July 16th is our second planned hardfork of 2019 and this one on-boards two of the most desired privacy and speed features for the PART currency and ecosystem — RingCT and Bulletproofs.

The significance of these tools coming to PART mainnet isn’t lost on the many of us in the community who have been wanting these for day-to-day use since they first appeared on PART testnet in 2017. But, for those readers curious about the impact these will have in the privacy-focused, decentralized economy Particl is building, this post will help explain a bit more.

The Most Important PART

📣 This is a full hardfork.

After July 16th, no nodes below 0.18.0.10 should be on the main chain. That means everyone will need to update to Particl Core v0.18.0.10 (or newer) before 2019–07–16. For the procrastinators, you have 3 weeks!

Particl Core v0.18.0.10 builds are ready now. Upgrade today!

Particl Desktop (v1.4) builds are ready now. Upgrade today!

Important: Same as Particl Core wallet, users who haven’t updated to Particl Desktop (v1.4) or later by July 16th will NOT be on the main chain after the fork. We will send out another reminder 7–10 days ahead of July 16th to remind users to update. Particl Desktop builds will be included in that reminder post.

⭐️ For most users, the only important piece of information is summarized above. We do have more details about Particl Core development included in this post. For those interested to learn more, please, continue reading!