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Shardeum is the world's first EVM-based L1 blockchain which uses sharding to increase TPS with the addition of every new node.
📢 Weekly Tech Update
❓What we worked on:
✅ Implemented automation testing, enhancing our focus on stability.
✅ Reviewed and committed development work from external resources.
✅ Continued work on nonce and out-of-sync errors to ensure network stability and readiness for Incentivized Testnet (Atomium) release.
🚨Challenges we faced:
👉 Addressing out-of-sync issues; we’re seeing improved performance even at low TPS.
👉 Successfully managed low TPS and network rotation without encountering out-of-sync problems. We’re implementing milestone-based testing to gradually increase TPS for network rotation.
🛠️ What we’re working on next week:
▶️ Closer to relaunching beta, with ongoing work to address issues.
▶️ Continuing efforts to improve stability, security, and performance.
Additional info:
▶ Making progress in stabilizing the network and improving performance to prepare for Incentivized Testnet (Atomium) release.
▶ Wrapping up a productive week with debrief conversations; minimal challenges post-migration.
▶ Smooth transition to GitHub has contributed to a productive work environment for the team.
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🕙 Ends 28th April, 10 AM UTC
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📢 Weekly Tech Update
❓What we worked on:
✅ Resolved nonce-locked issue; fix has been verified.
✅ Addressed out-of-sync validator issue, ensuring synchronization and minimizing missed transactions. Currently undergoing internal testing.
⏭️ What we’re working on next week:
👉 Investigating the remaining coin transfer issue arising from network spamming by a single source, the last item on our blocker list. Multiple teams will focus on this with promising leads.
👉 Commencing migration from GitLab to GitHub, enabling the open-sourcing of Shardeum's code. This transition will occur in phases, targeting completion by next week's end.
👉 Collaborating with Arcadia, a web3 service company, to test and resolve any lingering issues related to staking, un-staking, and slashing for node behaviour.
We appreciate your continued patience and support as we strive to build a robust and reliable network.
📢 Website Under Maintenance
Shardeum.org is migrating to a new autoscaling server ahead of Incentivised Testnet launch & will be down for 3 hours starting 2:30 AM UTC. All sub-domains will continue to work.
Thank you for your patience 🙏
📢 Weekly Tech Update
❓ What we worked on
✅ Sphinx 1.10.3 is out & over 50% nodes have already upgraded
✅ Performance improvements have been made to the JSON-RPC server
✅ The team has been focused on verifying fixes in 1.10.3.
✅ The team is working through the remaining blockers in phases to get Incentivized Testnet up & running as soon as possible
⁉️ Challenges we faced
⭕ Investigated a transaction reverted issue
⭕ Focused on other pressing blockers
⏭️ What we’re working on next week
Continue to work on these challenges phase by phase.
Our tech team is allocating significant time & resources to deliver these updates & move Shardeum forward. We appreciate your patience & support as we work to build a robust & reliable network.
📢 Update on Sphinx 1.10.3
The minVersion of the network has been set to 1.10.3, with a corresponding activeVersion change soon to follow today.
✅ This rotational hot fix has fixes for problems found on our Sphinx Network
✅ Two validator crash fixes
✅ Memory use improvements which should reduce or eliminate some out of memory crashes observed
✅ Fixes for the lost node detection system to solve an issue in the current Sphinx network where some lost nodes were not getting marked properly
Note: These changes are to the protocol & will not go live until the network is 100% upgraded to 1.10.3.
📢 Sphinx 1.10.2 is live!
🚨 Update your validator to the latest version as soon as possible.
🟢 Existing validators:
https://shm.gg/validator-update
🟢 Install a new validator:
https://shm.gg/validator
🟢 Claim testnet SHM from faucet:
https://shm.gg/testnet-shm
👷♂️ Report bugs here:
https://shm.gg/bug-reporting
This update includes:
✅ Fixes to improve stuck pending transaction handling and some nonce issues.
✅ JSON RPC is also getting some active updates to improve logging and error responses.
We're live with Shardeum's February updates!
Join in to know more about the recent developments from the key areas of Shardeum ecosystem.
