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+# Release 0.3.22: Devnet 3 (ordered 7 October 2026, 17:2x BST; genesis by 18:30 BST on the project lead's word)
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+Main's order (17:26 BST): Devnet 3 goes now, not after 0.3.21. 0.3.22's node = the release-0.3.21-node worktree on build-1 (96161037, both node gates PASS) + the sub-version 3 igneum-pow pin (the 017e7037 line, byte 7, pairing id a785001687d8688a; the Counter lane's handoff by 17:40 BST, else the node lane takes it from the audit-freeze-2026-10-07 tag) + the igneum-devnet-3 network object (its own network id and p2p port, every activation at 0: program_class_v4, difficulty_v2, finality_v3, fees_v1, proving_v1, latency_ladder rung 0; the genesis cut; NO override file on the new chain) + era VDF f2ecf452 only if its merge is clean and green in the same run (else 0.3.23 by an activation height; era_vdf_activation_daa stays at never on devnet-3 unless main's object names it). Built as an incremental on build-1's lease ahead of the 0.3.21 app gate.
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+Gates before genesis: the box suite on the exact commit (the consensus crate whole, consensus-core, the miner against sub-version 3's packs, kaspa-pow, the exec suite, the three checks); from the build on the fleet's pods: the empty-datadir canary, the fresh-genesis digest agreement on two fleet boxes from empty (the same digest and the first lock between them), the late joiner's sync from them, the shutdown under 1 s, the proving ids present on a bare node. After genesis on the live chain: the relay cases (with a relay kept synced before the window, the warm rule) and the hands. Genesis on green with the fleet's two genesis boxes (the standing-fleet shape: supervisor, kill file, vote key, miner); the old devnet keeps running until Devnet 3 has 24 hours; the apps move by signed update after that. The genesis is reported as a clock reading.
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+Staged (the build-server lane, 17:27 BST): the Devnet 3 seed on build-1 as a bare process (p2p 0.0.0.0:26631, gRPC 27630, JSON 27632, EVM 27810, empty datadir /home/build/dn3seed); the hands' second instances node1-dn3 (p2p 26651, rpc 26650, json 28650, evm 26830, --enable-unsynced-mining, peers the seed) and observer-dn3 (p2p 127.0.0.1:26661, rpc 26660, json 28660, evm 26860); ufw allows 26631 and 26651 since 17:27 BST; provision.sh's P2P_PORTS carries both; infra/build-server/devnet3/devnet3.{env,sh} with the NET_FLAGS placeholder until the node lane names the flag; read-back by the first log line, the commit-string count, the digest line, the "[igneum-exec] genesis <hash> executed" line and the server lines. The hands' nodes take no vote key (the miner's label is the key). The fleet: four gate pods on separate hosts renting with DESTROY=0; the fresh-genesis form, dn3_ tables, pay-by-key on the new chain and the no-stop cutover script follow; the capacity plan (a second node per standing box or a parallel set, the Devnet 3 hub) by 19:00 BST.
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+The app side: the app must start its node on igneum-devnet-3 (the network flag the node lane names; the manifest's channel; no override object), the chain scene and the ladder reading the new chain's facts, the first-block and earnings rows from zero: 0.3.22's app cut after the node is live, by signed update when Devnet 3 has 24 hours.
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+Era VDF (the era lane, 17:3x BST): f2ecf452 on 96161037, one round; the consensus crate whole 120 + 1 + 1, consensus-core 142, kaspa-pow 7; with the fields unset the digest is unchanged (the pinned devnet digest c562d70e read with the fields present; era_vdf_fields_enter_the_digest_only_when_set); at 0 it costs a node nothing for 180 days, then one core for an hour once; O-4.10 owed before any era 1.