Evmos v16.0.0 Upgrade

LFG

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 18295000. It is estimated to take place 10 months ago. A countdown clock is here. The governance proposal is here.

Install New Binary

cd evmos
git pull
git checkout v16.0.0
make install

Check Version

# should be 16.0.0
evmosd version

# Should be commit 82f1b2cb866de566bc0778ca3a89f6ded1b8a93d
evmosd version --long | grep commit

Make Cosmovisor Directory and Copy Binary

mkdir -p $HOME/.evmosd/cosmovisor/upgrades/v16.0.0/bin
cp $HOME/go/bin/evmosd $HOME/.evmosd/cosmovisor/upgrades/v16.0.0/bin

Check Version Again

# should be 16.0.0
$HOME/.evmosd/cosmovisor/upgrades/v16.0.0/bin/evmosd version