Release mainnet-index1.6.1

Performance improvement: Skip handling a new minor block if its root block confirmation is too old. And update ENABLE_TRANSACTION_HISTORY to true

Release mainnet1.6.1

Performance improvement: Skip handling a new minor block if its root block confirmation is too old.

Release mainnet1.6.0

Disclaimer

This release involves consensus changes (explained below). To avoid wasting mining power, please upgrade the cluster to this release before Tuesday, Apr 12, 2022, 00:04:00 AM GMT.

Updates

• * Add a self-adjusting mechanism to increase the network's hash power by lowering the effective difficulty for root chain PoSW stakers. (QCEP-7)

(Those items listed with asterisk * mean they are consensus changes and would lead to forks if clients are not updated accordingly.)

Notes

To change miner coinbase address:

./change_coinbase.sh 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000

For downloading snapshots:

curl https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/qkcmainnet/data/`curl https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/qkcmainnet/data/LATEST`.tar.gz --output data.tar.gz

Snapshots in China:

curl https://s3.cn-north-1.amazonaws.com.cn/qkcmainnet-cn/data/`curl https://s3.cn-north-1.amazonaws.com.cn/qkcmainnet-cn/data/LATEST`.tar.gz --output data.tar.gz

Running cluster after modifying config:

# inside the container
python3 quarkchain/cluster/cluster.py --cluster_config <config>
or
./run_cluster.py

Network ID

1

GPU mining shard ID

Instructions for Ethash GPU mining

ethminer -U http://$CLUSTER_IP:38391 --shard-id $SHARD_ID --cuda-devices $GPU_ID --farm-recheck $TIME --coinbase $COINBASE_ADDRESS

• CLUSTER_IP defines the IP for the Quarkchain cluster. If you want to try the one button quick mining, you can use fullnode.quarkchain.io or fullnode2.quarkchain.io.
• --shard-id defines one specify shard to mine. shard id 1, 10001, 20001, 30001, 40001, 50001 are Ethash.
• --cuda-devices defines specify GPUs to mine.
• --farm-recheck defines check interval in milliseconds for changed work. For example 1000.
• --coinbase defines your mining coinbase address. Please use 20 bytes address generated the same way as an Ethereum address.
• -U is for the CUDA GPU and -G is for the AMD GPU.

Chain	Shard	Hash Algo	Parameter for Ethminer shard ID
0	0	Ethash	1
1	0	Ethash	10001
2	0	Ethash	20001
3	0	Ethash	30001
4	0	Ethash	40001
5	0	Ethash	50001

CPU mining shard ID

Instructions for Qkchash CPU mining

./ethminer --farm http://$CLUSTER_IP:38391 --coinbase $COINBASE_ADDRESS -t <n> --shard-id $SHARD_ID

• CLUSTER_IP defines the IP for the Quarkchain cluster. If you want to try the one button quick mining, you can use fullnode.quarkchain.io or fullnode2.quarkchain.io.
• --shard-id defines one specify shard to mine. shard id 60001 and 70001 are Qkchash.
• --coinbase defines your mining coinbase address. Please use 20 bytes address generated the same way as an Ethereum address.
• -t limits number of CPU miners to n

Chain	Shard	Hash Algo	Parameter for Ethminer shard ID
6	0	Qkchash	60001
7	0	Qkchash	70001

Download Docker Image

docker pull quarkchaindocker/pyquarkchain:mainnet1.6.0

To run in Docker

# recommend using some window management tool to start
# different programs, for example `screen` or `tmux`.
$ docker run -it -p 38291:38291 -p 38391:38391 -p 38491:38491 -p 38291:38291/udp quarkchaindocker/pyquarkchain:<version tag>
# if you already have synced data available, can mount it during running docker (note the -v flag)
$ docker run -v /path/to/data:/code/pyquarkchain/quarkchain/cluster/qkc-data/mainnet -it -p 38291:38291 -p 38391:38391 -p 38491:38491 -p 38291:38291/udp quarkchaindocker/pyquarkchain:<version tag> 

Release mainnet-index1.6.0

Disclaimer

Same as mainnet1.6.0 release but with transaction history switched on.

