diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5e9ba469b7c50..e061870bb75fa 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ dnl require autoconf 2.60 (AS_ECHO/AS_ECHO_N)
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 12)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 2)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 3)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 3)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, true)
-define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2017)
+define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2018)
 AC_INIT([Paccoin Core],[_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR._CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR._CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION],[https://github.com/paccoinpay/paccoin/issues],[paccoincore])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/validation.cpp])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([src/config/paccoin-config.h])
diff --git a/src/activemasternode.cpp b/src/activemasternode.cpp
index ecccbad314145..f0c5da00c1e0a 100644
--- a/src/activemasternode.cpp
+++ b/src/activemasternode.cpp
@@ -120,7 +120,13 @@ bool CActiveMasternode::SendMasternodePing(CConnman& connman)
 bool CActiveMasternode::UpdateSentinelPing(int version)
 {
     nSentinelVersion = version;
+    if(version < MIN_SENTINEL_VERSION ){
+        LogPrintf("CActiveMasternode::UpdateSentinelPing -- Sentinel is out of date please update. Version = %s\n", SafeIntVersionToString(version));
+        return false;
+    }
+
     nSentinelPingTime = GetAdjustedTime();
+    LogPrint("masternode", "CActiveMasternode::UpdateSentinelPing -- Updated Sentinel Version = %s PingTime = %d\n", SafeIntVersionToString(nSentinelVersion), nSentinelPingTime);
 
     return true;
 }
@@ -197,7 +203,7 @@ void CActiveMasternode::ManageStateInitial(CConnman& connman)
 
 void CActiveMasternode::ManageStateRemote()
 {
-    LogPrint("masternode", "CActiveMasternode::ManageStateRemote -- Start status = %s, type = %s, pinger enabled = %d, pubKeyMasternode.GetID() = %s\n", 
+    LogPrint("masternode", "CActiveMasternode::ManageStateRemote -- Start status = %s, type = %s, pinger enabled = %d, pubKeyMasternode.GetID() = %s\n",
              GetStatus(), GetTypeString(), fPingerEnabled, pubKeyMasternode.GetID().ToString());
 
     mnodeman.CheckMasternode(pubKeyMasternode, true);
diff --git a/src/chainparams.cpp b/src/chainparams.cpp
index fea83d807d0ec..697d519630679 100644
--- a/src/chainparams.cpp
+++ b/src/chainparams.cpp
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ class CMainParams : public CChainParams {
         strNetworkID = "main";
         consensus.nSubsidyHalvingInterval = 210240; // Note: actual number of blocks per calendar year with DGW v3 is ~200700 (for example 449750 - 249050)
         consensus.nMasternodePaymentsStartBlock = 200; // not true, but it's ok as long as it's less then nMasternodePaymentsIncreaseBlock
-        consensus.nMasternodePaymentsIncreaseBlock = 158000; // actual historical value
-        consensus.nMasternodePaymentsIncreasePeriod = 576*30; // 17280 - actual historical value
+        consensus.nMasternodePaymentsIncreaseBlock = 50000; // 50000 height aproximately April 20th
+        consensus.nMasternodePaymentsIncreasePeriod = 576*30; // Not used
         consensus.nInstantSendKeepLock = 24;
         consensus.nBudgetPaymentsStartBlock = 200; // actual historical value
         consensus.nBudgetPaymentsCycleBlocks = 16616; // ~(60*24*30)/2.6, actual number of blocks per month is 200700 / 12 = 16725
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class CTestNetParams : public CChainParams {
         strNetworkID = "test";
         consensus.nSubsidyHalvingInterval = 210240;
         consensus.nMasternodePaymentsStartBlock = 2; // not true, but it's ok as long as it's less then nMasternodePaymentsIncreaseBlock
-        consensus.nMasternodePaymentsIncreaseBlock = 4030;
+        consensus.nMasternodePaymentsIncreaseBlock = 6200;
         consensus.nMasternodePaymentsIncreasePeriod = 10;
         consensus.nInstantSendKeepLock = 6;
         consensus.nBudgetPaymentsStartBlock = 2;
diff --git a/src/clientversion.h b/src/clientversion.h
index bcd47d477b966..32465acdaa4f7 100644
--- a/src/clientversion.h
+++ b/src/clientversion.h
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 //! These need to be macros, as clientversion.cpp's and paccoin*-res.rc's voodoo requires it
 #define CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR 0
 #define CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR 12
-#define CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION 2
-#define CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD 3
+#define CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION 3
+#define CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD 0
 
 //! Set to true for release, false for prerelease or test build
 #define CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE true
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  * Copyright year (2009-this)
  * Todo: update this when changing our copyright comments in the source
  */
-#define COPYRIGHT_YEAR 2017
+#define COPYRIGHT_YEAR 2018
 