🧷https://www.youtube.com/live/TZnRdxE7x8o
📢 Shardeum February 2024 Updates
As we get closer to Shardeum's Incentivized Testnet - Atomium, join us at an exclusive event where we'll present the latest developments in technology, business, community, and other important areas of progress that we have made over the last month.
🗓️ 6th March, 2024
🕞 3:30 PM UTC
🧷 https://shm.gg/feb-2024-update
📢 Update on Sphinx 1.10.0
❓ What's happening:
We're experiencing degraded performance, with many transactions failing over the weekend. After thorough investigation, we've identified issues within 1.10.0 that are impacting the network's stability and performance.
Specifically, despite introducing optimizations that significantly increased network speed, our deployment on 20k nodes revealed a critical oversight: we didn't drop lost nodes quickly enough, leading to network degradation.
Thanks to your invaluable help in testing the network, we've pinpointed and rectified this flaw. We're now finalizing Sphinx 1.10.1, which not only addresses this issue but also includes additional enhancements to further improve performance.
✅ Next steps:
To implement these fixes, a network shutdown and restore from our archiver is necessary. We'll conduct a test run of this restoration to ensure a seamless update. If the network restore process doesn't work as expected, we're prepared to launch a clean version of 1.10.1, ensuring a fresh start and a stable environment.
Our team is dedicated to resolving these challenges and enhancing the network's functionality.
Thank you for the patience. 🙏
Launching Shardeum University 🎓
In collaboration with Decentraclasses, we're excited to unveil Shardeum University - your one-stop gateway to mastering Web3.
✅ Beginner-friendly courses
✅ Get mentorship from experts
✅ Earn an NFT certificate
Get started here:
https://university.shardeum.org/
📢 Sphinx 1.9.6 is live!
🚨 Update your validator to the latest version as soon as possible
🟢 Existing validators:
https://shm.gg/validator-update
🟢 Install a new validator:
https://shm.gg/validator
🟢 Claim testnet SHM from faucet:
https://shm.gg/testnet-shm
Sphinx 1.9.6 upgrade includes:
✅ Fix for addressing some “Transaction timestamp out of range” errors
We're live with Shardeum's January updates!
Join in to know more about the recent developments from the key areas of Shardeum ecosystem.
🧷https://www.youtube.com/live/5VW90At8mp8
📢 Sphinx 1.9.5 is live
This update includes:
✅ Fix additional instance of 'An exception occurred while executing a neon::event::Channel::send callback' issue
📢 Shardeum January 2024 Updates
An exclusive event where we'll present the latest developments in technology, business, community, and other important areas of progress that we made during the month of January 2024.
🗓️ 2nd Feb, 2024
🕞 3:30 PM UTC
🧷 https://shm.gg/jan-2024-update
📢 Weekly Tech Update
❓ What we worked on :
✅ Enhanced documentation efforts ongoing
✅ Successfully completed migration, a significant milestone achieved
✅ Focused on stability, addressing nonce-related issues & out-of-sync problems with good fixes implemented
✅ Made breakthroughs in resolving account nonce issues, yielding positive results; releasing soon
✅ Implemented protocol improvements to enhance node collaboration, reducing transaction rejection rates
🛠️ What we’re working on next week
▶️ Positive trends in test results, showcasing numerous improvements in the pipeline
We're excited about the progress made this week & look forward to sharing more updates with you soon.
Introducing The Lightning 3 ⚡️
A video series where Shardeum Committers answer your top 3 questions! 🕵️♂️
First video features Chris Chabot, our Head of Open Source.
Watch the video here ⬇️
https://youtu.be/p3RS3ektEL0
Shardeum POC @ Token2049 Dubai
Join us for engaging panel discussions, networking with industry leaders & an exclusive business ticket to #GlobalBlockchainShow!
🗓️ 17th April 2024
🕞 11:00 AM UTC
🧷 https://lu.ma/Shardeum-Dubai-Meetup2
We're live with Shardeum's March update!
Join in to know more about recent developments from the key ares of Shardeum ecosystem.
🧷 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQIce8tW6uI
📢 Shardeum March 2024 Updates
Learn all about the latest network updates, open source initiatives & incentivized testnet launch plan by tuning into March 2024 Updates.
