$NEO X TestNet upgraded to v0.6.0 “Rarefaction.” ✅
Fully compatible with Neo X v0.5.3. 🔁
Built on a rebased Geth foundation maintained by Bane Labs. 🛠️Osaka fork activation ⏰
Osaka (execution layer of Fusaka) activates at Unix timestamp 1781500000 — ~June 15, 05:06 UTC. ⏳
This tracks
$ETH Ethereum’s post-merge roadmap and keeps Neo X aligned with upstream execution upgrades. 🔗
BEACON/2 P2P protocol 🔄
Introduces BEACON/2 for better network sync. ⚡
Improvements: proposal-aware search cache, handshake-triggered block fetches, and enhanced blob sidecar fetcher. 📡
Older beacon protocol versions will be deprecated — upgrade required to stay connected. ⚠️
EIP-4844 (blob) enhancements 🧩
Continued improvements to blob transaction support and related storage/query APIs.
Bug fixes target blob synchronization and sidecar fetcher behavior. 🐞➡️✅
Geth v1.16.9 security fixes 🔒
Underlying Geth updated to v1.16.9 to address P2P vulnerabilities.
Operators should recreate P2P node keys after upgrading. 🔑
Other upgrades & fixes
Better post-merge backfilling and execution-layer downloader support. 🔁
Light verification for beacon trust extension. 🧪
Refactored sync checks; fixes for dBFT seal hash, tx replacement, and RPC error handling. 🔧
Upgrade path (no chain reset) 🔁
Rolling upgrade compatible with v0.5.3.
Steps: download new binary + genesis, stop node, replace binary, run geth init with new genesis, restart.
Note: nodes older than v0.5.2 will no longer receive execution-layer block broadcasts. Upgrade promptly. ⬆️
MainNet timeline
No MainNet deployment date announced for v0.6.0. 📅
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