Mocha testnet has been upgraded successfully at height 8236886

MsgTryUpgrade submitted on Mocha testnet. An upgrade is pending to app version 6 at height 8236886.

CELESTIA-NODE v0.27.4-mocha — Mocha Upgrade

Dear partners and node operators,

We are pleased to announce a new version of celestia-node today. Please upgrade as soon as possible to benefit from the latest fixes and improvements.

Celestia-node:

This release includes a bug fix.

Release notes: https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-node/releases/tag/v0.27.4-mocha

Thank you,

Celestia Foundation

CELESTIA-NODE v0.27.3-mocha - Mocha upgrade

Dear partners and node operators, We are pleased to announce a new version of celestia-node today. Please upgrade as soon as possible to benefit from the latest features.

Celestia-node:

This release includes a bug fix.

Release notes: https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-node/releases/tag/v0.27.3-mocha

Thank you,

Celestia Foundation

CELESTIA-NODE v0.27.2-mocha and CELESTIA-APP v6.0.5-mocha - Mocha v6 Matcha upgrade

Dear partners and node operators, We are pleased to announce a new version of celestia-app and celestia-node today. Please upgrade as soon as possible to benefit from the latest features.

Celestia app:

This is a consensus and config breaking release to v6. This release targets throughput, blob size, inflation reduction, and fee changes.

Notable features and changes:

• Changes to block propagation, block syncing and p2p layer that would enable up to 128MB/6s; increase max tx size to 8MB (max block size requires a governance vote)

• Fixes the bug with using ICA and the bug with claiming rewards from a validator that used to be delegated to

• Increases the minimum gas price from 0.002 to 0.004 utia

• Decreases the unbonding period to 14 days and 1 hour

• Removes the token filter

• Decreases issuance to 2.5% and increases minimum validator commission to 10% (no governance vote required)

• Requires nodes to update their config celestia-appd update-config . More info the release notes

• Hardware Requirement changes: 32GB RAM, 16 CPUs and 2TB NVMe

⚠️ If you are using tmkms or horcrux please upgrade them from the following tmkms and horcrux repositories that Celestia maintains. If you are using a private/proprietary KMS, please see https://discord.com/channels/638338779505229824/1169241489776324608/1402654522354171965 and reach out to Evan. ⚠️

⚠️ If you are using Cosmovisor, please remove it before upgrading as it can lead to potential issues! ⚠️

If you are an active validator:

• please signal to upgrade to v6: `celestia-appd tx signal signal 6 --from (validatorwallet) --chain-id mocha-4 --fees 210000utia`

• you can track the tally of signaling by validators using the following query `celestia-appd query signal tally 6`

• Once 5/6+ of the voting power have signaled, the upgrade will be ready.

• There is a hard coded delay between confirmation of the upgrade and execution to the new state machine.

• To view the upcoming upgrade height use the following query: `celestia-appd query signal upgrade`

• The upgrade delay is 2 days after 5/6+ voting power has signaled and the upgrade tx is submitted

Release notes:  https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app/releases/tag/v6.0.5-mocha

Celestia-node:

This release corresponds to the v6 upgrade and is a config breaking release. Please see here on how to update your config.

This release includes changes necessary for celestia-app v6 compatibility. It also reduces the storage window from 30 days to 7.

If bumping directly from v0.25.x-mocha to this release, please see release notes for v0.26.2-mocha that contain important changes + features.

⚠️ Please be aware of hardware requirement changes here. ⚠️

Release notes: https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-node/releases/tag/v0.27.2-mocha

Release timeline:

The v6 Matcha upgrade for Mocha testnet has an updated release timeline:

• Thursday 25th September: Core/app and node cut -mocha releases for v6.

• Thursday 25th - Sunday 28th: Signaling period

• Monday 29th: Submit MsgTryUpgrade

• Wednesday 1st October: Mocha network upgrades from v5 - v6.

Thank you,
Celestia Foundation

The v6 Matcha upgrade for Mocha testnet has a new release timeline:

• Thursday 25th September: Core/app and node cut -mocha releases for v6.

• Thursday 25th - Sunday 28th: Signaling period

• Sunday 28th: Submit MsgTryUpgrade

• Tuesday 30th: Mocha network upgrades from v5 - v6.

The v6 Matcha upgrade for Mocha testnet has a new release timeline:

• Wednesday 24th September: Core/app and node cut -mocha releases for v6.

• Wednesday 24th - Friday 26th: Signaling period

• Saturday 27th: Submit MsgTryUpgrade

• Monday 29th: Mocha network upgrades from v5 - v6.

The v6 Matcha upgrade for Mocha testnet has a new release timeline:

• Tuesday 23rd September: Core/app and node cut -mocha releases for v6.

• Wednesday 24th - Friday 26th: Signaling period

• Saturday 27th: Submit MsgTryUpgrade

• Monday 29th: Mocha network upgrades from v5 - v6.