TON Status

Validators require 128Gb RAM

In a previous update, we implemented a Fast State Serializer, which reduces blockchain state serialization time from 18 hours to ~50 minutes.

This frees up more resources for the validator to work on validating transactions and blocks, which is necessary for network performance in general.

Fast serialization works only if there is enough RAM.

According to requirements validator should have at least 128Gb RAM. If you have less - please upgrade your hardware.

This message is for validators only.

Mainnet Validators and Liteserver owners

Please update your node software (see "Target versions"):

update master
upgrade

Target versions:
— mytonctrl: 7e90e26 (same for all kind of nodes)
— node: 140320b

If you are not using mytonctrl, check this instruction.

This update is mandatory for validators and lite servers. Changelog.

In case of any issues check updated documentation and contact us.

If you have several validator nodes, please update them one by one (update, wait for synchronization, move to the next one).

Scheduled network update on August 12

We are asking validators to schedule a time on August 12 at 9:00 UTC for validator software update.

This update is mandatory and, among other things, contains introduction of dispatch queue and drastic improvement of state serialization process.

In the light of upcoming increase of network load we remind validators about importance of having strong machines, in particular having at least 128 GB of Memory.

Validation slots

406 candidates participated in the last validator elections.

According to the network rules each round candidates are sorted by effective stake size and the first 400 validators are elected to become validators.

If you don't have enough stake to pass as sole validator, that is less than 355'000 TON at the moment, - please participate in network maintenance via staking https://ton.org/stake.

Сritical vulnerability in OpenSSH

Recently a critical vulnerability in OpenSSH was discovered: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-6387
Since most of validators work on Ubuntu/Debian releases and use OpenSSH, we recommend check and update software on validator nodes if necessary.

Mainnet validators

Proposal to increase gas limit for special transactions, in particular election, was accepted! Thank you.

Mainnet validators

Please take part in the voting for network config adjustment.
Details of updates are given here.

1. Check that your validator software is on the latest version: commit 5c392e0.

If you use mytonctrl:
1. Update mytonctrl via command: update
2. Vote for proposal:

vo 22440293175314732041600029416833597878678297180899118901294602657772681323261

If you do not use mytonctrl, each round:
1.Create signed vote in validator-engine-console:
createproposalvote 22440293175314732041600029416833597878678297180899118901294602657772681323261 vote-msg-body.boc
2. Send obtained vote-msg-body.boc to -1:5555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 in internal message from any wallet from masterchain with 2 TON attached. If you are using wallet.fif script, it can be done via:
fift -s wallet.fif <path-to-key> -1:5555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 <seqno> 2 -B vote-msg-body.boc
and send resulting message to network. If you are using lite-client, it can be done via
lite-client -C global-config.json -rc "sendfile wallet-query.boc"

Reminder Mainnet Validators

Please be prepared for vote tomorrow on Tuesday July 2 at 8:00 UTC.

Proposal will contain increase special_gas_limit from 35'000'000 to 70'000'000 in Config Parameter 20. In particular, this will allow Elector to conduct elections when more than 400 applications are submitted. Please note that according to the current configuration, the maximum number of validators is still limited to 400.

More details here.

Mainnet Validators Urgent Action Required

Please be prepared to vote for new gas limits for special transactions July 2 at 8:00 UTC.

In recent weeks, the number of validators has grown to a level that threatens the normal conduct of elections. Limits must be updated to continue smooth operation. If you are planning to launch a validator soon, please postpone it until the end of next week.

Mainnet Validators and Liteserver owners

Please update your node software (see "Target versions"):

update
upgrade

Note, that on this upgrade mytonctrl removes default flag --state-ttl 604800, so if you need more history (usually only liteservers need it) explicitly set state-ttl in systemd validator.service file.

Target versions:
— mytonctrl: validator 40daf3c / lite-server 55c3c0d
— node: 5c392e0

If you are not using mytonctrl, check this instruction.

This update is mandatory for validators and lite servers.

If you have several validator nodes, please update them one by one (update, wait for synchronization, move to the next one).

Reminder
Mainnet Validators and Liteserver owners

Please be prepared for upgrade on Monday June 10 at 9:00 UTC.

Scheduled network update on June 10

We are asking validators to schedule a time on June 10 at 9:00 UTC for validator software update.

This update is mandatory and, among other things, contains DB optimization, public overlay spam prevention mechanisms and optimization of block delivery.

