🚨 V14 — MANDATORY node/miner upgrade before block 15,000 · ATOMIC SWAP: DO NOT USE expand ▾
🚨 URGENT — ALL MINERS & NODES MUST UPGRADE BEFORE BLOCK 15,000 🚨
EXTREMELY URGENT: The V14 fork activates at block 15,000 and enables the Atomic Swap HTLC consensus rules. This is a MANDATORY binary upgrade. If you do not upgrade in time, from height 15,000 your node will REJECT EVERY BLOCK and be split off the network (forked chain).
HOW TO UPGRADE — do this AFTER block 14,800 and BEFORE block 15,000:
cd sost-core
git pull origin main # latest main (commit 58e9cc9b or newer)
cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build --target sost-node sost-cli sost-miner -j$(nproc)
# then restart BOTH with the new binaries:
# stop your old node + miner, then start ./build/sost-node and ./build/sost-miner
⚠ ATOMIC SWAP — DO NOT USE ⚠
The SOST Atomic Swap (SOST ↔ ETH/BNB/USDT/USDC/PAXG/XAUT) is in founder-only testing, NOT externally audited and NOT validated for public use. DO NOT USE IT — you can permanently lose your funds. Wait for the founder's official "safe to use" announcement (SOST website, BitcoinTalk, Telegram). SOST ↔ BTC is not active (V15).
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