THORChain (RUNE) Prepares for September 2024 Hard Fork

THORChain’s
native
blockchain
is
set
to
undergo
a
significant
hard
fork
upgrade
on
September
4,
2024,
at
4pm
UTC,
estimated
at
block
17561740,
according
to

Nine
Realms.
This
upgrade
will
bring
several
key
improvements
and
planned
downtime
for
various
services.

What
is
being
upgraded
during
the
hard
fork?

• Cosmos
  SDK
  version
  upgrade
  from
  45.1
  to
  45.16
• Removal
  of
  obsolete
  legacy
  code
• Removal
  of
  unnecessary
  Cosmos
  modules
• Trimming
  node
  state
  for
  faster
  sync
  (>1
  TB)
• Adding
  support
  for
  Bitcoin
  Taproot
  addresses
• Various
  updates
  as
  outlined
  in
  
  GitLab
  Milestones

Why
is
there
an
upcoming
hard
fork?

THORChain
typically
follows
a
normal
upgrade
path
when
100%
of
validators
adopt
a
new
version
of
THORNode.
However,
certain
updates
require
a
coordinated
hard
fork
to
ensure
the
security
and
efficiency
of
the
network.
During
this
period,
nodes
will
pause
swaps
and
validator
churning
to
protect
user
funds.
Upon
reaching
the
hard
fork
block,
nodes
will
upgrade
to
the
new
version
(2.135.0)
of
THORNode,
resuming
normal
operations
once
all
nodes
are
updated.

Preparing
for
the
Hard
Fork

What
do
users
need
to
do
during
the
hard
fork?

No
user
action
is
necessary.

What
do
interfaces
and
exchanges
need
to
do
to
prepare
for
the
hard
fork?

• Projects
  supporting
  RUNE,
  synths,
  or
  trade
  assets
  must
  update
  the
  
  chain-id
  to
  support
  the
  new
  chain.
• All
  THORChain
  services,
  including
  transferring
  RUNE,
  swapping,
  savers,
  lending,
  thorname,
  and
  node
  operations,
  will
  experience
  planned
  downtime.

Supporting
the
new
Chain-ID

• Projects
  should
  dynamically
  pull
  THORChain’s
  current
  
  chain-id
  in
  transaction
  creation
  to
  avoid
  service
  interruptions
  post-fork.
• Use
  the
  endpoint:
  
  https://rpc.ninerealms.com/status
  to
  retrieve
  the
  current
  
  chain-id
  and
  use
  this
  for
  all
  THORChain
  transactions.
  This
  value
  will
  automatically
  update
  with
  the
  new
  chain
  id
  after
  the
  hard
  fork.

Service
Outages:

• Ensure
  interfaces
  do
  not
  allow
  any
  swaps,
  savers
  actions,
  lending
  actions,
  RUNE
  transfers,
  or
  other
  network
  operations
  during
  the
  planned
  downtime.
• If
  using
  the
  
  quote
  endpoint,
  ensure
  no
  swaps
  are
  sent
  if
  an
  error
  is
  received
  or
  if
  the
  endpoint
  is
  unavailable.

Announcements,
Support,
and
Questions

Interfaces
and
exchanges
needing
support
should
join
the

THORChain
Developers
Community
Discord
and
contact
community
developers.
Announcements
regarding
the
hard
fork
will
be
made
in
the

#thornode-mainnet
and

#interface-alerts
channels.

Community

To
stay
updated,
monitor
community
channels,
including
Telegram
and
Twitter:

Website
|

Documentation
|

X
|

Telegram
Community
|

Telegram
Alerts
|

Community
Discord
|

Developer
Discord
|

Explorer
|

RuneScan
|

Reddit
|

Gitlab
|

Medium
|

Linktree
|

Thorcharts

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