Frontier

FRONTIER IS NOT YET LIVE

Watch this: if issues for Milestone Frontier are not 100% closed, we are not ready for release.

Issues are tracked on github.

Frontier is the first in a series of releases.

Frontier is a live testnet. It is here to help us prepare for the main release.

• We fully expect instability and consensus flaws in the client, some of which may be exploitable
• As curators, we fully reserve the right to ignore blocks at our discretion
• As curators, from a final block that we solely determine, we will preserve all non-contract (i.e. code-less) account balances above the value of 1 ETH into the Homestead Genesis block

The focus of Frontier is the go implementation of an ethereum full node, with a command line interface codenamed geth.

By installing and running geth, you can take part in the ethereum live testnet, mine, transfer funds between addresses, create contracts and send transactions.

WARNING: before you use geth or interact with the ethereum Frontier live testnet, make sure you read the official release notes and understand the caveats and risks.

Resources:

• original announcement of the release scheme
• follow-up blogpost