[UPDATE] Finalis Core v1.0.6 (Operator + Economics Summary)

Quick status update for operators and community. https://github.com/FinalisCore/finalis-core

Latest fixes

Fixed wallet UTXO fallback selection to enforce canonical finalized state only (prevents stale/non-canonical input edge cases).
Stabilized lightserver live RPC integration testing by pinning height/hash from one snapshot (CI race removed).
Fixed Windows packaging/startup to use packaged mainnet genesis consistently (Linux/Windows behavior aligned).

Coin issuance & PoW

Finalis does not use classic BTC-style miner-led emission.
Ticket PoW is a bounded secondary mechanism (participation/ranking pressure), not sole finality authority.
Issuance is deterministic and distributed through epoch settlement to eligible participants/validators.

Monetary economics (live model)

Hard-cap target: 7,000,000 FLS
Emission schedule: height-based, deterministic
During emission: 10% protocol reserve, 90% settlement rewards
If onboarding recipients exist: 3% of settlement rewards is carved into onboarding rewards
After emission cap: new issuance = 0; fee settlement continues by epoch logic

Validator onboarding lifecycle

Code:

ONBOARDING -> PENDING -> ACTIVE

ONBOARDING does not auto-activate by waiting; bonded validator join is required.

Linux CLI commands (copy/paste)

Code:

# 1) Check current validator/operator status
./build/finalis-cli validator status \
  --db ~/.finalis/mainnet \
  --file ~/.finalis/mainnet/keystore/validator.json

# 2) Submit bonded validator join (registration)
./build/finalis-cli validator-register \
  --rpc http://127.0.0.1:19444/rpc \
  --db ~/.finalis/mainnet \
  --file ~/.finalis/mainnet/keystore/validator.json

# 3) Monitor onboarding progress
watch -n 20 './build/linux-release/finalis-cli validator-register-status --rpc http://127.0.0.1:19444/rpc --db ~/.finalis/mainnet --file ~/.finalis/mainnet/keystore/validator.json'

Operator note
If a node stalls at low height with settlement commitment mismatch on Windows, do a full chain DB reset (keep validator key) and restart with current packaged genesis. https://github.com/FinalisCore/finalis-core