Rolling the testnet over

One more step towards mainnet

The Tari network upgrade schedule calls for a network rollover every 8 weeks. This week marks a designated rollover juncture, which means that Nextnet will transition to Stagenet, and Development will move to Nextnet. These rollovers do not typically entail a hardfork. This time, however, all three test networks will be reset with a fresh Genesis block as we roll out some new features.

Stagenet

The notable highlights of the upcoming changes to Stagenet are:

Enhanced Transaction Flexibility (45685b9f): We’re excited to announce that Console Wallets now have the ability to perform burn transactions directly. Previously, this functionality was exclusively available via the CLI.

Improved Wallet base node Monitoring (c704890c): We’ve dedicated resources to significantly improving the monitoring of wallet base_node interactions, leading to a more seamless user experience.

Introducing the Chat Library (5b09f8e2): In line with expanding the capabilities of the Tari network, we’ve incorporated a chat library that enables applications to engage in peer-to-peer (p2p) chat across the Tari network. This addition broadens the utility and potential use cases for the platform.

Other Features in this release

• refactor configuration for chat so ffi can create and accept a config file (#5426) (9d0d8b52)

• add metadata signature check (#5411) (9c2bf41e)

• improved base node monitoring (#5390) (c704890c)

• add optional range proof types (#5372) (f24784f3

• added burn feature to the console wallet (#5322) (45685b9f)

• chat ffi (#5349) (f7cece27)

• add miner timeout config option (#5331) (aea14f6b)

• improve message encryption (#5288) (7a80716c)

• chat scaffold (#5244) (5b09f8e2)

• p2p: allow listener bind to differ from the tor forward address (#5357) (857fb555)

• ..and many more bug fixes.

Nextnet

During this period, a wide range of bugs, addressing issues from refining the mempool’s handling of zero-confirmation transactions to resolving malleability bugs present in the headers, have been addressed.

A notable improvement in the wallet recovery process is worth highlighting. There is a transition away from the practice of rewinding the bulletproof, opting for a more streamlined approach: now, the blinding factor and value on the UTXO are simply encrypted, enhancing the efficiency of the recovery mechanism.

Additionally, there is a noteworthy enhancement to the Tari layer - the incorporation of a chat FFI client tailored specifically for peer-to-peer (p2p) chat messaging. This addition significantly enhances the communication capabilities within the Tari network, enriching the overall user experience.

The full list is available below:

Features

• fix formatting block (#5630) (49732f65)

• remove unused wasm_key_manager (#5622) (508c9719)

• remove orphan validation and only validate on insertion (#5601) (41244a3e)

• ban peer unexpected response (#5608) (02494aee)

• add mempool min fee (#5606) (15c7e8f9)

• chat-ffi logging (#5591) (159959cc)

• chat message fetching pagination (#5594) (20243574)

• new message callback to chat-ffi (#5592) (bbd543ee)

• chat ffi status callback (#5583) (f68b85f4)

• peer sync limiter (#5445) (548643b7)

• proof of work audit part 2 (#5495) (af32f96f

• improve recovery speed (#5489) (d128f850)

• sparse merkle trees (#5457) (f536d219

• ui for template registration in console wallet (#5444) (701e3c23)

• …and many more bug fixes.

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