MultiversX Validators Announcements

Mainnet Upgrade: 97.6% of Validators upgraded in under 24h! Less than 24 hours since officially announced, the mainnet upgrade to v1.1.10.0 has been performed by 2,117 Validators, out of 2,169 in total. Upgrade highlights: • 13 bugfixes • 4 improvements • 142 files touched • 132 commits • +1574/-559 lines We want to thank our Validators for diligently testing this release over the last month and making this critical upgrade a success! RT: https://twitter.com/LucianMincu/status/1331199581258919938?s=20

📣 TESTNET Upgrade T1.1.10.0 Hello Validators, We are upgrading the TESTNET. We upgrade the nodes and keep the database. The new release has the latest version of the binaries intended for the mainnet upgrade. It contains T1.1.9.0 + a fix for an edge case concerning unstaking jailed nodes. Staking features enabled in testnet epoch 6. ⚠️ Do not upgrade your mainnet validators! You risk getting jailed and jeopardizing the mainnet. 🛠 Version: T1.1.10.0 ⏱ Staking features enabled Tuesday 17 November 02:00 UTC, testnet epoch 6 👉 Let’s upgrade our TESTNET VALIDATORS. Please do:

./script.sh github_pull
./script.sh stop
./script.sh upgrade
./script.sh start

(Menu: 10, 8, 3, 7)

🌐 Check your testnet nodes on the testnet explorer 👉 Interacting with the new features will be done via the testnet wallet

📣 TESTNET Upgrade T1.1.6.3 - NEW testnet, remove DB Hello Validators, We are upgrading the TESTNET - we remove the databases and revert to the current mainnet version. We will then follow up with another release, to simulate the upgrade of the mainnet to the latest binaries, complete with the latest bugfixes. ⚠️ Do not upgrade your mainnet validators! You risk getting jailed and jeopardizing the mainnet. 🛠 Version: T1.1.6.3 ⏱ Genesis time: Monday 16 November 02:00 UTC 👉 Let’s upgrade our TESTNET VALIDATORS. Please do:

./script.sh github_pull
./script.sh stop
./script.sh remove_db
./script.sh upgrade
./script.sh start

(Menu: 10, 8, 6, 3, 7)

🌐 Check your testnet nodes on the testnet explorer 👉 Interacting with the new features will be done via the testnet wallet

🚧 Testnet Infrastructure Scheduled Maintenance at 15:00 UTC Update: successfully completed. Hello Validators & Developers, There will be a scheduled maintenance performed on the TESTNET infrastructure. 👌 No action is needed on your end. ⚙️ Affected components: Testnet Wallet, Testnet Explorer, Testnet APIs The public testnet itself will not be impacted in any way. ⏱ Maintenance window: 15:00 UTC - 17:00 UTC Thank you for your support.

📣 TESTNET Upgrade T1.1.9.0 Hello Validators, We are upgrading the TESTNET. We upgrade the nodes and keep the database. The new release includes fixes to the Elasticsearch indexer and the NTP syncer problem recently found. ⚠️ Do not upgrade your mainnet validators! You risk getting jailed and jeopardizing the mainnet. 🛠 Version: T1.1.9.0 👉 Let’s upgrade our TESTNET VALIDATORS. Please do:

./script.sh
github_pull
upgrade
start

Check your testnet nodes on the testnet explorer: 🌐 https://testnet-explorer.elrond.com 👉 Interacting with the new features will be done via the testnet wallet: https://testnet-wallet.elrond.com

📣 TESTNET Upgrade T1.1.8.0 Hello Validators, We are upgrading the TESTNET. We upgrade the nodes and keep the database. The new release includes fixes to the Elasticsearch indexer and the import DB feature. ⚠️ Do not upgrade your mainnet validators! You risk getting jailed and jeopardizing the mainnet. 🛠 Version: T1.1.8.0 👉 Let’s upgrade our TESTNET VALIDATORS. Please do:

./script.sh
9 - github_pull
3 - upgrade
6 - start

Check your testnet nodes on the testnet explorer: 🌐 https://testnet-explorer.elrond.com 👉 Interacting with the new features will be done via the testnet wallet: https://testnet-wallet.elrond.com

