Available on private testnetTestnet: yesMainnet: Not availableSoftware: Core bad4a06ea · protocol pqwerai-v8-testnet/1Updated 2026-11-08

Network parameters¶

Generated from testnet/release/network/network.json, the single source of truth that nodes, wallets and this documentation read. If a value here disagrees with a node, the node and network.json win — please report it.

Identity¶

Parameter	Value
Network name	PQWERAI v8 private testnet rc1
Status	release-candidate; private testnet only; no real funds; not mainnet
Protocol version	`pqwerai-v8-testnet/1`
Chain ID / network ID	`77240` (`0x12db8`) / `77240`
Native asset	PQAI, 18 decimals
Genesis	PENDING_OWNER_CEREMONY — The persistent testnet genesis is fixed once by testnet/release/vps/genesis-ceremony.sh from the owner's validator PUBLIC keys and recorded in GENESIS_MANIFEST.json. Local acceptance runs use disposable genesis files with identical parameters but fresh keys.

Add the network to a wallet¶

{
  "chainId": "0x12db8",
  "chainName": "PQWERAI Testnet",
  "nativeCurrency": {
    "name": "PQAI",
    "symbol": "PQAI",
    "decimals": 18
  },
  "rpcUrls": [
    "http://127.0.0.1:8545"
  ]
}

Pin both the chain ID and the genesis hash published in GENESIS_MANIFEST.json; the PQWERAI Windows Wallet does this automatically.

GhostRider proof of work¶

Parameter	Value
Helper	pqwerai_hash_worker (native GhostRider stream helper) (`sha256 3a54f0bb461f296b…`, linux-amd64 only (Windows uses WSL2))
Base difficulty	64 (adaptive: True)
Difficulty rule	next = parent2 if gap<=2s; parent/2 if gap>=8s; else parent; clamped to [base, 16base]
Target block interval	3–7 s
Fork choice	greatest total difficulty; equal TD keeps local head; never reorganises below the BFT finalized checkpoint

Issuance¶

Parameter	Value
Split	79.2% PoW miners / 19.8% active Smartnode validators / 1% founder treasury of each epoch issuance (owner decision 2026-11-05)
Cap	none (uncapped, per owner policy)
Fees	EIP-1559 base fee burned (tracked as fee_burn_wei); priority fee to the miner
Founder share	the founder 1% is carved out of the same issuance; transfers, gas fees and AI payments are never charged
Accounting RPC	`g4_status.minted_wei, fee_burn_wei, pow_issued_wei, pos_issued_wei, founder_issued_wei, registry_slash_burned_gwei`

EVM¶

Parameter	Value
Engine	Core-Geth EVM (unmodified opcode semantics)
Rules	Ethash-family protocol changes through London at genesis, plus EIP-3651, EIP-3855 (PUSH0), EIP-3860, EIP-5656 (MCOPY), EIP-1153 (transient storage) at block 0
Genesis gas limit	15,000,000
Genesis base fee	1,000,000,000 wei
Transaction types	legacy (EIP-155), EIP-2930, EIP-1559

Finality¶

Parameter	Value
Kind	FFG-style checkpoint finality over registry-derived Smartnode validator sets
Epoch length blocks	32
Quorum	strictly more than 2/3 of the epoch set's effective stake
Minimum genesis validators	4
Max link span blocks	4096
Vote transport	signed votes submitted over authenticated JSON-RPC (g4_submitVote); certificates travel as transactions/blocks over devp2p
Signer safety	persistent journal with double-vote and surround-vote locks, fsync before release, stale-backup anchoring

Smartnode registry¶

Parameter	Value
Registry account	`keccak256('PQAI/private/G4/registry/v1')[12:]`
Operations	`register=1, topup=2, delegate=3, undelegate=4, claim=5, rotate=6, exit=7, withdraw=8, slash=9`
Operation gas	`150000`
Genesis validator stake gwei	`32000000000`
Min stake gwei	`1000000000`
Max effective stake gwei	`2048000000000`
Min delegation gwei	`1000000`
Activation delay epochs	`2`
Unbonding epochs	`4`
Evidence window epochs	`3`
Slash fraction	`25/100 of stake, burned`
Max set size	`64`
Max registered	`256`
Withdrawal rule	`only after exit + unbonding AND the withdrawable epoch is BFT-finalized`

RPC¶

Parameter	Value
Default bind	`127.0.0.1`
Served namespaces	`eth`, `net`, `web3`, `txpool`, `g4` (+ `pqwerai_peerHealth` operator diagnostics)
Never exposed	`personal`, `admin`, `debug`, `miner`, `clique`, `engine`
Non-loopback bind	--rpc.token-file (bearer token >= 16 bytes, constant-time compare)
Max request	4,194,304 bytes

P2P¶

Parameter	Value
Default port	30303
Discovery	off by default; --discovery with --bootnodes enables discv4 seeded by bootstrap nodes
Bootstrap privileges	none; bootstrap nodes are ordinary full nodes
Identity check	devp2p eth handshake rejects peers with a different network ID or genesis hash

Sources at 72057fe3ec: testnet/release/network/network.json

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