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Chang upgrade #1 - Dependencies & Timeline

This page outlines high-level the dependencies and context for the Chang #1 hardfork.

Last updated 8 months ago

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Any dates or time windows provided are estimates.

These are based on factors such as velocity of development, testing outcomes, issues raised, and critical mass indicators.

Page last updated; 2024-08-15

Intersect plays the role of coordinator, as a functional servant-leader on behalf of the community and delivery teams working on hard fork activity. The functional teams within Intersect will work with the various committees, working groups, and delivery teams, relaying information here on the knowledge base. Ultimately the date for the hard fork is directly influenced by the community fulfilling the requirements detailed below.


Chang Upgrade Release

The will stagger the release of governance functionality, easing adoption and onboarding for those with new or additional roles in governance.

  1. Chang Upgrade #1 will deploy governance features to Cardano and enter the technical bootstrapping phase as described in

  2. Chang Upgrade #2 moves CIP-1694 out of technical bootstrapping phase and unlocks the final features of on-chain governance including DRep participation and all governance actions

Further information on and the interim bootstrapping period is available.


Chang Upgrade #1 Events

In the lead-up to Change Upgrade #1 the following sequence of events will occur, driven by community participation and adoption.

Step
Owner
Status

Node 9.0.0 is released

IOG Core Team

Complete

Parameters & final genesis file will be prepared (required for 9.1.0)

IOG Core Team

Complete

Node 9.1.0 is released

IOG Core Team

Complete

Preview infrastructure upgraded to Node 9.1.0

Community

Complete

Preview hardforked with Node 9.1.0

Community

Complete

PreProd Infrastructure (SPOs, Exchanges, wallets, dApps, etc) upgrade to 9.1.0 and test.

Community

In Progress

Mainnet Infrastructure (SPOs, Exchanges, wallets, dApps, etc) upgrade to 9.1.0.

Community

In Progress

PreProd critical mass indicators met to enable hardfork.

Community

In Progress

Mainnet critical mass indicators met (70% SPOs and 80% Exchange liquidity upgraded and ready with 9.1.0).

Community

In Progress

PreProd hardforked with Node 9.1.0

Community

In Progress

Mainnet hardforked with Node 9.1.0

Community

In Progress

Steps for Chang #2 upgrade will be mapped after completion of Chang #1 harfork.

Last Updated; 2024-08-15


Chang #1 Dependencies

Item
Owner
Acceptance Criteria
Status

Node 9.1.0 genesis file preparations

Parameters Committee, ICC

Complete

DQuadrant Chang Testing

DQuadrant

Completion of testing for all new components, no major issues outstanding

Complete

Tweag Guardrails Script Audit

Tweag

Completion of script audit, no major issues outstanding

Complete

Tweag Constitutional Committee Identity Script Audit

Tweag

Completion of script audit, no major issues outstanding

Complete

Core Governance Tooling (GovTool, CC Portal, etc.)

In yon Networks, Bloxico, DQuadrant

In Progress

Major Hardware Wallet Updates (Ledger and Trezor)

Vacuum Labs

Complete

Last Updated; 2024-07-29


Key Context

Node 9.0.0 vs Node 9.1.0

  • Node 9.0.0 contains all the new Conway functionality and is fully capable of full governance.

  • Node 9.0.0 will not be the final node version for Preview, PreProd or Mainnet, as it will not have the correct configuration files, known as genesis files.

    • The genesis files specify things like protocol parameters and importantly the credentials for the interim constitutional committee.

  • Splitting Node 9.0.0 and Node 9.1.0 allows users to test all the new Node code across networks before having the final genesis files prepared.

Cardano Environments

Preview: Acts as a preview for newer Node versions, can be unstable.

Pre-Production: Environment that matches mainnet configuration, long-term and stable environment for final-stage integration/upgrade testing.

SanchoNet: An unstable temporary network for governance testing.

Mainnet: Our production environment – the actual network the Cardano community uses every day.

Bootstrapping vs Full Governance testing

  • The plan is to maintain SanchoNet in full governance mode.

  • To give everyone a way to test full governance on Sancho whilst testing bootstrapping on Preview.


These are the dependencies, as agreed by the hard fork working group, which need to be completed or at a suitable point prior to initiating the hard for combinator event for the .

ICC members have created all cold credentials, Parameters committee ratifies the parameter settings ()

Governance tools finished development, testing and deployed across environments ()

Conway era development completed, tested, audited and included in official release ()

While hardforking Preview Network into and keeping it there for the foreseeable

More information on the is also available. A page and page related to the Chang hard fork is also being updated on the knowledge base regularly.

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