Dev Release-205

This update brings clarity to our DAG–EVM integration logic, announces breakthrough efforts in mining stability, showcases exciting progress on the Explorer front, and rolls out robust session management for our miner hardware integrations. We're pushing the boundaries to make BlockDAG faster, more transparent, and hardware-ready one milestone at a time.

• DAG–EVM block behavior clarified: what looked like a bug is actually a feature
• Miner difficulty adjustment underway for consistent, predictable block production
• Explorer enhancements & upcoming Multiple Transaction View
• 24-hour session timeout feature is now on X10 hardware
• Session flow test coverage expanded for rock-solid reliability

Understanding how our system handles DAG forks and EVM finality builds trust in the core protocol. Miner tuning brings the network closer to real-world, hardware-driven decentralization. Explorer upgrades improve visibility for developers and users. And session management ensures that hardware-based miners operate securely and smoothly even under edge conditions.

DAG–EVM Block Behaviour Clarified
 

Recently, the team investigated what seemed like an inconsistency between DAG and EVM blocks, particularly affecting miner rewards. After deep inspection, we can confirm:

It’s not a bug , it’s a design feature.
 

Here’s what’s happening:

• In cases where multiple DAG blocks reference the same parent and attempt to replay a transaction with the same nonce (from the same sender), only one succeeds first, consuming the nonce and creating the EVM block.
• The others are not discarded; they stay in the DAG, flagged as invalid under the current tip.
• If a reorg occurs back to the shared parent, these “sibling” blocks can become valid again.
   

This ensures no block is lost, forks are handled gracefully, and EVM integrity is maintained. Miner rewards remain intact under this mechanism.

Miner Difficulty Tuning in Progress
 

We're engineering a dynamic difficulty adjustment algorithm for mining devices starting with x30 and x100 hardware. The goal is simple yet critical:

Ensure each connected miner produces exactly 1 valid hash per second

Benefits:

• Predictable and stable block times
• Even hash rate distribution
• Protection against hash spikes and network instability

This is a major step toward a balanced, hardware-optimized network that supports mining decentralization at scale.

UI Improvements

We’ve made subtle but meaningful UI enhancements to the explorer, focusing on layout, padding, and alignment for a more polished and consistent experience.

Multiple Transactions Feature, Coming Soon

Currently in development, this feature will significantly improve how users analyze complex transactions:

• View multiple operations within a single transaction hash or contract
• Identify and break down:
  • Mint
  • Transfer
  • Burn
  • Batch Transfers
  • Bulk Transfers
  • Bulk Create operations

This enhancement brings greater transparency to smart contract activity, empowering developers, auditors, and users to understand what’s happening and why at a glance.

24-Hour Session Timeout - IN PROGRESS

Security and control for hardware miners just leveled up. We’re implementing automatic 24-hour session expiration for X10 devices:

• Sessions expire after 1440 minutes
• Expired sessions stop accepting pings/interactions
• Manual reactivation is required, keeping things secure
• Expiry logs are timestamped for auditing and compliance

This protects against runaway sessions and stale states, especially in remote deployments.

Comprehensive Session Management Tests

We’ve expanded test coverage to ensure our session flows are bulletproof-
Unit Tests for:

• Session creation and expiration logic
• Ping handling
• Status transitions

Integration Tests for:

• Simulated ping flows
• Notification dispatch upon session events
• Session reactivation scenarios

More enhancements to session state tracking and sync behaviors are actively in development!

No critical bugs addressed in this cycle , the focus has been system understanding and enhancements in terms of BlockDAG blockchain and explorer.

• Difficulty tuning for miners is ongoing
• Explorer’s Multiple Transactions view is mid-development
• Continued session robustness improvements in the pipeline

• Finalize and deploy miner difficulty tuning on x30/x100 devices
• Launch Multiple Transactions breakdown on Explorer

Your feedback fuels our progress. If you run into issues, have suggestions, or want to contribute, drop us a line at: [email protected]

We’re always listening.

From protocol layer clarity to mining stability and smarter explorers, the BlockDAG ecosystem is maturing fast. Your support and enthusiasm drive us to build a truly decentralized and high-performance blockchain for the next generation of Web3 applications.
 

Stay tuned, stay curious, and keep building with us.
Together, we’re shaping the future of decentralized infrastructure.