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Cosanta Core v19 Released: Performance Masternodes and Staking Core Overhaul

Cosanta has released Cosanta Core v19, a major network upgrade focused on performance, stability, and long-term scalability.

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This release introduces key architectural changes and marks an important milestone in the evolution of the Cosanta network.

Key Features of Cosanta Core v19

Performance Masternodes

Cosanta Core v19 introduces Performance Masternodes, designed to improve network efficiency and reliability. This enhancement strengthens the role of masternodes in maintaining network integrity and performance.

Staking Core Optimization

One of the most significant changes is the complete rework of the staking core.

• Staking is no longer part of the net process
• It now runs as a separate component
• Improved stability and performance

This architectural separation reduces risks and simplifies future upgrades.

Mandatory Update for All Nodes

This update is mandatory for all network participants.

Nodes that do not upgrade to Cosanta Core v19 risk:

• Falling out of sync with the network
• Reduced participation or rewards
• Operational issues

Updated Cosanta Roadmap

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Completed milestones:

2025

• Hardware wallet support
• Native blockchain support in P.CASH

2026

• Upgrade to v19 (similar to Dash v19.3.0)

What’s Next

Next block reward increase is expected on May 4

The network continues to evolve with a dynamic emission model and ongoing improvements.

Conclusion

Cosanta Core v19 is a major step forward, improving architecture, stability, and scalability of the network.

[Phil1234]

Hi Mate, you say that staking is now not part of the net process - what is the net process then?

[cosanta]

🚀 Cosanta Core 20.1.1 Released

⚠️ MANDATORY UPDATE

A new version of Cosanta Core is now available.

This release upgrades the project to the Dash Core v20 codebase and includes major improvements to consensus, security, networking, wallet functionality, and infrastructure.

Key Changes:

• Support for Platform/Evo transactions and Coinbase v3
• Improved ChainLocks, LLMQ quorum handling, and integrated Sentinel functionality within Core
• Native I2P support
• Removal of legacy Tor v2 support
• RPC and wallet improvements
• Numerous stability, performance, and build system enhancements

We strongly recommend that all node operators, masternode owners, and Cosanta Core users upgrade as soon as possible.

Download Cosanta Core 20.1.1:
https://cosa.is/en/download/

Stay up to date and keep your nodes running on the latest version

[cosanta]

Hi Mate, you say that staking is now not part of the net process - what is the net process then?

Hi mate. By “net process” I mean the networking thread / peer-to-peer message handling path: accepting peer connections, reading and sending P2P messages, relaying blocks and transactions, peer management, etc.

Previously staking work could run through that same execution path, so staking could compete with network message processing or be affected by it. We separated staking into its own dedicated thread/loop. The node networking layer still announces and relays blocks as usual, but the actual staking logic no longer runs inside the net thread.

So in short: “net process” = P2P networking/message processing; staking now has its own worker path and only hands produced blocks back to the normal validation/relay flow.