:
https://htn.foztor.net/hoohive-0.4.1.tar.gz

🚧 PEPEPOW Mining Update

PEPEPOW mining continues to improve!

The chain is stable, blocks are flowing, and the community is actively helping optimize the new Hoohash mining ecosystem.

Progress so far:

✅ CPU mining working well
✅ GPU mining active
✅ Better efficiency tuning
✅ More miner compatibility
✅ Pool improvements ongoing

There are still some bugs and rough edges, especially for Windows, WSL, HiveOS, and different hardware setups.

Please keep sharing:

🛠 Bug reports
⚡ OC / power tuning settings
📊 Hashrate results
📖 Simple setup guides
💡 Suggestions and improvement ideas

If you find an issue, please report it with clear details:
miner version, hardware, OS, pool, command/config, and logs if possible.

Beginner-friendly instructions are also very helpful. A simple guide can help many new miners get started.

Thanks to Foztor and everyone testing, debugging, optimizing, and helping others.

PEPEPOW grows stronger through community contribution 🐸

PEPEPOW Explorer Update 🐸⛏️

The community explorer migration has been completed successfully.

The main explorer domain now points to the improved community-maintained explorer:

https://explorer.pepepow.org/

Existing core paths should continue working normally.

The updated explorer also uses the new PEPEPOW-themed background and improved visual identity, while keeping page content readable and functional.

A few differences may still exist compared with the previous explorer, such as masternode/API/info/claim/orphan-block and whale-movement related pages. These may be improved or added later as development continues.

Thanks to Profit King and Foztor for coordinating the server, DNS, Cloudflare, IPv4/IPv6, SSL/proxy setup, and monitoring. Overnight logs look stable so far, with low server load reported.

Please test the explorer and report any broken links, missing pages, display issues, or performance problems.
PEPEPOW keeps growing through community contribution 💚

📢 Legacy PEPEPOW Web Wallet Retirement Notice

The legacy PEPEPOW web wallet(maintained by foztor) will be retired and shut down soon.

Now a newer web wallet option has been available for around 4 months, we believe it is the right time to fully move away from the old system.

Recently, the legacy web wallet showed signs of possible unauthorized access or abnormal balance movement. The exact cause is still unclear, but community members have helped top up the wallet so users can withdraw their remaining funds as safely as possible.

✅ What users should do:
• Please withdraw it as soon as possible.
• Do not deposit new funds into the legacy web wallet.
• Move to the newer wallet option or use the desktop wallet instead.
• The legacy wallet service will be shut down.

This step is to protect users and reduce risk from an old service that has been running with limited maintenance for a long time.

Thank you to everyone who helped support the withdrawal process and keep the PEPEPOW community safe. ⚒️🐸

📄 PEPEPOW Whitepaper v2.1 Updated

The PEPEPOW whitepaper has been revised with updated information about the current ecosystem and future development direction.

Key updates:
✅ HooHash V110 transition
✅ Post-hard-fork mining ecosystem
✅ Mining software and pool infrastructure development
✅ AI-assisted development and operations
✅ Updated roadmap
✅ Visual reference guideline and community media direction
✅ More careful wording around market access, wallet safety, and project risk

This update is meant to make the whitepaper more accurate, practical, and easier for new contributors to understand.

Community feedback is welcome.
If you see anything that should be corrected, improved, or expanded, please share your comments.

We also welcome contributors interested in:
⛏️ Mining tools
🌐 Pool infrastructure
🧑‍💻 Wallet / explorer / API development
🤖 AI-assisted monitoring and documentation
🎨 Visual design and media
🌍 Translation and community guides

PEPEPOW is a community-driven Proof-of-Work project.
Every contribution helps the ecosystem move forward.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zeSVPZAJx6A5azjBvSGmbDs1xx8lTxoebCtDZuQhv3I/edit