Sprint 118 in progress
Main Focus is to prepare the leaderless block merge Hard fork (hf2), specifically (a) complete the finalization feature for multi-parent block merge for release to Test net (b) a lot of testing + bug fixing and (c) performance improvements (d) Completed - Adding shardId inside the signatures, to enable multi-shard operation and prevent reusing of deploys from one shard in another shard (e) sdk project to make the code more modular and serve as a base for RNode domain logic with corresponding data types (f) Prepare for trusted external validators in order to decentralize the network.
Other work includes resolving any identified bugs, hardening the network and working with external customers.
Progress continues on finalization and Block merge (LLBM). The 0.13.Beta1 release for the test net that includes block merge and finalization with simple protocol (i.e. potential network partitioning ignored) is delayed by a few days. The state merging with finalization fringe is taking more discussion and detailed work. The draft PR is available at https://github.com/rchain/rchain/pull/3742 . It is failing a few tests. Both Nutzipper and Tomislav are working on this task and the whole team is working on getting out this release ASAP. The remaining work after this release is handling invalid blocks, implementing slashing and thorough testing. Stas, Max and others will be helping with tests to support this effort. Stas is currently writing the tests for BlockReceiver, which was introduced as part of the multi-parent finalizer. The current expectation is that there may be a Beta2 release after Beta1 and if everything works as expected, Beta2 should be ready for promotion to the main net (hard fork 2).
Current closed list of PRs is at https://github.com/rchain/rchain/pulls?q=is%3Apr+sort%3Aupdated-desc+is%3Aclosed Current full PR list is at https://github.com/rchain/rchain/pulls?q=is%3Apr+sort%3Aupdated-desc+is%3Aopen . Project progress is at https://github.com/rchain/rchain/projects/4 Latest updates to the issues list are at https://github.com/rchain/rchain/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc
Will's addressing the review comments on his PR for bonding of external validators. https://github.com/rchain/rchain/issues/3714 . He has been testing it and making adjustments as needed. After this task is complete, he will be working to implement dckc's request for a separate REV address for staking and rewards withdrawals to enable staking pools to run their own contracts off this withdrawal address https://github.com/rchain/rchain/issues/3755.
Denis is temporarily switching to support parsing of a small EDI extension language for an external customer. He will be supporting the testing effort for LLBM, as well as the error reporting and error handling framework along with Nutzipper. He will also finish up the remaining BigInt work.
RPC team has contributed a PR to split a string (for example, based on comma delimited or other) in Rholang. The team review is complete, it will be merged after the corrections are complete. https://github.com/rchain/rchain/pull/3753 Denis will be looking into the accuracy of cost accounting on this operation.
External validator engagement as well as customer/market engagement continues.
Development Plans for the rest of the year and beyond - for reference
Near term plans and releases are as below:
Note:
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to get min phlo price accepted by the validator and put that value in deploy data instead of the currently used constant 1
.Tomislav has updated the wiki at https://github.com/rchain/rchain/wiki/Cost-accounting-in-RChain#phloprice We will start communications with exchanges also for HF2.Explanation of the different Hard Forks (for reference)
Proceeding further with block merge requires changes to the per validator vault to make it a per deploy vault/purse etc. We are currently finalizing the design for this. Actual code and test will take some time. We are potentially looking at this scenario:
1. First hard fork for balances and removing the slashed validator
2. Second hard fork for block merge - This is the fastest way to get block merge on the main net without holding it until the third hard fork. This includes REV balance merging (aka per deploy vault), attestation messages and the Tree depth being increased to four.
3. Third hard fork with all other changes. Third hard fork includes implementation of a lot of changes including the PoS contract changes, Soft fork process etc. Design for soft fork process is complete and is being reviewed by the team.
(Hard Fork) TEST NET 2 ADVISORY: (for reference)
To test the version of block merge with data changes that need a hard fork, we are creating a separate feature branch and a TEST NET 2 as the testbed for this feature branch. This content will be left here until we are close to Hard Fork 2 implementation on the main net. TestNet 2 is now available for the community to test their contracts on.
On all the hard forks on the main net, we will be starting from an empty state, with REV balances only. On Test Net 2, this 'loosing the state' will be repeated multiple times.
Tech-Governance meetings on Fridays 9:30 AM Eastern, 6:30 Am Pacific
Mercury requirements and acceptance criteria
Details on the acceptance criteria: Mercury acceptance criteria
Please see the documentation at https://github.com/rchain/rchain/blob/dev/docs/features.md.
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