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v2.0
In the Hydra hardfork (v2.0) Conflux will introduce serveral big upgrades through 8 CIPs (Conflux improvement proposal).
PoS
Through CIP-43 Hydra has introduced a PoS system to improve the finality of the whole Network. CFX holders can stake their CFX to PoS to protect high-value transactions and also earn CFX rewards of participating the PoS. For detail information, check PoS Overview page.
Conflux eSpace
The CIP-90 has introduced a new fully EVM-compatible space. The new space is called eSpace, and the current space is called Core Space. The eSpace follows the same rule as EVM and supports eth rpc like eth_getBalance, so the tools (web3.js, ethers.js, hardhat and so on) from ethereum ecosystem can be used on Conflux directly. Check eSpace documentation for more info.
New Added InternalContracts
Hydra hardfork has intoduced three new InternalContracts:
ConfluxContext
(CIP-64)PoSRegister
(CIP-43)CrossSpaceCall
(CIP-90)
RPC changes
cfx namespace RPC change
- New added methods:
cfx_getPoSRewardByEpoch
,cfx_openedMethodGroups
,cfx_getPoSEconomics
. - New added EpochNumber tag:
latest_finalized
indicating latest finalized (by PoS) epoch. cfx_getStatus
reponse have two new field:latestFinalized
,ethereumSpaceChainId
- Block header new added field:
posReference
which is the latest pos blockHash when the PoW block is mined. - Block header's
custom
field's type has changed from array ofnumber array
to array ofhex string
.
// before
custom: [[1, 2]]
// after
custom: ["0x12"]
Note: CIP-90 will break some block field's verifiability for example: hash
trace RPC breaking change
trace
RPC methods have some big changes
New added namespace
eSpace eth RPC
The eSpace has introduced the eth
namespace RPC, check the RPC compatibility doc for details
Conflux-rust config file
The mainnet config file has been renamed from tethys.toml
to hydra.toml
, the bootnodes
has changed and several options are added:
jsonrpc_http_eth_port = 8545
jsonrpc_ws_eth_port = 8546
public_evm_rpc_apis = "evm"
evm_chain_id = 1030
Mainnet Upgrade schedule
- Conflux client program need to be updated before
Epoch Number reaches 36935000
orBlock Number reaches 92060600
(around 10:00 Feb.23th, 2022(GMT+8)) - The PoS registration start at
Block Number 92060600
(around Feb.23th at 12:00) - The PoS registration close at
Block Number 92751800
(around Feb.25th at 12:00) - The deadline for adding pos_config is before
Epoch Number reaches 37400000
(around Feb.28th 12:00). Hardfork upgrade completed at this time.
Testnet Upgrade schedule
- Conflux client program need to be updated before
Epoch Number reaches 55095000
orBlock Number reaches 68845000
(around 10:00 Dec.9th, 2021(GMT+8)) - The PoS registration start at
Block Number 68845000
(around Dec.9th at 10:00) - The PoS registration close at
Block Number 69245000
(around Dec.11 at 18:00) - The deadline for adding pos_config is before
Epoch Number reaches 55665000
(around Dec.13th 15:00). Hardfork upgrade completed at this time.
For detail infomation check Conflux v2.0.0-testnet Hardfork Upgrade Announcement
Upgrade CIP list
The following is a brief introduction of these CIPs.
CIP-43
In this CIP, we propose introducing finality to the Conflux chain via voting among staked CFX holders. This will increase the confidence of high-value transactions happening on Conflux in the future and protect Conflux against potential 51% attacks from PoW.
CIP-64
Currently, transactions on Conflux have no direct access to the number of the epoch they are executed in. To maintain EVM compatibility, this CIP introduces a new internal contract that makes this information available to contracts.
CIP-71
Fully disable the anti-reentrancy for their contract.
CIP-76
We should remove VM-related constraints in syncing blocks, like requiring the transactions to have enough gas limit.
CIP-78
Fix incorrect fields in transaction receipt.
CIP-86
Reduce the period of difficulty adjustment and apply the simple moving average method.
CIP-90
This CIP aims to introduce a new fully EVM-compatible space. The new space is called eSpace
, and the current space is called Core
Space. The eSpace follows the same rule as EVM and supports eth rpc like eth_getBalance
, so the tools from ethereum economics can be used on Conflux directly.
CIP-92
Enable Blake2F builtin function in EIP-152.