2.5-Mainnet Instantiation Readiness Checklist

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Final checklist and sequence of events before marking us Mainnet Ready :

Pox-4 Testing - Testnet

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• Test and confirm all stacking scenarios work , they are listed here
• Verify that the .pox-3 to .pox-4 transition works on testnet
• .pox-4 instantiates at the expected block height
• All STX stacked in .pox-3 are unlocked and users can re-stack their STX into .pox-4

Signer Onboarding, Testing and DKG:

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• Spin up default Signers on Canonical Public Testnet
• Confirm these default Signers can perform DKG
• Onboarded 2 Partner-Signers on Canonical Public Testnet and confirmed they can perform DKG
• All Stacking scenarios tested via Partners

Pending tasks for 2.5 Readiness

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• Chainstate Migration from 2.4
• 2.5 Release is ready and tagged
• Spin up a Public Testnet node from 2.4 chainstate -> 2.5
• Verify that the genesis sync on mainnet is successful with the final release version
• Block for activation is picked and updated
  • Verify that the Block activation Height BITCOIN_MAINNET_STACKS_25_BURN_HEIGHT is correct and updated here
  • Verify that the PEER_NETWORK_EPOCH is set to the correct epoch value here
  • Verify the block-commit marker is correct here

Product Readiness

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• Stacks API works correctly with Epoch 2.5
  • PoX-4 events get emitted
  • New PoX events get emitted
  • Epoch transition events get emitted
  • All e2e tests are updated for 2.5 and are successfully tested

Comms

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• Comms with Exchanges and Partners on the Block height for Mainnet Instantiation
• Blog ready to go
• Forum post with details
• Docs Ready

Infrastructure Readiness

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• Test 2.4 and 2.5 miner compatibility

  • Run a 2.4 Miner and a 2.5 Miner to ensure that the blocks are compatible on Testnet
  • Run a 2.4 Miner and a 2.5 Miner to ensure that the blocks are compatible on Mainnet

• Mainnet Infra has been updated with the latest 2.5.x Tagged Release version

  • Seeds updated
  • Mock miners updated
  • Pool updated
  • API emitter nodes updated
  • Chainhook nodes updated
  • Archival nodes updated

• Testnet Infra has been updated and stable with the latest 2.5.x Tagged Release version

  • Seeds updated
  • Miners updated
  • Signers updated
  • Pool updated
  • API emitter nodes updated
  • Chainhook nodes updated
  • Archival nodes updated