XRPL EVM Sidechain v8.0.0 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 497000. It is estimated to take place 5 months ago. A countdown clock is here. The governance proposal is here.

Install New Binary

cd xrp
git pull
git checkout v8.0.0
make install

Check Version

# should be v8.0.0
exrpd version

# Should be commit 8d92d087b9a1014de748b8887868e0e90b97b56f
exrpd version --long | grep commit

Make Cosmovisor Directory and Copy Binary

mkdir -p $HOME/.exrpd/cosmovisor/upgrades/v8.0.0/bin
cp $HOME/go/bin/exrpd $HOME/.exrpd/cosmovisor/upgrades/v8.0.0/bin

Check Version Again

# should be v8.0.0
$HOME/.exrpd/cosmovisor/upgrades/v8.0.0/bin/exrpd version