THELOGICALINDIAN - Yes this is the moment best of you accept been cat-and-mouse for the absolution date of the new ARK Core v2 codebase for accessible testing on DevNet our accessible analysis arrangement This is not a MainNet absolution alone for our testing DevNet but the cipher for v2 will assuredly be accessible for the apple to see analysis and accord to
– ARK Co-Founder Travis Walker
Although best of you are accustomed with our adage “ARK Gives No Dates”, this latest absolution needs allocation with those active DevNet assembly and broadcast nodes. Anyone active a DevNet bulge needs to be on lath and able above-mentioned to release. Before we acquaint you the date, let’s analysis the accomplish that will action during the accessible months.
First, we will absolution the ARK Core v2 cipher on our accessible GitHub repository. This will be accompanied by a abundant blog column on the date defined for accessible release.
Repository will be accessible at http://github.com/arkecosystem/ark-core
Current ARK Node codebase will as such become deprecated, not maintained and replaced with the new ARK Core v2 repository.
Next, our association and assembly who are active v1 DevNet nodes on the accepted codebase (ARK Node) will charge to amend their servers with ARK Core v2.
Don’t worry, we’ll absolution a abundant adviser on how to install/replace your accepted ARK Node on DevNet. It will be abundant simpler to install the new Core and will now abutment altered Operating Systems (including Windows). Be able for abounding new appearance to test!
With this, accessible testing of ARK Core v2 will begin! Test it thoroughly, try the best doubtful of things, accent it, advancing the accomplished dev network, bolt every affair you can, address bugs, accommodate improvements to the code, and the end aftereffect will be a absolutely abiding foundation for MainNet release. But who are we kidding, DevNet is area all the fun will be at so accomplish abiding you accompany in!
Note that the aboriginal abundance of the new ARK Core will be 100% backwards accordant (no new transaction types that are abundant in AIP-11). You will still be able to run your old ARK Node on DevNet, but we, of course, appetite you to about-face to new cipher as anon as accessible and advice analysis it.
After DevNet testing is complete, we will accommodate addition date announcement the alteration of the ARK Core v2 to MainNet. From ARK gives no dates to ARK gives two dates, we apperceive this is new for us too.
Predicting a date for MainNet at this time is awful absurd as it all depends on how the testing on DevNet will go — on how abounding things that charge to be modified, anchored and improved. Running on an internally controlled TestNet is a altered barbarian from a alive ambiance with absolute ambit and in a added broadcast manner.
AIP-11 types (timelock, multi payments, IPFS, agent resignation) will be allotment of a hardfork that will action afterwards we get our antecedent v2 absolution active on the MainNet. AIP-11 will crave all assembly to amend in adjustment for the arrangement to about-face and abutment the new transaction. This hardfork will NOT be backwards accordant (and afresh it will be activated advanced on DevNet).
The timing of the AIP-11 hardfork additionally depends on back we get the antecedent ARK Core v2 amend assimilate MainNet. We apprehend to alpha testing the hardfork as anon as accessible on DevNet afterwards v2 is active on MainNet.
So batten bottomward the hatches, adhere those sails … all easily on accouter as we adapt the ARK for bitter seas as our boating continues….
Since best of you didn’t apprehend any of this and aloof circling bottomward for the date, ARK Core v2 codebase will become accessible on:
Thursday, the 14th of June 2018, https://ark.io/countdown
To apprentice added about the ARK activity appointment these links:
Website- https://ark.io
Blog- https://blog.ark.io/
Twitter- https://twitter.com/ArkEcosystem
YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpc2k6zOOutGT9y56urDClg
Slack Chat- https://ark.io/slack
Steemit Blog- https://steemit.com/@arkecosystem
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