🥁Heads up: SPO Call starts in two hours, at 4pm UTC

You can join the call here: https://discord.com/events/826816523368005654/1196556249576247366

ICYMI - Join us for the February SPO Call, this Thursday at 4pm UTC.

➡️ We will be sharing an update on P2P as well as regular node development updates.

➡️ The agenda will include panelists on topics from Intersect, Mithril, and the Parameter Committee. We encourage you to come with your thoughts and questions as we will take time for discussion on each topic.

This call is a chance to talk with these teams and to build shared understanding around key topics. You can add the call to your calendar here: https://evt.to/emmehodsw

We look forward to speaking with you!

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Greetings SPOs, 👋

We are very happy to announce the release of cardano-node 8.8.0-pre https://github.com/IntersectMBO/cardano-node/releases/tag/8.8.0-pre!

➡️ SanchoNet (Cardano’s testnet for CIP-1694) will be reset tomorrow as the preferred timeline indicated in the sanchonet community channel, and pending no issues in the respin. DB-Sync, Gov Tool, and other teams are starting integration with the node now.

➡️ Over the weekend, we expect to have SPOs come on-line again using the delegation faucet and DReps to register. We recommend holding any voting actions until Monday.

This is a big milestone towards achieving CIP-1694 completion as it brings Plutus Smart Contracts to governance actions! Huge thanks to IOG’s Network, Consensus, API, CLI, Plutus Core, and Ledger teams that have been working diligently since November on integrating Plutus v3 into the node for governance action submission and voting.

A huge thanks also to our community who have been aggressively testing 8.7 on SanchoNet. We look forward to seeing what you can break for us and the insights we glean from it on 8.8.

Attention SPOs:

Important announcement from Vacuum Labs if you currently manage your keys via a Ledger Nano S https://twitter.com/vacuumlabs/status/1759963448299970696

ICMY SPOs, The March SPO Call occurs this Thursday at 3pm UTC.

At this call we will be talking about the governance parameters along with other updates. The agenda will include panelists from Intersect, IOG Core Tech, and the Cardano Parameter Committee. We encourage you to come with your thoughts and questions as we will take time for discussion on each topic.

You can add the call to the calendar of your choice here: https://evt.to/emuegmouw

We look forward to speaking with you!

ICYMI - We’re happy to announce the release of 8.9.0. 🥳

This release introduces bootstrap peers, which allow us to test early features of Ouroboros Genesis– the iteration that will allow new or returning peers to bootstrap without having to choose a trusted third party to provide their initial topology.

This version also fixes a small bug on the dynamic block forging logic and includes further general improvements.

👉 Please refer to here to read more about the release:
https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-node-wiki/blob/main/docs/getting-started/understanding-config-files.md#light-genesis-aka-bootstrap-peers

👉 See also our recent blogpost covering the latest on P2P development and what it means for SPOs:
https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2024/03/14/approaching-full-p2p-node-operations/

👉 Benchmarking reports relevant to 8.9.0 can be found in this post on Cardano Updates:
https://updates.cardano.intersectmbo.org/reports/2024-03-performance-8.9.0

Approaching full P2P node operations

Greetings SPOs! Today the IO core tech team spoke on Cardano360 about Peer-to-Peer-- its importance, its benefits, and the final steps in the P2P roadmap (https://youtu.be/kJIFjCZUfQ8?t=575).

👉 We encourage all SPOs, exchanges, DApp developers, infrastructure providers, and other node users to upgrade to node v. 8.9.1 if you haven't already, and to run all your relay and block producing nodes in P2P mode https://github.com/IntersectMBO/cardano-node/releases

👉 Read our recent blog post with all the relevant details, and if you have questions, head over to the P2P channels on IO's discord, or watch this channel for details on next week's SPO call, where you can chat with the team in real time https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2024/03/14/approaching-full-p2p-node-operations/

ICYMI - IOG's April SPO Call occurs this Thursday, April 4th.

Greetings SPOs! At this call we'll talk the latest core development, P2P and Mithril, and the latest on the P2P upgrade.

The agenda will include panelists from the IO Core Tech and Scaling teams. We encourage you to come with your thoughts and questions as we will take time for discussion on each topic.

This is a chance to come talk with these teams, to build shared understanding and relationship. You can add the event to your calendar here: https://evt.to/eamgageuw.

Greetings SPOs! ICYMI - We're happy to share that 8.10.0-pre is live on Sanchonet.

➡️ This release contains the latest governance changes. It has support for a new cost model for Plutus v3, plus new Plutus byte string primitives. The Constitution Committee quorum has been renamed to threshold in the CLI and a new economic parameter minFeeRefScriptCostPerByte has been added for reference scripts. This version of the node also adds support for reference scripts in the Conway era.

➡️ Governance actions will be live again on Monday. We encourage participating SPOs to come back online and dReps to reregister, if you haven't already. And if you're not already on Sanchonet, now is a great time to get up to speed on Cardano governance. We'll see you there.

https://github.com/IntersectMBO/cardano-node/releases/tag/8.10.0-pre

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ICYMI - the May SPO Call is tomorrow, at 3pm UTC.

➡️ At this SPO call we'll talk the latest core development, Sanchonet, and SPO input for Lace.

