{"id":144816,"date":"2026-09-20T02:30:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T02:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=144816"},"modified":"2026-09-20T02:30:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T02:30:39","slug":"near-ships-nearcore-2-14-0-rc-with-protocol-and-database-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=144816","title":{"rendered":"NEAR Ships nearcore 2.14.0 RC With Protocol And Database Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TL;DR<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NEAR has released nearcore 2.14.0-rc.1.<\/li>\n<li>The release is marked as both a protocol and database upgrade.<\/li>\n<li>It remains a release candidate rather than the final stable build.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEAR developers have published the first release candidate for nearcore 2.14.0, bringing a fresh set of protocol changes into testing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The release, <strong>2.14.0-rc.1<\/strong>, is explicitly marked as both a <strong>protocol upgrade<\/strong> and a <strong>database upgrade<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That makes it more consequential for node operators than a routine bug-fix release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is still an RC, though, so this is not the point to treat every included change as permanently locked into the final production version.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Protocol Itself Is Changing<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2.14.0 changelog contains several notable changes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One removes contract gas rewards, reducing the burnt-gas reward parameter from 30% to zero.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another introduces a bound on the combined size of resolved promise inputs, preventing excessively large receipt inputs from growing without an explicit protocol limit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The release also adds an ml_dsa_verify host function, allowing contracts to verify ML-DSA-65 signatures <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/glossary\/on-chain-data\/\">on-chain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That last addition is particularly interesting because ML-DSA is a post-quantum digital signature standard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It does not suddenly make the whole NEAR network <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/glossary\/quantum-computing\/\">quantum-proof<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it gives <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/glossary\/smart-contract\/\">smart contracts<\/a> a native primitive for verifying that class of signature where developers want to use it.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Release Candidate Means Test It First<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RC label matters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Release candidates are where validator operators and developers get a chance to run the software under realistic conditions before the final stable build is promoted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Database upgrades deserve particular care because they can affect how node state is stored and migrated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A protocol-version change raises the stakes further.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nodes need compatible software before the associated protocol upgrade activates if they want to keep participating normally in consensus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For ordinary NEAR users, there is nothing obvious to install.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is infrastructure software for the people running the network.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But those infrastructure releases are where many of the features users eventually experience first arrive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">nearcore 2.14.0 is now moving through that pipeline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: NEAR nearcore GitHub release \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/near\/nearcore\/releases\/tag\/2.14.0-rc.1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/github.com\/near\/nearcore\/releases\/tag\/2.14.0-rc.1<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This article was written by the News Desk and edited by Samuel Rae.<\/p>\n<p style=\"display:none;\">This report is based on information released by Github. at <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/near\/nearcore\/releases\/tag\/2.14.0-rc.1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Github<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TL;DR NEAR has released nearcore 2.14.0-rc.1. The release is marked as both a protocol and database upgrade. It remains a release candidate rather than the final stable build. NEAR developers have published the first release candidate for nearcore 2.14.0, bringing a fresh set of protocol changes into testing. 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