2021 Q4 Release plan

Release Overview [ DRAFT ]

Simple Overview

Release 1.5.0 marks the fifth Mainnet major version upgrade of the Casper protocol. The team has identified several areas of opportunity where the protocol will benefit from performance and sustainability fixes.

This release will focus on Performance & Sustainability.

The goal is to patch Mainnet with the fifth round of features:

Timeline

Upgrading the Testnet

• mid-January

End of tests

• end of December

Development work done

• mid-Decemeber

P1 Features

• Fast Sync
• Linear Sync improvements
• Make deploy signatures available to executing smart contract
• Gas fee stabilization/refunds
• CEP: Payment code rework
• Auction contract improvements
• Chainspec values for EE testing
• Archival strategy

P2 Features

• Event stream enhancements
• Research on the leading solutions for wasm execution

Detailed Overview

Node

• Fast Sync

Execution Engine

• Fast Sync
• Account Unification (Design)

Protocol

SRE

• Archival strategy

Ecosystem