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In short The Elastos main chain is running again. After the transaction validation incident on July 20, 2026, mining pools, Council nodes, and BPoS validators stopped block production to protect the network. A corrected release was prepared and tested, the…

The Elastos main chain remains paused after a consensus-level monetary validation exploit on July 20, 2026. The first affected block was 2,260,451. Block production stopped at 2,260,595, covering 145 blocks over approximately four hours and five minutes. A safety patch…

The Elastos Smart Chain has been paused since July 13, 2026, when a cross-chain exploit created ELA on ESC without the matching reserve on the Elastos main chain. Release v0.2.8 brings ESC back online, freezes the affected accounts, and removes…

Between July 13 and July 15, the Elastos team identified, contained, and fixed a vulnerability in the network’s cross-chain mechanism. Approximately 7.62 million ELA was moved from a protocol-level cross-chain reserve through 2,309 transactions over roughly 24 minutes. No user…

Three releases are out together: PC2 v1.4.0, Elastos Runtime v0.5, and ElastOS Launcher v1.4.0. PC2 v1.4.0 adds background services to the dApp Centre. Runtime v0.5 adds People, Services, remote Browser engines, and stricter passkey checking. PC2 Launcher v1.4.0 fixes the…

Elastos Node for Ubuntu v1.1 is now live. This is the safety release for the node runner used by Council members, BPoS operators, and ELA node operators on Elastos. The script is the main Ubuntu tool used to install, run,…

Elastos Runtime v0.4.0 is now live. Runtime is the local OS layer of ElastOS. It is where apps run as small sandboxed programs called capsules. Each capsule starts with no access to your files, wallet, network, or anything else on…

The Term 7 Elastos DAO Council elections have concluded. Twelve community members have been elected to serve the DAO through the next term, from mid-June 2026 to mid-June 2027. This Council will help guide the DAO Treasury, review funded proposals,…

Elastos DAO Term 7 candidates now have a clearer reason to step forward. For Term 7, elected Council members can receive up to 500 ELA per year from the Elastos DAO for keeping their Council node online, plus server cost…

Voting and candidate registration are now open for the Elastos DAO Term 7 Council Elections. The election opened at block 2,204,050 on May 3, 2026. Over the next 30 days, ELA holders can stake their ELA on the Elastos main…