Scheduled network update on January 18

We are asking validators to schedule a time on January 18 at 9:00 UTC for validator software update.

This update is mandatory and contains optimization of node stability as well as disabled by default changes to gas_limit behavior.

Mainnet full node and lite server owners

Please update your node software (see "Target versions")

Instructions for update

Target versions:
mytonctrl b9d5937
validator 9728bc6

This update is mandatory for validators and lite servers.

Update includes:

- Fixes in how gas in transactions on special accounts is accounted in block limit.
- Improvements in LS behavior
- Improvements in DHT work and storage, CellDb, config.json ammendment,
peer misbehavior detection, validator session stats collection,
emulator.

Update also includes conditional increase of gas limit which may be activated by validator voting.

Scheduled network update on January 26

We are asking validators to schedule a time on January 26 at 9:00 UTC for validator software update.

This update is mandatory and contains changes to gas_limit behavior that is more gentle for contracts and services. Technical details of upcoming updated and information for smart-contract developers is here.

Mainnet full node and lite server owners

Please update your node software (see "Target versions")

Instructions for update

Target versions:
mytonctrl b9d5937
validator 8a9ff33

This update is mandatory for validators and lite servers.

Update includes:
- Improvement in how gas in transactions on special accounts is accounted in block limit.
- Solution for block is not applied issue
- Changes of how library cells are handled

Mainnet Validators

Please be prepared to vote for new gas limits behavior and parameters on February 1 at 9:00 UTC.

Details can be found here. Proposed changes will make block generation, as well as TVM operations regarding libraries more predictable and thus more safe.

All validators MUST be updated to the latest version before voting. Target versions:
mytonctrl b9d5937
validator 8a9ff33

Mainnet Validators

Please vote for new gas limits behavior and parameters

More info »


1) Please check that your node software is updated to the latest version (validator should be on 8a9ff33 commit). If your node is outdated, upgrade immediately via upgrade command in MyTonCtrl.

2) Update mytonctrl (validator should be on da1811d commit), use commands:

update

set duplicateSendfile true

2) To vote via mytonctrl you need to use the command:

vo 103351160959426487254455866498906719583068006422970295467232122110660230563283
vo 20149481433343766729971377917926966688629021535513398999071024734089315101195
vo 26493909155671493333100442738656102962830077543704392831296933554790654390192

If 75%+ of the positive votes of the validators are collected in two
rounds of next 6 rounds, then the proposal will be accepted.

The TON-BNB Smart Chain bridge is back on track

All funds are safe and all transfers have been processed.

We thank users for their patience.

Scheduled network update on February 21

We are asking validators and lite server owners to schedule a time on February 21 at 9:00 UTC for validator software update.

This update is mandatory and contains changes improvements to validator synchronization as well as reliability of lite servers.

Upd: network update was postponed to February 26

Network update is moved to February 26 at 10:00 UTC.

Mainnet Validators and Liteserver owners

Please update your node software (see "Target versions")

Instructions for update. Note new section 5 for validators and section 6 for Liteserver owners.

Target versions:
mytonctrl b9d5937
validator 692211f

This update is mandatory for validators and lite servers.

Update includes:
- LS improvements: remote runmethods with full c7 and libs, caching, logging
- Precise control of open files
- Improvement of validator synchronization

Scheduled network update on March 13

We are asking validators to schedule a time on March 13 at 9:00 UTC for validator software update.

This update is mandatory and contains TVM improvements that facilitate fee calculations and handling Merkle-proofs on-chain.

Voting for activation of these improvements is scheduled for March 15, details on the voting can be found here.

Mainnet Validators and Liteserver owners

Please update your node software (see "Target versions")

Instructions for update

Target versions:
mytonctrl 244cad8
validator 200508c

This update is mandatory for validators and lite servers and is required for voting scheduled for March 15.

Mainnet Validators

Please vote for activation of new opcodes for gas estimation.

More info about opcodes »
More info about voting »

1) Please check that your node software is updated to the latest version (validator should be on 200508c commit). If your node is outdated, upgrade immediately via upgrade command in MyTonCtrl.

