011-Sponde

This is a minor release that fixes issues introduced in Pasithee that prevented new validators from joining the testnet.

010-Pasithee

This release marks Penumbra's 10th testnet, Pasithee. Since the previous testnet, Cyllene, a number of improvements and features have been introduced:

• Fixed validator power sorting
• Implemented IBC connection handshake
• gRPC services have been unified
• added support for Tokio console

Internal improvements:

• clarifying validator state transitions
• further work on TCT design
• further work on restructuring wallet code

009-Cyllene

This release marks Penumbra's 9th testnet, Cyllene. Since the previous testnet, Philophrosyne, a number of improvements and features have been introduced:

• Sending validator power back to Tendermint for validator participation in testnets
• Displaying of validator status in the list-validators command
• Added template-definition and fetch-definition commands for handling validator definitions
• Added basic IBC support for MsgUpdateClient messages
• Implementation of uptime-based slashing for validators

Philophrosyne Testnet

This release marks Penumbra's 8th testnet, Philophrosyne. Since the previous testnet, Herse, a number of small improvements have been made:

• Removed legacy Postgres code, completing the transition to Rocksdb
• Updated documentation
• Renamed light/thin wallets and started implementation of new wallet client protocol
• Refactored ShieldedcPool::write_block
• Fix various bugs in Tendermint voting power handling
• Improved performance of minted notes by using their NCT position as blinding factor

See https://github.com/penumbra-zone/penumbra/compare/007-herse...008-philophrosyne?expand=1 for a full list of changes.

To participate in the testnet, refer to the Penumbra Guide.