Hi all,
Sending a short and hopefully sweet update:
* We're still on schedule for Jan 15th 2019.
* We'll be starting around 15:00 (3pm) UTC time. The release procedure itself
could take an hour or two, depending on how much caffeine I have in my system.
You're all welcome to follow the fun on the dev Gitter [1] but please don't
post so the development team can do its job. Various expressions of excitement
can take place in the lobby [2] or IRL if you're into that sort of thing.
- Igno
[1] https://gitter.im/grin_community/dev
[2] https://gitter.im/grin_community/Lobby
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
On Thursday, December 20, 2018 4:35 PM, Ignotus Peverell
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I don't think the coming Grin mainnet release has been announced officially
> on this mailing list, so I thought I'd send a quick email. Grin is set to
> release on what should be January 15th 2019 in most populated timezones. A
> few things to know:
>
> * We just released Floonet (our long-running testnet) today. It was also a
> good and successful practice of our mainnet release process.
> * The grin mainnet genesis block will include a recent (as in last hour or
> two) bitcoin block hash, to prove the absence of pre-mine and a fair launch.
> * The grin mainnet genesis block will also set a very high starting
> difficulty, for similar reasons. Don't be surprised if the first few blocks
> take an hour or two. That being said, accurately estimating starting hashrate
> is nearly impossible so we may have surprises.
> * Once created, the genesis block will be immediately pushed to our github
> repository and a normal Grin build will get you a mainnet node.
> * No block will be valid for about 30 min after the genesis is published to
> leave everyone time to rebuild and restart. This is done by setting the
> timestamp of the genesis block in the future (grin enforces block time
> progression).
>
> Our security review and audit(s) will keep happening in parallel and all
> issues fixed according to severity. We will have a planned hard fork after 6
> months to address anything consensus critical (assuming it can wait). On that
> topic, I'd like to thank everyone who donated, with a special note to Aurel
> who closed the campaign with a very large donation, reaching the status of
> Grin Hero (it's a thing).
>
> After the release, celebration will be in order. The word on the street is
> that @hashmap is organizing a celebration party in Berlin on Jan 15th or
> 16th. There may be a few more parties in other parts of the world (feel free
> to organize one!), and of course on our Gitter channel where you'll be able
> to find yours truly.
>
> Finally, please join us at GrinconUS (https://grincon.us) January 28th. It
> should be extremely interesting and a lot of fun. Proceeds will also go back
> to the grin project fund, so get those sponsors and investor tickets.
>
> - Igno
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