2) Please check that your mytonctrl is updated to the latest version (should be on 244cad8 commit). If necessary, you can update your mytonctrl via:

update

command.

3) To vote via mytonctrl you need to use the command:

vo 62943188213554950431567175890704900183650560017761039378090136381016705792762
vo 70812101792553497242391430491941881046928125710785036909221479087825374611301

If 75%+ of the positive votes of the validators are collected in two
rounds of next 6 rounds, then the proposal will be accepted.

Update: proposals were accepted on March 16.

ATTENTION FOR VALIDATORS — ACTION REQUIRED

We anticipate a significant increase in network activity starting in mid-April.

In order to keep the network running smoothly, please make sure your validator matches the configuration below.

If it does not match, please upgrade your hardware within the next week.

This is critical and necessary.

Minimal validators hardware:
* 16 x Cores CPU
* 128GB Memory
* 1TB NVME SSD OR Provisioned 64+k IOPS storage
* 1 Gbit/s network connectivity

We draw special attention of validators to IOPS disk requirements, it is crucially important for smooth network operation.

If you have several validators - upgrade one by one.

Scheduled network update on April 16

We are asking validators to schedule a time on April 16 at 11:00 UTC for validator software update.

This update is mandatory and, among other things, contains DB and network usage optimization, LS improvement, transaction executor, tonlib and emulator updates.

Mainnet Validators and Liteserver owners

Please update your node software (see "Target versions")

Instructions for update - take into account liblz4-dev installation in section 1 and archive-ttl setting in section 5.

Target versions:
mytonctrl 9182448
validator 4cfe1d1

This update is mandatory for validators and lite servers.

Mainnet Validators

Please be prepared to vote for block compression and transaction costs update on April 18 at 9:00 UTC.

Plea to validators

Tech details on proposals can be found here. Proposed changes will make block rate faster and transaction execution cheaper.

All validators MUST be updated to the latest version before voting. Target versions:
mytonctrl 9182448
validator 4cfe1d1

Mainnet Validators

Please vote for for block compression and transaction costs update.

Plea for validators »
More info about voting »

1) Please check that your node software is updated to the latest version (validator should be on 4cfe1d1 commit). If your node is outdated, upgrade immediately via upgrade command in MyTonCtrl.

2) Please check that your mytonctrl is updated to the latest version (should be on 9182448 commit). If necessary, you can update your mytonctrl via update command.

3) To vote via mytonctrl you need to use the command:

vo 12569949138907918341069315485240244200950856934919263564437769934039235613720
vo 31401000267374798460859142836851320859735453480263346121138978843222681889801
vo 41296061520515347990487695386109651690420586907458454458768144735616166931033
vo 49537534789854976259071705210466523357997345897986090889040825189829923897628
vo 96491208725598318198215712468033934914881492234615821929017670238581734249187

If 75%+ of the positive votes of the validators are collected in two rounds of next 6 rounds, then the proposal will be accepted.

Update: proposals were accepted on April 19.

Mainnet Validators and Liteserver owners

Tomorrow we expect drastic increase in network activity due to listing and minting of the Notcoin project, which is possibly the largest launch in the entire crypto industry in terms of userbase.

Please check you validators and liteserver software is up to date:
Target versions for node is 4cfe1d1.

Also, please check that your nodes and validators have enough free space on disk. If you have less than 100 GB, check section 5 here, as well as database grooming docs.

We ask you to keep an eye on the validators tomorrow and be ready to take action.

Liteserver owners

1) Please update MyTonCtrl to the new major MyTonCtrl 2.0 version.

In MyTonCtrl please run:

update mytonctrl2
disable_mode validator
enable_mode liteserver

Target MyTonCtrl revision is a4b8bf2.

2) Then please upgrade node to db505f4.

In MyTonCtrl:

upgrade master

If you are not using MyTonCtrl please use instruction.

Target node revision is db505f4.

This node update contains major optimization of liteserver resource usage.

Please upgrade your liteservers till the end of next week (June 2).

This update is mandatory for liteservers (full nodes and archive nodes). Validators do not need to update now.