diff --git a/site/journey.json b/site/journey.json
index cd5fbb96d..2e7b2cd18 100644
--- a/site/journey.json
+++ b/site/journey.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "updated": "2026-10-03",
-  "stage": "phase-2",
+  "stage": "phase-3",
   "phases": [
     {
       "id": "phase-1",
@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@
       "name": "Prove the proving",
       "when": "Nov 2026 to Jan 2027",
       "status": "active",
-      "line": "Mining program prototype on GPU and CPU, shard proving benchmark on consumer cards",
+      "line": "Mining program proven on Apple, NVIDIA and AMD; shard proving benchmark on consumer cards still to run",
       "gate": "A mid-range GPU proves a shard in under 20 s and a CPU verifies a hash in 10 ms"
     },
     {
       "id": "phase-3",
       "name": "Devnet",
-      "when": "Feb to Mar 2027",
-      "status": "next",
-      "line": "BlockDAG node with the new mining program and EVM execution, 20 nodes",
+      "when": "Started 3 Oct 2026, 20 nodes by Mar 2027",
+      "status": "active",
+      "line": "BlockDAG node mining on the new program, GPU miners on three vendors, EVM execution in build",
       "gate": "1 block a second held with proofs under 60 s behind the tip"
     },
     {
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@
     }
   ],
   "log": [
+    {
+      "date": "2026-10-03",
+      "text": "Devnet started four months ahead of plan. Finality, the EVM layer and the Igneum difficulty controller are in build."
+    },
+    {
+      "date": "2026-10-03",
+      "text": "First blocks mined over the network from a Windows PC: an RTX 5090 and an AMD chip, 16 identities, with the live devnet page drawing every block."
+    },
     {
       "date": "2026-10-03",
       "text": "First devnet blocks on the real lottery hash: CPU, then Metal GPU, three worker implementations"
diff --git a/site/litepaper.html b/site/litepaper.html
index 4728c2ecf..588ae777f 100644
--- a/site/litepaper.html
+++ b/site/litepaper.html
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ body.all .pager{display:none}
           <tbody>
             <tr><td>1. Specification</td><td class="num">Oct to Nov 2026</td><td>Mining generator, shard proving, finality rules, written for external review</td><td></td></tr>
             <tr><td>2. Prove the proving</td><td class="num">Nov 2026 to Jan 2027</td><td>Mining program prototype on GPU and CPU, shard proving benchmark on consumer cards</td><td>A mid-range GPU proves a shard in under 20 s and a CPU verifies a hash in 10 ms</td></tr>
-            <tr><td>3. Devnet</td><td class="num">Feb to Mar 2027</td><td>BlockDAG node with the new mining program and EVM execution, 20 nodes</td><td>1 block a second held with proofs under 60 s behind the tip</td></tr>
+            <tr><td>3. Devnet</td><td class="num">Started 3 Oct 2026, 20 nodes by Mar 2027</td><td>BlockDAG node with the new mining program and EVM execution, 20 nodes</td><td>1 block a second held with proofs under 60 s behind the tip</td></tr>
             <tr><td>4. Finality and job market</td><td class="num">Apr to Jul 2027</td><td>Sustained-mining finality, external proving jobs, miner client with auto-switching</td><td>Finality design passes external review and one rollup signs for testnet</td></tr>
             <tr><td>5. Public testnet</td><td class="num">Aug to Oct 2027</td><td>One-click miner app on Windows, macOS and Linux, HiveOS, pools, the first rollup as a proving customer, no coin yet</td><td>1,000 independent miners run 30 days and rollup proofs are delivered on time</td></tr>
             <tr><td>6. Mainnet fair launch</td><td class="num">Nov 2027</td><td>Genesis with no premine, 30-day ramp, exchange listings after</td><td></td></tr>