Althea L1 Testnet 4

This release is for the Althea L1 hackathon and it's associated testnet (testnet4).

This is the first release to contain the liquid infrastructure and microtx module, connecting the EVM integrated in the previous release to the MicroTx environment for device to device payments.

You can find more documentation about how to get started in the docs

Release v0.4.1

This release was not meant for use in the Althea testnet

Althea Chain Testnet v0.4.0

This release was not meant for use in the Althea testnet

Contains the first release version of Althea-Chain with the fully integrated and configured EVM module. This is not currently associated with any testnet upgrade plans.

Althea Chain Testnet v0.3.2

This release was for a PREVIOUS Althea testnet

This release fixes the following validator error:

ERR CONSENSUS FAILURE!!! err="Mismatched mint module native token (ualthea) and expected native token (ualtg) - make sure that the genesis file matches the value in app/config! The lockup module will be unable to lock the correct token if this is not corrected!"

Althea Chain Testnet v0.3.1

This release was for a PREVIOUS Althea testnet

This is the final testnet series for Althea chain, returning after the successful launch of Gravity Bridge as a separate chain.

New in Althea Testnet 3

• ethermint support
• microtx module for routers to pay for peer to peer bandwidth

Althea Testnet 3

This release was for a PREVIOUS Althea testnet

This is the final testnet series for Althea chain, returning after the successful launch of Gravity Bridge as a separate chain.

New in Althea Testnet 3

• ethermint support
• microtx module for routers to pay for peer to peer bandwidth

Althea-Testnet2v3

This release was for a PREVIOUS Althea testnet

This is the second testnet for the Althea blockchain! Instructions can be found here.

New in this version:

• Fix for stuck oracle due to Gorli testnet chain re-org
• Fixes for submitting evidence of Gravity misbehavior
• Fixes for potential security vulnerabilities around validator set updating
• Fixes to allow governance to set validator set update rewards

New in Althea Testnet2:

• Custom prefixes for Althea addresses
• Fixes for creating too many validator sets
• No more legacy RPC requirement
• Support for evidence slashing for bad actors
• Rewards for submiting validator sets
• Advanced pruning of validator sets based on oracle events
• Fixes for oracle security vulnerabilities
• Fixes for MsgCancelSendToEth vulnerabilities

Althea-Testnet2v2

This release was for a PREVIOUS Althea testnet

This is the second testnet for the Althea blockchain! Instructions can be found here.

New in this version:

• Fix for incorrectly set missed blocks parameter 100 blocks -> 5000 blocks
• Set Gravity contract address parameter to "" -> "0xFA2f45c5C8AcddFfbA0E5228bDf7E8B8f4fD2E84"
• Set Ethereum chain ID to the Gorli chain ID 0 -> 5
• Fixes for Ethereum encoding issues causing validator set update or batch relaying to temporarily fail.
• Fixes for register delegate keys, when using the key generation option keys would be printed before registering. If registration failed the user could be confused about which keys they should keep. Now keys are only printed after successful registration.
• Single unified binary the new gbt binary replaces the previous set of 5 tools.
• key storage when you run gbt keys register-orchestrator-addresses the generated keys are automatically saved, instructions no longer require manually managing keys. Furthermore it only saves successfully registered keys, reducing a big source of user confusion
• intelligent defaults by making use of many smart default options and key storage you can now run your orchestrator with this one liner gbt -a althea orchestrator -g "0xFA2f45c5C8AcddFfbA0E5228bDf7E8B8f4fD2E84" the -g parameter for the Gravity contract address will be removed via chain parameter in the next release.
• detection for min-fee issues. The orchestrator will now halt and warn the user if they have not specified a high enough fee. Preventing them from being slashed for not submitting signatures
• Fee specification now allows an amount like 1000ufootoken

New in Althea Testnet2:

• Custom prefixes for Althea addresses
• Fixes for creating too many validator sets
• No more legacy RPC requirement
• Support for evidence slashing for bad actors
• Rewards for submiting validator sets
• Advanced pruning of validator sets based on oracle events
• Fixes for oracle security vulnerabilities
• Fixes for MsgCancelSendToEth vulnerabilities
• Many more upstream tweaks and bugfixes

Althea-Testnet2v1

This is the second testnet for the Althea blockchain! Instructions can be found here.

New in this update:

• Custom prefixes for Althea addresses
• Fixes for creating too many validator sets
• No more legacy RPC requirement
• Support for evidence slashing for bad actors
• Rewards for submiting validator sets
• Advanced pruning of validator sets based on oracle events
• Fixes for oracle security vulnerabilities
• Fixes for MsgCancelSendToEth vulnerabilities
• Many more upstream tweaks and bugfixes

Althea-Testnet1v5

This is the first testnet for the Althea blockchain! Instructions can be found here.

New in this update:

• fixes for users getting slashed in only a few minutes
• fixes to upstream Cosmos bugs
• Other improvements to slashing logic
• Improvements to orchestrator functionality

Binary guide:

• althea - The Althea blockchain binary, specifically a Cosmos based blockchain importing the Gravity bridge and custom Althea modules
• orchestrator - The Gravity bridge companion binary, all validators on the Althea blockchain will also need to be running this program
• register-delegate-keys - Used by validators to register keys for their Orchestrator
• relayer - Can be run by non-validators to make money by relaying Gravity bridge messages to Ethereum, every Orchestrator also has a built in relayer
• client - The Gravity bridge client software, this is temporary web clients and software integrated into Althea routers is coming soon