Sunday Luxcore announced a mandatory upgrade to version 5.2.5. Although this may have caught some people off guard, the short turnaround for the protocol-enforced fork at block 465000 resulted from a unanimous decision by the core team as well as community leaders.

Last week three team members discovered what seemed to be possible malicious activity on the chain. Over a sufficient and expedient period of time the entire team closely monitored the situation until the activity was confirmed.

A patch was proposed by one of the core developers and immediately followed up by rigorous testing with the entire team. Once a consensus was established that the patch was a success, it was quickly implemented.

Luxcore apologizes for the inconvenience that the short noticed upgrade may have caused. Ample time is always given before any mandatory upgrade; however, maintaining the security and the safety of the chain is always the first priority.

Any questions regarding the the wallet and fork can be addressed in one of the many Luxcore communication channels. If you have not yet upgraded to version 5.2.5 yet, please do so now by clicking here.