coredao-org/core-chain v1.0.6

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v1.0.6 is a hard fork release for Core-chain mainnet.

The mainnet is expected to have a scheduled hard fork upgrade named Hera at block height 12,195,500. The current block generation speed forecasts this to occur around 8th March 2024 at 08:20 AM (UTC).

The Hera hardfork includes an improvement on supporting to verify normal bitcoin transaction base on the system contracts named BtcLightClient

The validators and full node operators on mainnet should switch their software version to v1.0.6 before 8th March.

Improvements

• #1 support to verify normal bitcoin transaction base on the system contracts named BtcLightClient

How to Run

Please refer to https://docs.coredao.org/developer/become-a-validator/validators/core-full-nodes.

How to Upgrade

• Download the appropriate version of Geth for your operating system.
• Verify the checksum, e.g., for geth_linux.
  • Run sha256sum geth_linux
  • The result should match 6376482194d1eddc3606485e91021bb10684d88c1a1190556d21c498fa970430
• Stop the old version of the Geth program.
• Replace it with the new version.
• Start the new version of the Geth program.
• Verify that the new version is correct by checking the console output, such as instance=Geth/v1.0.6-3cabc65f/linux-amd64/go1.19.13.
• Ensure that the node syncs up to the latest block successfully. For validators, confirm that the node can successfully produce blocks once elected.

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