Cryptocurrency Mainnet Launch Checklist Form
Cryptocurrency Mainnet Launch Checklist Form
Protocol and release readiness
Approve the mainnet release candidate and confirm its version
Verify release artifacts, checksums, and reproducible build results
Confirm protocol specifications and release notes are finalized
Complete go/no-go review with accountable release owners
Security review and remediation
Complete independent security audits and document findings
Resolve or formally accept all launch-blocking findings
Verify fixes with targeted retesting and regression tests
Review key management, signing processes, and emergency access controls
Testnet and upgrade testing
Complete end-to-end testnet launch and transaction scenarios
Test upgrade, rollback, and recovery procedures
Validate client compatibility and network interoperability
Review testnet results and close critical issues before launch
Validator or node operator readiness
Publish operator requirements, setup instructions, and support contacts
Confirm sufficient independent validators or nodes are ready to participate
Verify operators have tested their launch and recovery procedures
Confirm operator coordination and launch-day communication channels
Infrastructure, deployment, and access controls
Validate production infrastructure capacity, redundancy, and backups
Rehearse deployment using the approved release artifacts
Restrict production access to authorized roles and review permissions
Confirm infrastructure recovery procedures and rollback ownership
Genesis configuration and chain parameters
Review and approve the genesis configuration through the required process
Validate chain parameters, initial allocations, and supply calculations
Verify genesis artifacts and configuration hashes across launch participants
Test network identifiers and confirm mainnet configuration is unambiguous
Monitoring, alerting, and incident response
Enable dashboards for network health, participation, and performance
Configure alerts for outages, consensus issues, and abnormal behavior
Assign incident roles, escalation paths, and on-call coverage
Rehearse incident response and verify alert delivery
Governance and upgrade procedures
Document governance roles, decision processes, and proposal procedures
Define upgrade approval, notification, and activation procedures
Document emergency change, pause, and recovery processes
Confirm governance and upgrade procedures with relevant participants
Launch communications and documentation
Publish launch instructions and operator documentation
Prepare public launch announcements and status updates
Verify documentation links, support channels, and status page readiness
Coordinate communication timing and designated spokespersons
Launch-day execution and post-launch verification
Review the launch runbook, timeline, owners, and go/no-go checkpoints
Confirm launch participants are present and communication channels are active
Verify network startup, block production, and transaction processing
Check monitoring, public endpoints, and explorer data after launch
Record launch outcomes, outstanding issues, and follow-up owners
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