NOTE: THIS RELEASE IS ONLY RECOMMENDED FOR USE ON THE SANCHONET AND PUBLIC TEST ENVIRONMENTS (E.G. PREVIEW) AT THIS TIME. IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR USE ON MAINNET.
Node 8.3.1-pre is a minor release of the Cardano node. It merely refines some versions and dependency bounds in some local cabal files.
Known Issues
Please see
Technical Specification
Minimum System Requirements
- An Intel or AMD x86 processor with two or more cores, at 1.6GHz or faster (2GHz or faster for a stake pool or relay)
- 24GB of RAM
- 150GB of free storage (250GB recommended for future growth)
Platforms
- Linux 64-bit (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS; Mint 19.3, 20; Debian 10.3)
- Windows 64-bit (8.1, 10, 11)
- MacOS 10.13, 10.14, 10.15, 11
GHC/Cabal supported versions
- GHC 8.10.7/Cabal 3.8.1.0
Supported roles
| Platform | Block Production | Relay | Client (Desktop) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Windows | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ |
| MacOS | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ |
Downloads
NOTE: Linux is showing a git revision of 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 in --version because of a corruption issue in set-git-rev that only affects static musl built binaries. This is expected, and if it concerns you, please build from source.
Documentation
- Cardano Node documentation
- Cardano CLI
- Internal API docs for ledger, consensus and network
- Compatibility matrix
Sign off
| Role | Approval |
|---|---|
| Cardano Head of Engineering | ✔️ |
| Cardano Head of Product | ✔️ |
| Test Engineer | N/A for pre-release |
| Site Reliability Engineer | N/A for pre-release |
| Release Engineer | ✔️ |
Changelogs
Node
Just some version refinements in cabal files.Consensus
*NONE*Ledger
*NONE*Network
*NONE*Cardano-cli
*NONE*Cardano-api
*NONE*Submit-api
*NONE*Plutus
*NONE*Individual packages' changelogs
| Package | Version | Changelog |
|---|---|---|
| Win32-network | 0.1.1.1 | ChangeLog.md |
| base-deriving-via | 0.1.0.2 | CHANGELOG.md |
| bech32 | 1.1.4.1 | ChangeLog.md |
| byron-spec-chain | 1.0.0.1 | CHANGELOG.md |
| byron-spec-ledger | 1.0.0.1 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-api | 8.16.3.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-binary | 1.7.0.1 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-cli | 8.6.1.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-crypto | 1.1.2 | |
| cardano-crypto-class | 2.1.2.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-crypto-praos | 2.1.2.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-crypto-test | 1.5.0.0 | |
| cardano-crypto-tests | 2.1.2.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-crypto-wrapper | 1.5.1.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-data | 1.1.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-ledger-allegra | 1.2.1.1 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-ledger-alonzo | 1.4.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-ledger-alonzo-test | 1.1.2.3 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-ledger-api | 1.4.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-ledger-babbage | 1.4.3.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-ledger-babbage-test | 1.1.1.4 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-ledger-binary | 1.1.2.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-ledger-byron | 1.0.0.2 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-ledger-byron-test | 1.5.0.0 | |
| cardano-ledger-conway | 1.7.1.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-ledger-conway-test | 1.2.0.4 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-ledger-core | 1.5.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-ledger-mary | 1.3.2.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-ledger-pretty | 1.3.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-ledger-shelley | 1.5.1.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-ledger-shelley-ma-test | 1.2.1.2 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-ledger-shelley-test | 1.2.0.3 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-ping | 0.2.0.5 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-prelude | 0.1.0.2 | ChangeLog.md |
| cardano-prelude-test | 0.1.0.2 | |
| cardano-protocol-tpraos | 1.0.3.4 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-slotting | 0.1.1.1 | CHANGELOG.md |
| cardano-strict-containers | 0.1.2.1 | CHANGELOG.md |
| contra-tracer | 0.1.0.2 | |
| ekg | 0.4.0.15.0.0.0.0.1 | |
| ekg-forward | 0.3.0.4 | CHANGELOG.md |
| ekg-json | 0.1.0.7.0.0.0.0.1 | |
| fs-api | 0.2.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| fs-sim | 0.2.1.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| heapwords | 0.1.0.2 | CHANGELOG.md |
| iohk-monitoring | 0.1.11.3 | |
| libsystemd-journal | 1.4.5.0.0.0.0.1 | Changelog.md |
| lobemo-backend-aggregation | 0.1.0.0 | |
| lobemo-backend-ekg | 0.1.0.1 | |
| lobemo-backend-monitoring | 0.1.0.0 | |
| lobemo-backend-trace-forwarder | 0.1.0.0 | |
| lobemo-scribe-systemd | 0.1.0.0 | |
| measures | 0.1.0.2 | CHANGELOG.md |
| monoidal-synchronisation | 0.1.0.3 | CHANGELOG.md |
| network-mux | 0.4.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| non-integral | 1.0.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| optparse-applicative-fork | 0.18.1.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| ouroboros-consensus | 0.10.0.1 | CHANGELOG.md |
| ouroboros-consensus-cardano | 0.8.0.1 | CHANGELOG.md |
| ouroboros-consensus-diffusion | 0.7.1.1 | CHANGELOG.md |
| ouroboros-consensus-protocol | 0.5.0.6 | CHANGELOG.md |
| ouroboros-network | 0.8.2.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| ouroboros-network-api | 0.5.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| ouroboros-network-framework | 0.7.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| ouroboros-network-mock | 0.1.0.1 | CHANGELOG.md |
| ouroboros-network-protocols | 0.5.1.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| ouroboros-network-testing | 0.3.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| plutus-core | 1.9.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| plutus-ledger-api | 1.9.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| plutus-tx | 1.9.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| prettyprinter-configurable | 1.9.0.0 | |
| protolude | 0.3.3.0.0.0.0.1 | ChangeLog.md |
| set-algebra | 1.1.0.1 | CHANGELOG.md |
| small-steps | 1.0.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
| small-steps-test | 1.0.0.1 | |
| th-extras | 0.0.0.6.0.0.0.0.1 | ChangeLog.md |
| tracer-transformers | 0.1.0.4 | |
| typed-protocols | 0.1.0.6 | CHANGELOG.md |
| typed-protocols-cborg | 0.1.0.4 | CHANGELOG.md |
| typed-protocols-examples | 0.2.0.2 | |
| validation-selective | 0.2.0.0.0.0.0.0.1 | CHANGELOG.md |
| vector-algorithms | 0.9.0.1.0.0.0.0.1 | CHANGELOG.md |
| vector-map | 1.0.1.0 | CHANGELOG.md |