Due to Etherchain resets once every while, it is important to note we now have 2 forks of chains.
One has about ~4000 blocks, the other 10,000+ blocks.
On my PC and on
http://etherchain.org/ I see the longer chain.
But if the dev team wants to flush and really reset the chain, here is the procedure:
1. announce it in advance (transparency is important!)
2. release team (core developers) must generate a new genesis block
3. hard code the new genesis block hash into a new client, such as new BETA/POC or an actual release.
This way, the older (longer) chain will no longer over-ride the short chain.
-Technologov
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You have to understand from our perspective; creating a new genesis block and announcing it every time we change something would involve a lot of work and we're already terribly swamped with work. It'd be counterproductive and only delay the development process.
This isn't testnet; this is Proof Of Concept net so block chain reset are imminent unfortunately. We try our every effort in to making it as painful as possible but please bear with us :-)