Change Logs

v0.3.1

Priority: High

This release updates EVM block building timeout. All validators need to upgrade immediately.

Gist: https://github.com/GOATNetwork/goat/tree/main/docker (opens in a new tab)

Mainnet

• geth: v0.3.1
• goat: v0.2.4

Testnet3

• geth: v0.1.8
• goat: v0.2.4

NOTE: If your current version of Geth is not v0.3.0 (mainnet) or v0.1.7 (testnet3), you must upgrade to v0.3.0 or v0.1.7 before proceeding.

v0.3.0

Priority: Medium

The purpose of this upgrade is to adjust the strategy of the gas price oracle, and change the the minimal priority fee to 0.005 gwei.

• For wallets, Dapps, and other service providers, always use eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas to get the pritority fee.
• For RPC node and Validator maintainers, this upgrade introduces breaking changes to the database. Once upgraded, downgrading to a lower version is not possible. You may encounter higher cpu and disk I/O during the database migration.

This upgrade applies only to GOAT Geth, with version to v0.3.0 for mainnet and v0.1.7 for testnet. Download the docker compose file from Gist (opens in a new tab).

Upgrade Steps:

1. Upgrade all the RPC nodes.
2. Wait for confirmation from the GOAT Team.
3. Upgrade all the validators.

Data migration: https://github.com/GOATNetwork/goat-geth/releases/tag/v0.3.0 (opens in a new tab)

Latest Snapshots

Mainnet

• geth: https://mainnet-backup-tools.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/mainnet/geth-latest.tgz (opens in a new tab)
• goat: https://mainnet-backup-tools.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/mainnet/goat-latest.tgz (opens in a new tab)

v0.2.3

This update includes critical security fixes, and all nodes should upgrade immediately:

• ASA-2025-001: https://github.com/cometbft/cometbft/security/advisories/GHSA-22qq-3xwm-r5x4‍ (opens in a new tab)

• ASA-2025-002: https://github.com/cometbft/cometbft/security/advisories/GHSA-r3r4-g7hq-pq4f (opens in a new tab)

‍Upgrade Guide

Update your docker-compose.yml in accordance with from Gist (opens in a new tab).

Run:

docker compose up -d

Latest Snapshots

Mainnet:

• geth: https://mainnet-backup-tools.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/mainnet/geth-20250129.tgz (opens in a new tab)

• goat: https://mainnet-backup-tools.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/mainnet/goat-20250129.tgz‍ (opens in a new tab)

Testnet3:

• geth: https://mainnet-backup-tools.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/testnet3/geth-20250128.tgz (opens in a new tab)

• goat: https://mainnet-backup-tools.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/testnet3/goat-20250128.tgz (opens in a new tab)

‍Ensure your nodes are up to date!