 #endif //HAVE_CONFIG_H
 
diff --git a/src/masternode-payments.cpp b/src/masternode-payments.cpp
index 8603c2909b27d..bcaa7e18f0f34 100644
--- a/src/masternode-payments.cpp
+++ b/src/masternode-payments.cpp
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ void CMasternodePayments::FillBlockPayee(CMutableTransaction& txNew, int nBlockH
     }
 
     // GET MASTERNODE PAYMENT VARIABLES SETUP
-    CAmount masternodePayment = GetMasternodePayment(nBlockHeight, blockReward);
+    CAmount masternodePayment = GetMasternodePayment(nBlockHeight, blockReward, Params().GetConsensus());
 
     // split reward between miner ...
     txNew.vout[0].nValue -= masternodePayment;
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ bool CMasternodeBlockPayees::IsTransactionValid(const CTransaction& txNew)
     int nMaxSignatures = 0;
     std::string strPayeesPossible = "";
 
-    CAmount nMasternodePayment = GetMasternodePayment(nBlockHeight, txNew.GetValueOut());
+    CAmount nMasternodePayment = GetMasternodePayment(nBlockHeight, txNew.GetValueOut(), Params().GetConsensus());
 
     //require at least MNPAYMENTS_SIGNATURES_REQUIRED signatures
 
diff --git a/src/masternode-payments.h b/src/masternode-payments.h
index 1cf5d87491e1c..8ddda879096b7 100644
--- a/src/masternode-payments.h
+++ b/src/masternode-payments.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static const int MNPAYMENTS_SIGNATURES_TOTAL            = 10;
 // V1 - Last protocol version before update
 // V2 - Newest protocol version
 static const int MIN_MASTERNODE_PAYMENT_PROTO_VERSION_1 = 70206;
-static const int MIN_MASTERNODE_PAYMENT_PROTO_VERSION_2 = 70208;
+static const int MIN_MASTERNODE_PAYMENT_PROTO_VERSION_2 = 70213;
 
 extern CCriticalSection cs_vecPayees;
 extern CCriticalSection cs_mapMasternodeBlocks;
diff --git a/src/masternode.cpp b/src/masternode.cpp
index 2be5ba6864c0d..b27f03950f67c 100644
--- a/src/masternode.cpp
+++ b/src/masternode.cpp
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ void CMasternode::UpdateLastPaid(const CBlockIndex *pindex, int nMaxBlocksToScan
             if(!ReadBlockFromDisk(block, BlockReading, Params().GetConsensus())) // shouldn't really happen
                 continue;
 
-            CAmount nMasternodePayment = GetMasternodePayment(BlockReading->nHeight, block.vtx[0].GetValueOut());
+            CAmount nMasternodePayment = GetMasternodePayment(BlockReading->nHeight, block.vtx[0].GetValueOut(), Params().GetConsensus());
 
             BOOST_FOREACH(CTxOut txout, block.vtx[0].vout)
                 if(mnpayee == txout.scriptPubKey && nMasternodePayment == txout.nValue) {
diff --git a/src/masternode.h b/src/masternode.h
index 56462ba51739e..cb02cc4f229c5 100644
--- a/src/masternode.h
+++ b/src/masternode.h
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ static const int MASTERNODE_POSE_BAN_MAX_SCORE          = 5;
 // sentinel version before sentinel ping implementation
 #define DEFAULT_SENTINEL_VERSION 0x010001
 
+// sentinel with voting fix to enable proposals
+#define MIN_SENTINEL_VERSION 0x010200
+
+
 class CMasternodePing
 {
 public:
diff --git a/src/rpc/governance.cpp b/src/rpc/governance.cpp
index 2460c74ce673e..0e42b21be95e2 100644
--- a/src/rpc/governance.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/governance.cpp
@@ -344,6 +344,16 @@ UniValue gobject(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
             return returnObj;
         }
 
+        if(mn.IsWatchdogExpired()) {
+            nFailed++;
+            statusObj.push_back(Pair("result", "failed"));
+            statusObj.push_back(Pair("errorMessage", "WATCHDOG_EXPIRED nodes aren't allowed to vote."));
+            resultsObj.push_back(Pair("paccoin.conf", statusObj));
+            returnObj.push_back(Pair("overall", strprintf("Voted successfully %d time(s) and failed %d time(s).", nSuccessful, nFailed)));
+            returnObj.push_back(Pair("detail", resultsObj));
+            return returnObj;
+        }
+
         CGovernanceVote vote(mn.vin.prevout, hash, eVoteSignal, eVoteOutcome);
         if(!vote.Sign(activeMasternode.keyMasternode, activeMasternode.pubKeyMasternode)) {
             nFailed++;
diff --git a/src/rpc/masternode.cpp b/src/rpc/masternode.cpp
index 96e589b863cda..0d83d63f53d4a 100644
--- a/src/rpc/masternode.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/masternode.cpp
@@ -846,6 +846,5 @@ UniValue sentinelping(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
         );
     }
 
