T8.0 — The One With Collaterals

Among other improvements and fixes, this version introduces the long-awaited "Collaterals" feature, which greatly enhances the security, liveness and fairness of the network.

Remember that the recommended procedure for updating your node is this:

1. Stop your Docker container: docker stop witnet_node
2. Pulll the latest Docker image: docker pull witnet/witnet-rust
3. Start your Docker container again: docker start witnet_node

As usual, you can check that the upgrade went right with this command:

docker exec witnet_node ./witnet node --version

This is a coordinated scheduled network bootstrap: as soon as you run your node, it will start peering with other nodes in the network but it will not mine until the genesis checkpoint (Apr 28 at 9am UTC).

Operators not using Docker need to update witnet.toml files so they look like this one. Special attention must be given to the new public_addr, which should contain their public IP and port.

This release bootstraps a new network with a fresh genesis block that contains a snapshot of the balances in T7.3. Operators not using Docker DO need to update the genesis_block.json file this time (download below).

Special thanks to everyone in the community for their eagerness and constant support for the advancement of the ecosystem.