Platform & Core Dev Updates Journal - May 2

Dash Platform has never been that close to the release! In this wrap-up, we will provide an overview of the latest developments and updates to the Dash Platform, highlighting the progress.

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Dash Platform & Core Development Update - 2023 May 2

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Dashmate stabilization

What We Planned

• Testing Dashmate in progress
• Dashmate E2E tests in progress
• Dashmate debian package for arm64 done
• Remove Docker dependencies from debian package done
• Warning to open Dashmate package for Mac done
• Generate random RPC user and password on dashmate setup done
• Can't find begoo/index with yarn dashmate setup done
• Reward shares can be negative during HP masternode registration done
• When submit the form with BLS private key and reward share, it accepts invalid BLS key done

What Is Done

• Invalid protx register command in output of dashmate setup done
• Dashmate status shows empty masternode status done
• Select number of masternodes during local setup freezes done
• Error form ZeroSSL during IP address verification done
• Dashmate for Windows doesn't handle paths properly done
• Provide helpful information if Docker or Docker Compose v2 is not installed done
• The Docker socket not found error using Docker Desktop done
• Dashmate local setup ends up with deadline exceeded error done
• Multiple Dashmate group reset command issues done

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v0.24 deployment

What We Planned

• Update deployment tool to deploy with dashmate version and branch done
• Platform v0.24-dev deployment and testing on devnet done
• Handle double init chain call in Drive done
• Handle duplicated masternode keys on testnet done
• Platform v0.24-dev deployment to testnet in progress
• Failed recovering or verifying threshold signature: threshold block signature is invalid in progress
• Compare js-dpp and wasm-dpp tests done
• createdAt != updatedAt on document create done

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v0.25 Development

What Is Done

• Masternode Identities in review done
• Persist ephemeral state in testing done
• Completely clean DPP serialization and deserialization done
• We used Proc Macros (very clean code)
• Implemented a Proc Macro for signable bytes done
• Initialize chain on same state transition done
• Validator set update on init chain done
• Heavy tests for masternode list updates done
• EDDSA-Hash160 key type done
• System Key Purpose type done
• Non unique keys full support (public key hashes, script hashes) done
• v0.24 backports (Up till Friday) done

Deployment - Phase 1 (Dashmate Local)

• Successfully deployed to Dashmate
• Currently on height 7000 + with absolutely no errors
• Multiple Validator Set Rotations have happened
• Will try to run for two more weeks to see masternode payouts

Deployment - Phase 2 (Devnet)

• Multiple deployments in progress Goal: Test Platform activation when core transitions from v19 to v20
• Deployment 1 (failed): 1 wrong parameter Fixed
• Deployment 2 & 3: Failed because of issue in RPC Core client (both times some optional fields were not allowed to be empty) Fixed
• Deployment 4 and more in progress

What Is Left

• Fix queries / SDK.
• Validation costs
• Just in time atomic state transition payments
• Finalization of withdrawals
• Versioning in progress
• A lot of Testing

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Core Team

V19 Core Upgrade Status

• Hard Fork signalling began
• ~17.5% Miner signaling
• Masternodes ~65% updated
• Earliest Possible Activation May 13th -> May 20th

Core Status - Current Development

• V19.0.1 Expected
• V20 On Chain CLSigs / Quorum Selection based on CLSigs in progress / partial devnet testing
• Implementation /backporting of GUIX; replacement for gitian in progress
• Enhanced Hard Fork Implementation in progress
• Asset Locks devnet testing
• Masternode Reward Location Reallocation in progress
• Merged PRs: 5334, 5336, 5338, 5339, 5346, 5341, 5340, 5255, 5348, 5351 done