AlephNode Release 14.0.0

This is a major release.

Testnet deployment

Status: Deployed on 30.12.2024
Node upgrade deadline: 07.01.2025 10:00 AM UTC

Mainnet deployment

Status: Deployed on 28.01.2025
Node upgrade deadline: 12.02.2025 10:00 AM UTC

Changelog

• Substrate dependencies (including all pallets) upgraded from version polkadot-v1.2.0 to polkadot-v1.6.0
• New block sync protocol fully included and old one disabled
• New AlephBft version
• 1024 nominator limit on single validator has been lifted.

API changes

• Pallet System changes

  • Extrinsics:
    • authorize_upgrade added
    • authorize_upgrade_without_checks added
    • apply_authorized_upgrade added
  • Storage:
    • AuthorizedUpgrade added

• Pallet Balances changes

  • Constants:
    • MaxFreezes changed from 4 -> 50

• Pallet Staking changes

  • Extrinsics:

  • chill_other signature change (non breaking change - rename first argument)

  • payout_stakers_by_page added

  • update_payee added

  • deprecate_controller_batch added

  • Constants:

    • MaxExposurePageSize added
    • MaxNominatorRewardedPerValidator removed

  • Storages:

    • ClaimedRewards removed
    • ErasStakersOverview removed
    • ErasStakersPaged removed

• Pallet Treasury changes:

  • Extrinsics:
    • spend changed
    • spend_local added
    • payout added
    • check_status added
    • void_spend added
  • Constants:
    • PayoutPeriod added
  • Storages:
    • SpendCount added
    • Spends added

• Pallet Vesting changes:

  • Extrinsics:
    • force_remove_vesting_schedule added

• Pallet Sudo changes:

  • Extrinsics:
    • remove_key added

• Pallet NominationPools changes:

  • Extrinsics:
    • adjust_pool_deposit added
    • set_commission_claim_permision added
  • Constants:
    • MaxUnbounding added, set to 8
  • Storages:
    • TotalValueLocked added

• Pallet Identity changes:

  • Extrinsics:
    • set_identity signature changed
    • set_fields signature changed
    • add_username_authority added
    • remove_username_authority added
    • set_username_for added
    • accept_username added
    • remove_expired_approval added
    • set_primary_username added
    • remove_dangling_username added
  • Constants:
    • ByteDeposit added
    • MasSuffixLenght added
    • MaxUsernameLength added
    • FieldDeposit removed
    • MaxAdditionalFields removed
  • Storages:
    • AccountOfUsername added
    • PendingUsernames added
    • UsernameAuthorities added

• New pallets TxPause and SafeMode

Docker image

public.ecr.aws/p6e8q1z1/aleph-node:r-14.0.0

Runtime migrations

• NominationPools from v6 to v8
• Staking to v14
• Identity to v1