Quicksilver v1.8.1 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 12627500. It is estimated to take place 6 months ago. A countdown clock is here. The governance proposal is here.

Install New Binary

cd quicksilver
git pull
git checkout v1.8.1
make install

Check Version

# should be v1.8.1
quicksilverd version

# Should be commit d998af810147d0d45e29e4ae19aff41569d834ca
quicksilverd version --long | grep commit

Make Cosmovisor Directory and Copy Binary

mkdir -p $HOME/.quicksilverd/cosmovisor/upgrades/v1.8.1/bin
cp $HOME/go/bin/quicksilverd $HOME/.quicksilverd/cosmovisor/upgrades/v1.8.1/bin

Check Version Again

# should be v1.8.1
$HOME/.quicksilverd/cosmovisor/upgrades/v1.8.1/bin/quicksilverd version