Call to action:
In order to prevent a regular pre-mine we will allow up to 50 early community members to send us a wallet address and to get 1000 QUB locked for 180 days. You can become a validator and keep the blockchain moving.
We are also looking for up to 4 community driven Seednodes to be added.
0.0.5 pushed QRX next level before GENESIS(!)
QRX Core v0.0.5 Major Networking, Consensus & Bootstrap Update
This release significantly expands the QRX core architecture and moves the project much closer toward an early experimental mainnet-ready state.
Highlights from v0.0.4 and v0.0.5 combined:
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Consensus & Validator System
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Added deterministic weighted validator rotation
Validator selection now depends on stake weight
Reduced proposer randomness and improved fairness
Added groundwork for finality voting layer
Added validator vote tracking and finality state handling
Added slashing enforcement groundwork
Added double-signing protection logic foundations
Added replay protection groundwork
Added timestamp consensus groundwork
Added validator bootstrap architecture
Added long-term validator lock support planning
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Economics & Rewards
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Implemented dynamic developer reward decay
Developer share now gradually decreases from 20% to 2%
Added bootstrap validator allocation system
Added bootstrap validator placeholders
Added genesis bootstrap planning architecture
Added reward distribution balancing groundwork
Improved staking/reward handling consistency
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Networking & Peer-to-Peer
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Added persistent peer storage (peers.dat)
Added peer relay propagation groundwork
Added automatic peer reloading on startup
Added configurable seed node support
Added seed1.qrxchain.org
Added seed2.qrxchain.org
Added seed3.qrxchain.org
Added placeholder community node IP support
Added --maxconnections
Added --outbound
Added --seednode
Added --nolisten
Improved node startup handling
Improved daemon shutdown handling
Added CLI stop command support
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Database & Storage
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Expanded QRXDB tooling
Added snapshot tooling
Added compact tooling
Added salvage tooling
Added verification tooling
Improved snapshot signature groundwork
Improved SHA3-512 hashing integration
Improved persistence helpers
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Wallet & Cryptography
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Expanded wallet recovery handling
Improved mnemonic/recovery workflows
Improved PEM import/export support
Added stealth transaction groundwork
Added X25519 shared-secret groundwork
Added AES-256-GCM encryption groundwork
Added hybrid cryptography direction groundwork
Continued Ed25519 + ML-DSA migration planning
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Node Operator Improvements
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Improved daemon stability
Improved signal handling
Improved shutdown behavior
Improved startup consistency
Added configurable network handling
Added alpha/testnet/mainnet/regtest separation support
Added dedicated developer reward addresses per network
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Build System & Platform Support
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Improved macOS Apple Silicon support
Added native ARM64 build support
Added Universal Binary support groundwork
Improved OpenSSL integration handling
Improved CMake architecture handling
Improved portability groundwork for Raspberry Pi / Odroid nodes
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GUI / Tauri Wallet Direction
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Improved backend compatibility for future Tauri wallet
Added peer persistence helpers for GUI integration
Added peer relay import/export groundwork
Improved daemon communication groundwork
Improved lightweight wallet architecture direction
### NOTE: THE GUI has to be updated in 0.0.6 to communicate fully with the new core as dozens of changes applied.
USING THE CORE ONLY IS STRICTLY RECOMMENDED!
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Important Notes
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QRX remains experimental pre-genesis software.
This release focuses heavily on:
validator infrastructure
networking
persistence
consensus hardening
bootstrap mechanics
early node operator tooling
The protocol and economics may still evolve before public genesis.
GitHub:
https://github.com/phoenixkonsole/qrxWebsite:
https://qrxchain.org