📣 TESTNET Upgrade T1.1.7.0 Hello Validators, We are upgrading the TESTNET. We upgrade the nodes and keep the database. The new release includes the fix for the unJail bug and will enable staking functions at epoch 7 - Saturday 07 November 02:00 UTC ⚠️ Do not upgrade your mainnet validators! You risk getting jailed and jeopardizing the mainnet. 🛠 Version: T1.1.7.0 👉 Let’s upgrade our TESTNET VALIDATORS. Please do:

./script.sh
9 - github_pull
3 - upgrade
6 - start

Check your testnet nodes on the testnet explorer: 🌐 https://testnet-explorer.elrond.com 👉 Interacting with the new features will be done via the testnet wallet: https://testnet-wallet.elrond.com

📣 TESTNET Upgrade T1.1.6.2 Hello Validators, We are restarting the TESTNET. The database will be removed, and a new testnet will start from scratch. A bug has been found in the current testnet related to the unJail function, more details here: https://t.me/ElrondValidators/129014 ℹ️ All the Validators currently active on the existing testnet have been whitelisted for the new testnet. More can be added after. ⚠️ Do not upgrade your mainnet validators! You risk getting jailed and jeopardizing the mainnet. 🛠 Version: T1.1.6.2 ⏱ Genesis: Thursday 05 November 22:00 UTC 👉 Let’s upgrade our TESTNET VALIDATORS. Please do:

./script.sh
9 - github_pull
7 - stop
5 - remove_db
3 - upgrade
6 - start

Check your testnet nodes on the testnet explorer: 🌐 https://testnet-explorer.elrond.com 👉 Interacting with the new features will be done via the testnet wallet: https://testnet-wallet.elrond.com

The Elrond Network mainnet upgrade in summary: • Version v1.1.6 • 56 bugfixes • 70 improvements • 788 files touched • 1370 commits • +43.722/-11.671 lines Congrats to the team for the achievements & big thanks to validators! Read the full notes: https://github.com/ElrondNetwork/elrond-go/releases/tag/v1.1.6 Retweet: https://twitter.com/LucianMincu/status/1323603309157122048?s=20

📣 TESTNET Upgrade T1.1.6.1 Hello Validators, We are upgrading the TESTNET with a new version of the binaries, which is the same code but with different config files. ⚠️ Do not upgrade your mainnet validators! You risk getting jailed and jeopardizing the mainnet. 🛠 Version: T1.1.6.1 👉 Let’s upgrade our TESTNET VALIDATORS. Please do:

./script.sh
9 - github_pull
3 - upgrade
6 - start

Check your testnet nodes on the testnet explorer: 🌐 https://testnet-explorer.elrond.com 👉 Interacting with the new features will be done via the testnet wallet: https://testnet-wallet.elrond.com

📣 TESTNET Upgrade T1.1.6.0 Hello Validators, We are upgrading the TESTNET with new binaries. They include new ElasticSearch indexer implementation used for Explorer & other 3rd party APIs. ⚠️ Do not upgrade your mainnet validators! You risk getting jailed and jeopardizing the mainnet. 🛠 Version: T1.1.6.0 👉 Let’s upgrade our TESTNET VALIDATORS. Please do: ./script.sh 9 - github_pull 3 - upgrade 6 - start Check your testnet nodes on the testnet explorer: 🌐 https://testnet-explorer.elrond.com 👉 Interacting with the new features will be done via the testnet wallet: https://testnet-wallet.elrond.com

📣 Testnet Upgrade T1.1.5.0 Hello Validators, The latest testnet upgrade includes fixes for the TermUI, database imports and the Elasticsearch indexer, as well as an optimization for the vm-values route for the delegation smart contract. 🛠 Version: T1.1.5.0 👉 How to upgrade:

./script.sh

9 - github_pull
3 - upgrade
6 - start

Check your testnet nodes on the testnet explorer: 🌐 https://testnet-explorer.elrond.com 👉 Interacting with the new features will be done via the testnet wallet: https://testnet-wallet.elrond.com

🌎 Elrond begins. Witness it live in 2 hours! The “Zero to One” Genesis livestream goes live in 2 hours. You will be able to watch it on: • Elrond.com (Vimeo) • Periscope (Twitter) • Facebook

🤺 Stake Capital recaps BoN Hello Nodes team, We get to re-live the magic of Battle of Nodes through the eyes of our partners from Stake Capital, who did a great job covering our event in a very balanced way. We thank them and invite you to read this awesome post 👇 Elrond’s Battle of Nodes: A Look Back 🔥 From meeting the team last year at Osaka to running one of best Blockchain infrastructure https://twitter.com/StakeCapital/status/1288481804773621762?s=20