Download Docker Image

docker pull quarkchaindocker/pyquarkchain:mainnet-index1.6.0

Mainnet1.5.0

Disclaimer

This release involves consensus changes (explained below). To avoid wasting mining power, please upgrade the cluster to this release before Tuesday, Sep 14, 2021 00:00:00 AM GMT.

Updates

• * Added support for EIP155, support using metamask to directly interact with quarkchain.
• Various small fixes and improvements

(Those items listed with asterisk * mean they are consensus changes and would lead to forks if clients are not updated accordingly.)

Notes

To change miner coinbase address:

./change_coinbase.sh 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000

For downloading snapshots:

curl https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/qkcmainnet/data/`curl https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/qkcmainnet/data/LATEST`.tar.gz --output data.tar.gz

Snapshots in China:

curl https://s3.cn-north-1.amazonaws.com.cn/qkcmainnet-cn/data/`curl https://s3.cn-north-1.amazonaws.com.cn/qkcmainnet-cn/data/LATEST`.tar.gz --output data.tar.gz

Running cluster after modifying config:

# inside the container
python3 quarkchain/cluster/cluster.py --cluster_config <config>
or
./run_cluster.py

Network ID

1

GPU mining shard ID

Instructions for Ethash GPU mining

ethminer -U http://$CLUSTER_IP:38391 --shard-id $SHARD_ID --cuda-devices $GPU_ID --farm-recheck $TIME --coinbase $COINBASE_ADDRESS

• CLUSTER_IP defines the IP for the Quarkchain cluster. If you want to try the one button quick mining, you can use fullnode.quarkchain.io or fullnode2.quarkchain.io.
• --shard-id defines one specify shard to mine. shard id 1, 10001, 20001, 30001, 40001, 50001 are Ethash.
• --cuda-devices defines specify GPUs to mine.
• --farm-recheck defines check interval in milliseconds for changed work. For example 1000.
• --coinbase defines your mining coinbase address. Please use 20 bytes address generated the same way as an Ethereum address.
• -U is for the CUDA GPU and -G is for the AMD GPU.

Chain	Shard	Hash Algo	Parameter for Ethminer shard ID
0	0	Ethash	1
1	0	Ethash	10001
2	0	Ethash	20001
3	0	Ethash	30001
4	0	Ethash	40001
5	0	Ethash	50001

CPU mining shard ID

Instructions for Qkchash CPU mining

./ethminer --farm http://$CLUSTER_IP:38391 --coinbase $COINBASE_ADDRESS -t <n> --shard-id $SHARD_ID

• CLUSTER_IP defines the IP for the Quarkchain cluster. If you want to try the one button quick mining, you can use fullnode.quarkchain.io or fullnode2.quarkchain.io.
• --shard-id defines one specify shard to mine. shard id 60001 and 70001 are Qkchash.
• --coinbase defines your mining coinbase address. Please use 20 bytes address generated the same way as an Ethereum address.
• -t limits number of CPU miners to n

Chain	Shard	Hash Algo	Parameter for Ethminer shard ID
6	0	Qkchash	60001
7	0	Qkchash	70001

Download Docker Image

docker pull quarkchaindocker/pyquarkchain:mainnet1.5.0

To run in Docker

# recommend using some window management tool to start
# different programs, for example `screen` or `tmux`.
$ docker run -it -p 38291:38291 -p 38391:38391 -p 38491:38491 -p 38291:38291/udp quarkchaindocker/pyquarkchain:<version tag>
# if you already have synced data available, can mount it during running docker (note the -v flag)
$ docker run -v /path/to/data:/code/pyquarkchain/quarkchain/cluster/qkc-data/mainnet -it -p 38291:38291 -p 38391:38391 -p 38491:38491 -p 38291:38291/udp quarkchaindocker/pyquarkchain:<version tag> 

mainnet-index1.5.0

Disclaimer

Same as mainnet1.5.0 release but with transaction history switched on.

