Ratatoskr v1.0.2 — Consensus hard fork at block 7,500

Ratatoskr v1.0.2 — Consensus Hard Fork

Activates at block 7,500 (~Friday June 5, ~23:24 EDT).

⚠️ All RATR nodes must upgrade before block 7,500 — miners, masternodes, pools, exchanges, services. v1.0.1 nodes will be orphaned at the fork.

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What changed

• consensus: gate masternode payments at nMasternodePaymentsStartBlock from nMNPaymentGateActivationHeight. Mainnet activation at block 7,500. Restores whitepaper §6 timing (MN payments begin at block 25,000).
• chainparams: refreshed vSeeds[] with four operator-maintained mainnet daemons at port 9393. chainparamsseeds.h binary fallback updated (replaces stale Dash port-9999 data).
• configure: CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE = true; build version 2.
• qt/utilitydialog: refreshed Welcome + mining dialogs — complete pool mining recipe with EU/US endpoints, Nodes24 hosted-MN reference, Parchment/Forest theme tip, MN collateral lock tip via coin control.
• docs: doc/mining.md, doc/quickstart.md, doc/launch-announcement.md updated for live mainnet (removed pre-launch warnings, real pool URLs, Nodes24 reference).

Full commit: 885c2ca

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Downloads

Linux x86_64

• ratatoskr-1.0.2-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz — main binary tarball (62 MB)
• ratatoskr-1.0.2-x86_64-linux-gnu-debug.tar.gz — debug symbols (1.3 GB)

Windows 64-bit

• ratatoskr-1.0.2-win64-setup-unsigned.exe — installer (43 MB) ⭐
• ratatoskr-1.0.2-win64.zip — portable zip (59 MB)
• ratatoskr-1.0.2-win64-debug.zip — debug symbols (703 MB)

macOS Intel (x86_64)

• ratatoskr-1.0.2-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz — main binary tarball (51 MB) ⭐
• ratatoskr-1.0.2-x86_64-apple-darwin-debug.tar.gz — debug symbols (171 MB)

macOS Apple Silicon (arm64)

• ratatoskr-1.0.2-arm64-apple-darwin.tar.gz — main binary tarball (48 MB) ⭐
• ratatoskr-1.0.2-arm64-apple-darwin-debug.tar.gz — debug symbols (167 MB)

Source

• ratatoskr-1.0.2.tar.gz — full source archive (67 MB) — verify the reproducible build yourself

Hashes + signature

• SHA256SUMS — hash of every artifact above
• SHA256SUMS.asc — GPG detached signature, key 50B8E0E4EADA2FF29B1DE68F7A33CFF563BB2E0A

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Verification (recommended)

# 1. Get the operator's public signing key (one-time)
gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 50B8E0E4EADA2FF29B1DE68F7A33CFF563BB2E0A

# 2. Verify SHA256SUMS hasn't been tampered with
gpg --verify SHA256SUMS.asc SHA256SUMS
# Expected: "Good signature from EnchantedForestDeFi Release Signing"

# 3. Verify binaries match their hashes
sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS
# Expected: each line shows "OK"

Anyone with the source can also reproduce these binaries from commit 885c2ca using Guix — same input, byte-identical output. No trust in operator required for binary integrity.

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Upgrade walkthrough

1. Stop your existing daemon (ratatoskr-cli stop) or close the Qt wallet.
2. Replace the binary with the v1.0.2 version for your platform.
3. Restart (ratatoskrd -daemon or reopen Qt wallet).
4. Verify version: ratatoskr-cli getnetworkinfo | grep subversion → should show 1.0.2.

Data dir + wallet.dat stay untouched. No reindex needed.

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If you don't upgrade

At block 7,500, the chain forks. v1.0.1 nodes will produce blocks the v1.0.2 majority chain rejects. If you stay on v1.0.1:

• ⛏️ Miners → blocks orphaned, hashpower wasted, no rewards
• 🛡️ Masternodes → drop off the deterministic MN list, no votes, no payments
• 🏊 Pool operators → miners abandon for upgraded pools
• 💱 Exchanges → stuck on a dead chain, deposits/withdrawals broken

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Help

• Mining setup: /howto-mine (RATR) / /howto-mine-krgn (KRGN) in Discord
• Masternode setup: /howto-mn in Discord or doc/masternode-setup.md
• Bug reports: GitHub Issues
• Questions: #ratr-mining / #ratr-masternode / #pool-help channels

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🐿️ See you on the other side of block 7,500.