diff --git a/server/config/config.go b/server/config/config.go
index 90dad0c943..07bf6f99f8 100644
--- a/server/config/config.go
+++ b/server/config/config.go
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 			GlobalLabels: [][]string{},
 		},
 		API: APIConfig{
-			Enable:             false,
+			Enable:             true,
 			Swagger:            false,
 			Address:            DefaultAPIAddress,
 			MaxOpenConnections: 1000,
diff --git a/server/util.go b/server/util.go
index 58323b0d21..d78f722649 100644
--- a/server/util.go
+++ b/server/util.go
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func interceptConfigs(rootViper *viper.Viper, customAppTemplate string, customCo
 		// The SDK is opinionated about those comet values, so we set them here.
 		// We verify first that the user has not changed them for not overriding them.
 		if conf.Consensus.TimeoutCommit == defaultCometCfg.Consensus.TimeoutCommit {
-			conf.Consensus.TimeoutCommit = 5 * time.Second
+			conf.Consensus.TimeoutCommit = 500 * time.Millisecond
 		}
 		if conf.RPC.PprofListenAddress == defaultCometCfg.RPC.PprofListenAddress {
 			conf.RPC.PprofListenAddress = "localhost:6060"
diff --git a/types/staking.go b/types/staking.go
index 66a01a29b3..fa461c7e5e 100644
--- a/types/staking.go
+++ b/types/staking.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const ValidatorUpdateDelay int64 = 1
 var (
 	// DefaultBondDenom is the default bondable coin denomination (defaults to stake)
 	// Overwriting this value has the side effect of changing the default denomination in genesis
-	DefaultBondDenom = "stake"
+	DefaultBondDenom = "uart"
 
 	// DefaultPowerReduction is the default amount of staking tokens required for 1 unit of consensus-engine power
 	DefaultPowerReduction = NewIntFromUint64(1000000)
diff --git a/x/authz/simulation/genesis.go b/x/authz/simulation/genesis.go
index e1443683bb..1332ce4c41 100644
--- a/x/authz/simulation/genesis.go
+++ b/x/authz/simulation/genesis.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func genGrant(r *rand.Rand, accounts []simtypes.Account, genT time.Time) []authz
 
 func generateRandomGrant(r *rand.Rand) *codectypes.Any {
 	authorizations := make([]*codectypes.Any, 2)
-	sendAuthz := banktypes.NewSendAuthorization(sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", sdk.NewInt(1000))), nil)
+	sendAuthz := banktypes.NewSendAuthorization(sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("uart", sdk.NewInt(1000))), nil)
 	authorizations[0] = newAnyAuthorization(sendAuthz)
 	authorizations[1] = newAnyAuthorization(authz.NewGenericAuthorization(sdk.MsgTypeURL(&v1.MsgSubmitProposal{})))
 
diff --git a/x/feegrant/simulation/genesis.go b/x/feegrant/simulation/genesis.go
index 7fbc8107c5..abd189ef5e 100644
--- a/x/feegrant/simulation/genesis.go
+++ b/x/feegrant/simulation/genesis.go
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ func genFeeGrants(r *rand.Rand, accounts []simtypes.Account) []feegrant.Grant {
 
 func generateRandomAllowances(granter, grantee sdk.AccAddress, r *rand.Rand) feegrant.Grant {
 	allowances := make([]feegrant.Grant, 3)
-	spendLimit := sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", sdk.NewInt(100)))
-	periodSpendLimit := sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("stake", sdk.NewInt(10)))
+	spendLimit := sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("art", sdk.NewInt(100)))
+	periodSpendLimit := sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin("art", sdk.NewInt(10)))
 
 	basic := feegrant.BasicAllowance{
 		SpendLimit: spendLimit,
diff --git a/x/gov/client/cli/tx.go b/x/gov/client/cli/tx.go
index 16f1ca1d9e..b70209641b 100644
--- a/x/gov/client/cli/tx.go
+++ b/x/gov/client/cli/tx.go
@@ -101,13 +101,13 @@ Where proposal.json contains:
       "@type": "/cosmos.bank.v1beta1.MsgSend",
       "from_address": "cosmos1...",
       "to_address": "cosmos1...",
-      "amount":[{"denom": "stake","amount": "10"}]
+      "amount":[{"denom": "art","amount": "10"}]
     }
   ],
   // metadata can be any of base64 encoded, raw text, stringified json, IPFS link to json
   // see below for example metadata
   "metadata: "4pIMOgIGx1vZGU=",
-  "deposit": "10stake"
+  "deposit": "10art"
   "title: "My proposal"
   "summary": "A short summary of my proposal"
 }
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func NewCmdDeposit() *cobra.Command {
 find the proposal-id by running "%s query gov proposals".
 
 Example:
-$ %s tx gov deposit 1 10stake --from mykey
+$ %s tx gov deposit 1 10art --from mykey
 `,
 				version.AppName, version.AppName,
 			),
diff --git a/x/group/client/cli/tx.go b/x/group/client/cli/tx.go
index 93dc5627d1..193ca25654 100644
--- a/x/group/client/cli/tx.go
+++ b/x/group/client/cli/tx.go
@@ -565,9 +565,9 @@ Parameters:
 		"@type": "/cosmos.bank.v1beta1.MsgSend",
 		"from_address": "cosmos1...",
 		"to_address": "cosmos1...",
-		"amount":[{"denom": "stake","amount": "10"}]
+		"amount":[{"denom": "art","amount": "10"}]
 		"title": "My proposal",
-		"summary": "This is a proposal to send 10 stake to cosmos1...",
+		"summary": "This is a proposal to send 10 art to cosmos1...",
 	}
 	],
 	// metadata can be any of base64 encoded, raw text, stringified json, IPFS link to json