Liteserver owners

1) Please update MyTonCtrl to the new major MyTonCtrl 2.0 version.

In MyTonCtrl please run:

update mytonctrl2
disable_mode validator
enable_mode liteserver

Target MyTonCtrl revision is a4b8bf2.

2) Then please upgrade node to db505f4.

In MyTonCtrl:

upgrade master

If you are not using MyTonCtrl please use instruction.

Target node revision is db505f4.

This node update contains major optimization of liteserver resource usage.

Please upgrade your liteservers till the end of next week (June 2).

This update is mandatory for liteservers (full nodes and archive nodes). Validators do not need to update now.

Mainnet Validators and Liteserver owners

Tomorrow we expect drastic increase in network activity due to listing and minting of the Notcoin project, which is possibly the largest launch in the entire crypto industry in terms of userbase.

Please check you validators and liteserver software is up to date:
Target versions for node is 4cfe1d1.

Also, please check that your nodes and validators have enough free space on disk. If you have less than 100 GB, check section 5 here, as well as database grooming docs.

We ask you to keep an eye on the validators tomorrow and be ready to take action.

Mainnet Validators

Please vote for for block compression and transaction costs update.

Plea for validators »
More info about voting »

1) Please check that your node software is updated to the latest version (validator should be on 4cfe1d1 commit). If your node is outdated, upgrade immediately via upgrade command in MyTonCtrl.

2) Please check that your mytonctrl is updated to the latest version (should be on 9182448 commit). If necessary, you can update your mytonctrl via update command.

3) To vote via mytonctrl you need to use the command:

vo 12569949138907918341069315485240244200950856934919263564437769934039235613720
vo 31401000267374798460859142836851320859735453480263346121138978843222681889801
vo 41296061520515347990487695386109651690420586907458454458768144735616166931033
vo 49537534789854976259071705210466523357997345897986090889040825189829923897628
vo 96491208725598318198215712468033934914881492234615821929017670238581734249187

If 75%+ of the positive votes of the validators are collected in two rounds of next 6 rounds, then the proposal will be accepted.

Update: proposals were accepted on April 19.

Mainnet Validators

Please be prepared to vote for block compression and transaction costs update on April 18 at 9:00 UTC.

Plea to validators

Tech details on proposals can be found here. Proposed changes will make block rate faster and transaction execution cheaper.

All validators MUST be updated to the latest version before voting. Target versions:
mytonctrl 9182448
validator 4cfe1d1

Mainnet Validators and Liteserver owners

Please update your node software (see "Target versions")

Instructions for update - take into account liblz4-dev installation in section 1 and archive-ttl setting in section 5.

Target versions:
mytonctrl 9182448
validator 4cfe1d1

This update is mandatory for validators and lite servers.

Scheduled network update on April 16

We are asking validators to schedule a time on April 16 at 11:00 UTC for validator software update.

This update is mandatory and, among other things, contains DB and network usage optimization, LS improvement, transaction executor, tonlib and emulator updates.

ATTENTION FOR VALIDATORS — ACTION REQUIRED

We anticipate a significant increase in network activity starting in mid-April.

In order to keep the network running smoothly, please make sure your validator matches the configuration below.

If it does not match, please upgrade your hardware within the next week.

This is critical and necessary.

Minimal validators hardware:
* 16 x Cores CPU
* 128GB Memory
* 1TB NVME SSD OR Provisioned 64+k IOPS storage
* 1 Gbit/s network connectivity

We draw special attention of validators to IOPS disk requirements, it is crucially important for smooth network operation.

If you have several validators - upgrade one by one.

Mainnet Validators

Please vote for activation of new opcodes for gas estimation.

More info about opcodes »
More info about voting »

1) Please check that your node software is updated to the latest version (validator should be on 200508c commit). If your node is outdated, upgrade immediately via upgrade command in MyTonCtrl.

2) Please check that your mytonctrl is updated to the latest version (should be on 244cad8 commit). If necessary, you can update your mytonctrl via:

update

command.

3) To vote via mytonctrl you need to use the command:

vo 62943188213554950431567175890704900183650560017761039378090136381016705792762
vo 70812101792553497242391430491941881046928125710785036909221479087825374611301

If 75%+ of the positive votes of the validators are collected in two
rounds of next 6 rounds, then the proposal will be accepted.

Update: proposals were accepted on March 16.