🗓️ 10th April, 2024
🕞 3:30 PM UTC
🧷 http://eventbrite.com/e/shardeum-march-2024-updates-tickets-877455331517
📢 Community member of the month
Announcing the Telegram Community member of the month of March 2024!
🏅@Joshua2267
Thank you being an active participant in the community & helping fellow community members.
Keep up the good work. 💪
Please DM your USDT ERC20 address to @goodomenok to claim your rewards.
📢 Sphinx 1.10.1 is live!
🚨 Update your validator to the latest version as soon as possible.
🟢 Existing validators:
https://shm.gg/validator-update
🟢 Install a new validator:
https://shm.gg/validator
🟢 Claim testnet SHM from faucet:
https://shm.gg/testnet-shm
👷♂️ Report bugs here:
https://shm.gg/bug-reporting
Read the release notes here.
📢 Community member of the month
Announcing the Telegram Community member of the month of February 2024!
🏅@Kumar1242
Thank you being an active participant in the community & helping fellow community members.
Keep up the good work. 💪
Please DM your USDT ERC20 address to @goodomenok to claim your rewards.
📢 Update on Sphinx 1.10.1 restoration
Our team is actively working on restoring and deploying Sphinx 1.10.1 to full functionality.
After successfully testing network restoration on smaller scales, we encountered a setback during the deployment of a larger network. However, we promptly adjusted our approach which allowed the team a smaller recovery network deployment and reach a processing state after overcoming a hosting issue with one of the nodes.
The next steps include finalizing the staking of additional validators, deploying supplementary services, and conducting overnight network testing.
Despite the challenges faced, we're committed to enhancing the network's resilience and functionality. We will keep you posted about the ETA of the new network launch and provide updates as soon as possible.
Thank you for the patience. 🙏
📢 Sphinx 1.10.0 is live!
🚨 Update your validator to the latest version as soon as possible. This is a new network. Token balances and contracts have been erased.
🟢 Existing validators:
https://shm.gg/validator-update
🟢 Install a new validator:
https://shm.gg/validator
🟢 Claim testnet SHM from faucet:
https://shm.gg/testnet-shm
👷♂️ Report bugs here:
https://shm.gg/bug-reporting
TL;DR Shard size is now 128 validators with 1,000 minimum active validators.
📢 Sphinx 1.9.7 is live
🚨 Update your validator to the latest version as soon as possible.
🟢 Existing validators:
https://shm.gg/validator-update
🟢 Install a new validator:
https://shm.gg/validator
🟢 Claim testnet SHM from faucet:
https://shm.gg/testnet-shm
Sphinx 1.9.7 upgrade includes:
✅ Fixes for nonce errors.
✅ Initial fixes for CAs acting as EOAs issue.
📢 Community member of the month
Announcing the Telegram Community member of the month of January 2024!
🏅@PinkAzuki
Thank you being an active participant in the community & helping fellow community members on issues they face.
Keep up the good work. 💪
Please DM your USDT ERC20 address to @goodomenok to claim your rewards.
📢 Shardeum Airdrop: Phase 1 Update
We want YOUR feedback on rewarding the early contributors who have supported Shardeum through blogs, threads, video, running validator nodes, Leagues & more!
Give us your suggestions & feedback here.
📢 Sphinx 1.9.4 is live!
🚨 Update your validator to the latest version as soon as possible
🟢 Existing validators:
https://shm.gg/validator-update
🟢 Install a new validator:
https://shm.gg/validator
🟢 Claim testnet SHM from faucet:
https://shm.gg/testnet-shm
Sphinx 1.9.4 upgrade includes:
✅ Restored network data
✅ Crash fix in lost archiver system.
✅ Crash fix for "An exception occurred while executing a neon::event::Channel::send callback".
📢 Sphinx 1.9.3 is down
Due to a few issues, Sphinx 1.9.3 is currently at halt & team is preparing for a new release. We have backed up the network from archiver & are identifying the root cause to address all issues & relaunch the network.
Node operators should turn off their node until the new release.
Thank you for the patience. 🙏