Axelar v0.33.0 Upgrade

This upgrade adds support for Cosmos <-> EVM General Message Passing at the network level.

This guide assumes that you use cosmovisor to manage upgrades. If you do not use cosmovisor, please adjust some commands accordingly.

The upgrade is scheduled for Block 6895400. It is estimated to take place 1 year ago. A countdown clock is here. The governance proposal is here.

Install New Binary

cd axelar
git pull
git checkout v0.33.0
make install

Check Version

# should be 0.33.0
axelard version

# Should be commit f67f005474613a7f1a4d473660960bbf98c001ff
axelard version --long | grep commit

Make Cosmovisor Directory and Copy Binary

mkdir -p $HOME/.axelar/cosmovisor/upgrades/v0.33/bin
cp $HOME/go/bin/axelard $HOME/.axelar/cosmovisor/upgrades/v0.33/bin

Check Version Again

# should be 0.33.0
$HOME/.axelar/cosmovisor/upgrades/v0.33/bin/axelard version