➡️ The agenda will include panelists from the IO Core Tech, Scaling, and XSY teams and from Intersect Hard Fork Working Group and the Parameter Committee too. We encourage you to come with your thoughts and questions as we will take time for discussion on each topic.

This is a chance to come talk with these teams, to build shared understanding and relationship.

You can add the call to your calendar here: https://evt.to/eauimeomw.

Alpha version of the tokenomics layer of EDI just released https://groups.inf.ed.ac.uk/blockchainlab/edi-dashboard/

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IOG remains committed to the principles of open source and Cardano community collaboration, which will only strengthen in the age of Voltaire. For the past 12 months, in the spirit of transparency & collaborative development, the IOG Hydra and Mithril teams have been holding monthly open dev calls. Now, both the IOG Plutus and Consensus teams have established technical working groups under Intersect, following a similar approach. And you can get involved.

• First, the Plutus Working Group will hold its second meeting on Tuesday, June 11th, 14:00 UTC. The Plutus Technical Working Group focuses on the development and advancement of Plutus, which is the smart contract execution platform for Cardano. Plutus enables secure and reliable execution of decentralized applications (DApps) on the Cardano blockchain.
• Second, the Consensus team will host their first open meeting on Thursday, June 6th, 14:30 UTC, introducing UTXO-HD and the Peras workstream, to improve Cardano's settlement time, led by Arnaud (@dr_c0d3 on Twitter). Arnaud will also give a quick update on the Ouroboros Leios workstream as the team begins to move from the research phase into the prototyping and development phase.

To participate in these calls, sign-up to be a member of Intersect https://members.intersectmbo.org/registration and you’ll receive an invite to the Discord server in the welcome email, where you'll find meeting links. All are welcome!

For the latest on other developments from the IOG engineering teams, check out the weekly development report as of May 30, 2024 https://www.essentialcardano.io/development-update/weekly-development-report-as-of-2024-05-31

We'd like to thank Intersect for their support in facilitating these initiatives and promoting a more collaborative approach to Cardano's development. Also special mention to our Ouroboros-network team, who took the first step to help pilot this program in partnership with the open-source committee (OSC) and holding true to the open-source development outlined in Intersect’s Governance Policy.

Help spread the word by sharing with a friend or colleague who could contribute to Cardano's growth!

SPO Call starting in 5 minutes 🦾

https://discord.com/events/826816523368005654/1235621709210456144

Greetings SPOs! re: SPOs & Partner Chains

As part of our commitment to innovate and enhance the Cardano ecosystem, IOG is conducting research on partner chains—an initiative designed to expand Cardano’s capabilities and interoperability.

Partner chains have the potential to open up new avenues for SPOs. SPOs will be able to opt in to run and validate chosen partner chains, playing a crucial role in securing them. For that reason, your insights on the topic are invaluable and will help shape the future of this initiative. The linked survey will take approximately 10 minutes, and your responses will be kept confidential and in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Thanks for your support and your dedication to the Cardano community. We hope to benefit from your valuable input.

➡️ Survey here: https://forms.gle/2Ck6fwwwBowDmmXQA?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--on0fUqF0FS0Io6w9GAHqeAth00paqpEA83TzlSU-xOB9Mt79YZ1rANqVLup-9Iti5_PR1

➡️ Privacy policy: https://static.iohk.io/terms/iog-privacy-policy.pdf?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--on0fUqF0FS0Io6w9GAHqeAth00paqpEA83TzlSU-xOB9Mt79YZ1rANqVLup-9Iti5_PR1

Heads up 👉 Our friends over at the Cardano Foundation are running a workshop for SPOs, Monday 17th (4pm UTC), on the governance functionality that comes to the Cardano node with the upcoming Chang Hard Fork.

I'll be there and will share briefly at the end how to stay up to date with the development roadmap. I hope that you can come too.

See their announcement here: https://t.me/CardanoStakePoolWorkgroup/505403

The calendar link is here: https://bit.ly/SPO-Governance-I
The meeting link is here: https://meet.google.com/wpn-xvqt-sab

Impromptu AMA with CH https://x.com/iohk_charles/status/1802072350961078688?s=46

Chang Development Roadmap Q&A starting now

https://zoom.us/j/96627818987?pwd=1qNMh24rbY4KiXRNyA91TwOva6ppS8.1

Greetings SPOs! ICYMI - we're happy to share that 8.12-pre is now available for the preview network.

Node 8.12.0-pre includes essential changes and fixes that are needed for the Chang hard fork.

➡️ It provides an implementation of CIP-69 for Plutus v3 (only). Existing Plutus v3 scripts will therefore need to be changed. For most cases, no changes are needed for Plutus v1 or v2 scripts; however, if compiling from source, you may have to make some updates related to types. The node also includes a number of bug fixes and performance improvements, as well as enhancements to Peer-to-Peer networking and the CLI including a new debug log-epoch-state command.

➡️ This version of the node is recommended for use on Preview only, but users are advised to test carefully against it since it comprises a release candidate for the Chang hard fork (node version 9.x). Note that node 8.12 includes breaking changes against node version 8.11 or earlier when running in the Conway era (but not Babbage).

For further information about current testnet operations, see Sam Leather's latest update in the #spo-testnets channel: https://discord.com/channels/826816523368005654/915340581411106916/1253656738452996189