-    activeMasternode.UpdateSentinelPing(StringVersionToInt(params[0].get_str()));
-    return true;
+    return activeMasternode.UpdateSentinelPing(StringVersionToInt(params[0].get_str()));
 }
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index b7072eac321a9..fc7e5d210e287 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ CAmount GetBlockSubsidy(int nPrevBits, int nPrevHeight, const Consensus::Params&
     } else {
         dDiff = ConvertBitsToDouble(nPrevBits);
     }
-    
+
     if (nPrevHeight < 100)
     {
         nSubsidyBase = 35500000;
@@ -1260,17 +1260,23 @@ CAmount GetBlockSubsidy(int nPrevBits, int nPrevHeight, const Consensus::Params&
     return fSuperblockPartOnly ? nSuperblockPart : nSubsidy - nSuperblockPart;
 }
 
-CAmount GetMasternodePayment(int nHeight, CAmount blockValue)
+CAmount GetMasternodePayment(int nHeight, CAmount blockValue, const Consensus::Params& consensusParams)
 {
-    double dMasternodePart = 9.0/16.0;
-    CAmount ret = blockValue * dMasternodePart; // 45% of the total block reward.
-    return ret;
+    double dMasternodePart;
+
+    if(nHeight < consensusParams.nMasternodePaymentsIncreaseBlock){
+        dMasternodePart = 9.0/16.0; // 56.25% of the block reward.
+    } else {
+        dMasternodePart = 15.0/16.0; // 93.75% of the block reward.
+    }
+
+    return (blockValue * dMasternodePart);
 }
 
 double GetSubsidyMultiplier(int nPrevHeight, int nSubsidyAdjustmentInterval)
 {
     double dMultiplier = 0.0;
-    
+
     if (nPrevHeight < 100) {
         dMultiplier = 1.0;
     } else if (nPrevHeight <= nSubsidyAdjustmentInterval * 1) {
@@ -1292,7 +1298,7 @@ double GetSubsidyMultiplier(int nPrevHeight, int nSubsidyAdjustmentInterval)
     } else {
         dMultiplier = 0.0;
     }
-        
+
     return dMultiplier;
 }
 
@@ -3959,7 +3965,7 @@ bool LoadBlockIndex()
     return true;
 }
 
-bool InitBlockIndex(const CChainParams& chainparams) 
+bool InitBlockIndex(const CChainParams& chainparams)
 {
     LOCK(cs_main);
 
diff --git a/src/validation.h b/src/validation.h
index 725c06ef1c5e9..841a827284a28 100644
--- a/src/validation.h
+++ b/src/validation.h
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static const unsigned int DEFAULT_CHECKLEVEL = 3;
 // Setting the target to > than 945MB will make it likely we can respect the target.
 static const uint64_t MIN_DISK_SPACE_FOR_BLOCK_FILES = 945 * 1024 * 1024;
 
-/** 
+/**
  * Process an incoming block. This only returns after the best known valid
  * block is made active. Note that it does not, however, guarantee that the
  * specific block passed to it has been checked for validity!
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static const uint64_t MIN_DISK_SPACE_FOR_BLOCK_FILES = 945 * 1024 * 1024;
  *
  * Note that we guarantee that either the proof-of-work is valid on pblock, or
  * (and possibly also) BlockChecked will have been called.
- * 
+ *
  * @param[in]   pblock  The block we want to process.
  * @param[in]   fForceProcessing Process this block even if unrequested; used for non-network block sources and whitelisted peers.
  * @param[out]  dbp     The already known disk position of pblock, or NULL if not yet stored.
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ bool ActivateBestChain(CValidationState& state, const CChainParams& chainparams,
 
 double ConvertBitsToDouble(unsigned int nBits);
 CAmount GetBlockSubsidy(int nBits, int nHeight, const Consensus::Params& consensusParams, bool fSuperblockPartOnly = false);
-CAmount GetMasternodePayment(int nHeight, CAmount blockValue);
+CAmount GetMasternodePayment(int nHeight, CAmount blockValue, const Consensus::Params& consensusParams);
 double GetSubsidyMultiplier(int nPrevHeight, int nSubsidyAdjustmentInterval);
 
 /**
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ unsigned int GetLegacySigOpCount(const CTransaction& tx);
 
 /**
  * Count ECDSA signature operations in pay-to-script-hash inputs.
- * 
+ *
  * @param[in] mapInputs Map of previous transactions that have outputs we're spending
  * @return maximum number of sigops required to validate this transaction's inputs
  * @see CTransaction::FetchInputs
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ bool CheckSequenceLocks(const CTransaction &tx, int flags, LockPoints* lp = NULL
 
 /**
  * Closure representing one script verification
- * Note that this stores references to the spending transaction 
+ * Note that this stores references to the spending transaction
  */
 class CScriptCheck
 {
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 9b0f31b35df4c..ff2c1a25e65a2 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * network protocol versioning
  */
 
-static const int PROTOCOL_VERSION = 70212;
+static const int PROTOCOL_VERSION = 70213;
 
 //! initial proto version, to be increased after version/verack negotiation
 static const int INIT_PROTO_VERSION = 209;