Download Docker Image

docker pull quarkchaindocker/pyquarkchain:mainnet-index1.5.0

mainnet1.4.3

Disclaimer

This release potentially involves consensus changes. To avoid wasting mining power, please upgrade the cluster to this release as soon as possible.

Updates

• * Fixes transaction receipt bundling for failed contract creation transaction
• * Fixes a VM opcode implementation
• Implements total token balance accounting method in JSONRPC
• Various small fixes and improvements

(Those items listed with asterisk * mean they could lead to consensus disagreements if clients are not updated accordingly.)

Notes

To change miner coinbase address:

./change_coinbase.sh 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000

For downloading snapshots:

curl https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/qkcmainnet/data/`curl https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/qkcmainnet/data/LATEST`.tar.gz --output data.tar.gz

Snapshots in China:

curl https://s3.cn-north-1.amazonaws.com.cn/qkcmainnet-cn/data/`curl https://s3.cn-north-1.amazonaws.com.cn/qkcmainnet-cn/data/LATEST`.tar.gz --output data.tar.gz

Running cluster after modifying config:

# inside the container
python3 quarkchain/cluster/cluster.py --cluster_config <config>
or
./run_cluster.py

Network ID

1

GPU mining shard ID

Instructions for Ethash GPU mining

ethminer -U http://$CLUSTER_IP:38391 --shard-id $SHARD_ID --cuda-devices $GPU_ID --farm-recheck $TIME --coinbase $COINBASE_ADDRESS

• CLUSTER_IP defines the IP for the Quarkchain cluster. If you want to try the one button quick mining, you can use fullnode.quarkchain.io or fullnode2.quarkchain.io.
• --shard-id defines one specify shard to mine. shard id 1, 10001, 20001, 30001, 40001, 50001 are Ethash.
• --cuda-devices defines specify GPUs to mine.
• --farm-recheck defines check interval in milliseconds for changed work. For example 1000.
• --coinbase defines your mining coinbase address. Please use 20 bytes address generated the same way as an Ethereum address.
• -U is for the CUDA GPU and -G is for the AMD GPU.

Chain	Shard	Hash Algo	Parameter for Ethminer shard ID
0	0	Ethash	1
1	0	Ethash	10001
2	0	Ethash	20001
3	0	Ethash	30001
4	0	Ethash	40001
5	0	Ethash	50001

CPU mining shard ID

Instructions for Qkchash CPU mining

./ethminer --farm http://$CLUSTER_IP:38391 --coinbase $COINBASE_ADDRESS -t <n> --shard-id $SHARD_ID

• CLUSTER_IP defines the IP for the Quarkchain cluster. If you want to try the one button quick mining, you can use fullnode.quarkchain.io or fullnode2.quarkchain.io.
• --shard-id defines one specify shard to mine. shard id 60001 and 70001 are Qkchash.
• --coinbase defines your mining coinbase address. Please use 20 bytes address generated the same way as an Ethereum address.
• -t limits number of CPU miners to n

Chain	Shard	Hash Algo	Parameter for Ethminer shard ID
6	0	Qkchash	60001
7	0	Qkchash	70001

Download Docker Image

docker pull quarkchaindocker/pyquarkchain:mainnet1.4.3

mainnet-index1.4.3

Disclaimer

Same as mainnet1.4.3 release but with transaction history switched on.

Download Docker Image

docker pull quarkchaindocker/pyquarkchain:mainnet-index1.4.3

mainnet1.4.2

Disclaimer

This release involves consensus changes (explained below). To avoid wasting mining power, please upgrade the cluster to this release before Thursday, April 30, 2020 17:00:00 AM GMT-07:00 DST.

