Assentian-PQE Mainnet Launch Checklist

SNTI MAINNET LAUNCH CHECKLIST

Status as of 30 June 2026. Mainnet launched 26 Jun 2026 — block 1170+ mined. This checklist has been updated to reflect post-launch verification. Items previously ❌ are updated based on actual mainnet evidence. See also the development changelog for the testing sessions referenced below.

1. Consensus & protocol — critical path

Item	Status	Notes
Genesis block (official)	✅ Done	Mainnet: hash `b4a26aef...`, timestamp 1782474812 (26 Jun 2026 11:53:32 UTC), nBits `0x2001a41a`. 1170+ blocks mined.
PoUW enforced at consensus layer	✅ Verified	`CheckPoUW()` running live on mainnet since block 1. 1170+ consecutive PoUW-valid blocks accepted, zero invalid blocks on chain.
End-to-end PoUW mining	✅ Verified	1170+ mainnet blocks mined continuously. 3 nodes mining 24/7 via systemd (Indonesia + USA + Singapore). PoUW v2 with XMSS tree generation verified at scale.
Mainnet genesis at production difficulty	✅ Done	Mainnet launched 26 Jun 2026 at nBits `0x2001a41a` (real production difficulty, not near-zero testnet). 1170+ blocks mined.
Key lifecycle reviewed	✅ Done	One-shot key model live on mainnet. Deep audit (29 Jun 2026) confirmed WOTS+ reuse protection, wallet-locked guard, and leaf index tracking all functioning correctly.
Difficulty retarget under load	✅ Verified	Burst mining (blocks 286–296, 11 blocks in ~2 seconds) caused EMA spike. Chain recovered autonomously via stuck-chain detection + EMA clamp fix (29 Jun). Block 1170+ confirms healthy retarget.
Chain reorg handling	✅ Verified	Phase 6.10.1 — genuine fork/reorg between 2 independent nodes: node 1 reorganized to node 2's longer chain, orphaned blocks marked correctly, no crashes.

2. Wallet & RPC

Item	Status	Notes
getnewxmssaddress	✅ Verified	Tested live, returns valid address + pubkey
exportxmsskey / importxmsskey	✅ Fixed & verified	Was broken (missing RPC registration + missing method) — fixed and tested 16/Jun
sendtoxmssaddress	✅ Verified	Phase 6.10.2 — sent SNTI end-to-end, wallet correctly recognized XMSS output (ismine: true). Also verified in web wallet on mainnet.
Wallet backup/restore with XMSS state	❌ Not tested	`backupwallet`/restore documented but not run against an XMSS-holding wallet
Key exhaustion behavior (1024th sig)	❌ Not tested	Cannot occur under current one-shot design; revisit if that design changes

3. Network & infrastructure

Item	Status	Notes
Mainnet nodes running	✅ Live	3 nodes systemd-managed (assentian-seed.service), running since 26 Jun 2026, 1170+ blocks, 24/7 uptime — Indonesia (main VPS), USA (KC), Singapore (SG). P2P port 9333.
Multiple independent nodes	✅ Verified	3 fully independent nodes in sync. Originally verified via direct submitblock and P2P relay (Phase 6.9). KC and SG seed nodes deployed 30 Jun 2026 and synced to chain.
DNS seeds	✅ Done	3 A records live: seed.assentian.network, seed2.assentian.network, seed3.assentian.network. Round-robin to 3 IPs. New nodes bootstrap automatically.
Public block explorer	✅ Live	Flask-based explorer running at assentian.network/explorer/, API verified.
Dashboard / mining / whitepaper pages	✅ Live	All return HTTP 200.
Stratum mining pool server	⚠ Planned	Phase 3 roadmap item — not yet deployed on mainnet. Solo mining via RPC is the current method.

4. Documentation & legal

Item	Status	Notes
Whitepaper	✅ Done	Internal consistency fixed (license, ports, magic bytes, halving)
BSL-1.1 license	✅ Applied	Converts to GPL-2.0 on 15/Jun/2030
DEVDOCS.md	✅ Updated	Corrected against actual implementation, design decisions recorded
Changelog	✅ Maintained	Phases 6.5 and 6.6 document the genesis launch and bug fixes
Security audit (external)	❌ Not done	AUDIT.md is a self-audit; no external/independent review has occurred

5. Honest gaps

Items most likely to be glossed over under launch pressure — each is a real, unverified assumption

Resolved 17/Jun — was the most severe gap of all. Every SNTI block ever mined violated BIP141's coinbase witness rule, meaning no node other than the one that mined a block could ever accept it. This was undetectable with a single node and was only found once a second independent node was actually stood up. Fixed via a stable preimage signing design — see Changelog Phase 6.9. This is the strongest argument yet for never skipping the multi-node test, no matter how much single-node testing looks clean.

No external eyes have looked at this code. Every fix so far has been found by this team, in this session. A second reviewer — even an informal one — would likely find things missed here.

No adversarial testing. Nobody has tried to break the PoUW validation, attempt a key-reuse attack, or fuzz the XMSS bridge.

RESOLVED 30/Jun. Three fully independent nodes active (Indonesia + USA + Singapore). All synced to same chain via P2P relay. DNS seeds live (seed/seed2/seed3.assentian.network). New nodes bootstrap automatically without manual peer entry.

RESOLVED 26/Jun. Mainnet launched at nBits 0x2001a41a (real production difficulty), 1170+ blocks mined. Difficulty adjustment stress-tested: burst mining at blocks 286–296 triggered EMA spike, recovered autonomously. Stuck-chain detection added (29 Jun) as additional safeguard.

No incident has happened yet. There is no tested procedure for what happens if a bug is found in an already-mined block — no chain-split contingency, no communicated rollback plan.

6. Recommended order of operations

Dependency-driven, not date-driven

Get a second person (or fresh eyes after time away) to read through validation.cpp's CheckPoUW() and the XMSS bridge code — the two places where a bug has the highest blast radius.

Stand up a second node on a different machine/network and confirm both nodes sync and agree on the same chain.

Run testnet continuously for several days under real conditions to observe stale-tip warnings, retargeting, and stratum server behavior over time.

✅ Done — 26 Jun 2026. Mainnet genesis mined at production difficulty (nBits 0x2001a41a), 1170+ blocks follow. Deep code audit (29 Jun) found and fixed 12 bugs (5 critical, 5 high, 2 medium).

✅ Done — 26 Jun 2026. assentian.network live with SSL, block explorer, web wallet, and investor page. 3-node network with DNS seed active. Solo mining open to public.