Akash Mainnet 15 Upgrade

This proposal upgrades the Akash Network to version v1.1.0 at block height [Hidden link], estimated to occur on Monday, November 24th at 14:10 UTC.

Note: Block times have high variance. Please monitor the chain for more precise timing estimates.

Upgrade Features

By voting YES on this proposal, you approve the following changes:

• Fix overdrawn escrow accounts that prevent deployment from being closed by resolving account state and it's associated objects into correct overdrawn state and close related deployments

Binary Installation

Note: The upgrade release will be published approximately 10 hours before the upgrade.

Option 1: Precompiled Binaries (Recommended)

This upgrade links an info.json file that references the correct release with pre-built binaries.

Option 2: Self-Compiled Binaries

Requirements:

Ensure the following dependencies are installed:

• direnv
• golang >= 1.25.4
• docker
• make
• git
• jq
• unzip
• wget
• curl
• npm
• readlink
• lz4

Build Instructions:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/akash-network/node.git
# Navigate to the directory
cd node

# Checkout the release tag
git checkout v1.1.0

# Build the binary
make release

Binaries will be located in .cache/goreleaser/main. Select the directory matching your OS and architecture.

Hardware Requirements

This upgrade does not carry significant state changes and is relatively light-weight. It is recommended for all validators use at least 64GB of RAM with swap enabled.

Upgrade Process

Full upgrade details can be found at [Hidden link]

Using Cosmovisor (Recommended)

Validators and RPCs supervised by Cosmovisor with DAEMON_ALLOW_DOWNLOAD_BINARIES=true will automatically download upgrade binaries from the [Hidden link].

Manual Upgrade

If not using Cosmovisor:

1. Wait for your node to halt at the upgrade height
2. Install the new binary
3. Restart your node

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Upgrade Timing Details

• Target Block Height: 24332547
• Estimated Time: Monday, November 24th at 14:10 UTC
• Expected Duration: 10-15 minutes of network downtime

⏱️ Block times vary significantly. Monitor the countdown [Hidden link] for accurate timing.

During the upgrade, there will be no on-chain activity on the network.

Emergency Coordination

In the event of issues during the upgrade, please coordinate via the validators channel in Discord to reach emergency consensus and mitigate problems quickly.

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Additional Resources

• [Hidden link]
• [Hidden link]