Updates

• * Enables native token auction system contract (QCEP-005) and adds minting pre-compiled contract for auctioning / issuing new native tokens
• * Enables native token gas exchange system contract (QCEP-006) and updates EVM accordingly to support paying native tokens as transaction fees
• * Adds pre-compiled contracts to support querying native token balance in smart contracts
• * Reduces PoSW staking requirements on shard chains with the same rate as coinbase reward reduction (i.e. 0.88x) after each epoch ends
• Migrates CHAIN_MASK_LIST to FULL_SHARD_ID_LIST configuration values while being backward-compatible for older configuration files
• Various small fixes and improvements

(Those items listed with asterisk * mean they are consensus changes, and would lead to forks if clients are not updated accordingly.)

Minor Changes

Comparing with 1.4.1, this version can derive necessary consensus config changes if running for mainnet, thus users don't have to update their customized configs after upgrading the container or checking out this tagged version of code.

Native Token Auction

For details, please refer to QCEP-005.

Native Token Gas Exchange

For details, please refer to QCEP-006.

Notes

To change miner coinbase address:

./change_coinbase.sh 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000

For downloading snapshots:

curl https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/qkcmainnet/data/`curl https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/qkcmainnet/data/LATEST`.tar.gz --output data.tar.gz

Snapshots in China:

curl https://s3.cn-north-1.amazonaws.com.cn/qkcmainnet-cn/data/`curl https://s3.cn-north-1.amazonaws.com.cn/qkcmainnet-cn/data/LATEST`.tar.gz --output data.tar.gz

Running cluster after modifying config:

# inside the container
python3 quarkchain/cluster/cluster.py --cluster_config <config>
or
./run_cluster.py

Network ID

1

GPU mining shard ID

Instructions for Ethash GPU mining

ethminer -U http://$CLUSTER_IP:38391 --shard-id $SHARD_ID --cuda-devices $GPU_ID --farm-recheck $TIME --coinbase $COINBASE_ADDRESS

• CLUSTER_IP defines the IP for the Quarkchain cluster. If you want to try the one button quick mining, you can use fullnode.quarkchain.io or fullnode2.quarkchain.io.
• --shard-id defines one specify shard to mine. shard id 1, 10001, 20001, 30001, 40001, 50001 are Ethash.
• --cuda-devices defines specify GPUs to mine.
• --farm-recheck defines check interval in milliseconds for changed work. For example 1000.
• --coinbase defines your mining coinbase address. Please use 20 bytes address generated the same way as an Ethereum address.
• -U is for the CUDA GPU and -G is for the AMD GPU.

Chain	Shard	Hash Algo	Parameter for Ethminer shard ID
0	0	Ethash	1
1	0	Ethash	10001
2	0	Ethash	20001
3	0	Ethash	30001
4	0	Ethash	40001
5	0	Ethash	50001

CPU mining shard ID

Instructions for Qkchash CPU mining

./ethminer --farm http://$CLUSTER_IP:38391 --coinbase $COINBASE_ADDRESS -t <n> --shard-id $SHARD_ID

• CLUSTER_IP defines the IP for the Quarkchain cluster. If you want to try the one button quick mining, you can use fullnode.quarkchain.io or fullnode2.quarkchain.io.
• --shard-id defines one specify shard to mine. shard id 60001 and 70001 are Qkchash.
• --coinbase defines your mining coinbase address. Please use 20 bytes address generated the same way as an Ethereum address.
• -t limits number of CPU miners to n

Chain	Shard	Hash Algo	Parameter for Ethminer shard ID
6	0	Qkchash	60001
7	0	Qkchash	70001

Download Docker Image

docker pull quarkchaindocker/pyquarkchain:mainnet1.4.2

mainnet-index1.4.2

Disclaimer

Same as mainnet1.4.2 release but with transaction history switched on.

Download Docker Image

docker pull quarkchaindocker/pyquarkchain:mainnet-index1.4.2