20 hours until the Genesis. Are you ready? Hello Genesis participants, We're getting ready to make history together. Our mainnet launch will bring about an important change to the internet. It's no longer only about blockchain, but it has to do with the entire digital landscape, money and most importantly, time. We are all here, we are all ready and we are very excited that you are here with us as well! 🙌 https://twitter.com/lucianmincu/status/1288518703403995136?s=21

✔️ Battle of Nodes: Onchained rewards distributed Hello Nodes team, The rewards for our latest incentivized testnet have been sent. 👌 Distribution was made towards all KYC-ed accounts, in the addresses indicated. 💱 Rewards were distributed at ERD/USD $0.021 🙏 @DrDelphi went above and beyond the call of duty and helped with programmatically sending the rewards. Please join us in thanking him. Thank you all from everyone of us at Elrond. This has been an amazing journey. And we're only just getting started. In 2 days, you will understand more about how Elrond will change the internet. Remember to sign up: 👉 https://maiar.com ⚔️ See you on the battle #fiedl ! 🛡

⚔️ Battle of Nodes: Onchained - Where No Node Has Gone Before Lucian Mincu, Elrond CIO: Battle of Nodes was an enormous success and it has a very clear winner. One that was better, more mature and better equipped than all the others. A winner that, throughout the event, was consistent in hard work, progress, perseverance, and ultimately performance - Elrond. Most of the incentivized testnet events from other projects had only a handful of players standing out, very far away from the rest. Winning required topical knowledge and extraordinary efforts to fill in huge gaps, with the prevailing teams ending up light-years ahead of the other participants. In Battle of Nodes, the hardest working and most knowledgeable ultimately did earn more rewards, as they should. But Elrond won. We demonstrated that anyone with a 2CPU & 4GB RAM computer had a decent chance of competing. That’s because our protocol is capable of that and our tooling is ready for mass adoption. That is a big win out of the entire event and my key takeaway ahead of our mainnet launch. A bigger win yet is the Validator community that rallied around our Genesis block. I couldn’t be more thrilled with who we have on board right now. Here’s how we got here. Rankings & rewards inside 👇 https://elrond.com/blog/battle-of-nodes-onchained-where-no-node-has-gone-before RT: https://twitter.com/LucianMincu/status/1287349501687205888

🎙 LIVE: Final Mainnet Preparations with Beniamin Join Beniamin and learn all about the final preparations leading up to the “Zero to One” mainnet launch on the 30th of July. Bring your questions for the AMA at the end. ⏰ Happening now! 👉🏻 https://www.periscope.tv/ElrondNetwork

🧩 The Assembly - 263k TPS Hello Nodes team, Battle of Nodes ends not with a whimper but a bang. 263k TPS recorded on a public blockchain for the first time ever. You are part of history. Elrond is just getting started. 👉 Please do: shut down your Battle of Nodes validators. They will be remembered. 📊 Leaderboards are final. Prizes presented tomorrow, payment follows soon. ⚔️ See you on the battle #fiedl ! 🛡

🎬 ...and CUT! Battle of Nodes: Onchained is complete. Thank you all! Hello Nodes team, It's the end of 6 very intense weeks, but it feels like the end of an era. You guys have been amazing. Elrond is forever improved by all your contributions. We thank you all! 📊 The final scores will be calculated and added over the weekend. 💰 Prizes will be distributed early next week, in $ERD, at the $USD value from the day of the distribution. Participants that have passed KYC will be rewarded in the indicated addresses. 💪 $40k USD in unlocked tokens will be distributed between the participating nodes, based in the final rankings (tba). 🔐 $20k USD in unlocked tokens will be awarded for attacks, issues, enhancements & community. 🟡 Genesis Validators that have staked will soon see their status change to 🟢. The remaining whitelist applications will be sorted considering the Battle of Nodes performance and announced in due time. 🧩 The Assembly And to end it with a BANG, The Assembly is coming over the weekend. If you want to be part of blockchain history and join us for one more exciting public testnet event before the mainnet, all you have to do is leave your nodes on with auto-update enabled. More details will follow. ⚔️ See you on the battle #fiedl ! 🛡