🚨 URGENT — ALL MINERS & NODES MUST UPGRADE BEFORE BLOCK 15,000 🚨

EXTREMELY URGENT: The V14 fork activates at block 15,000 and enables the Atomic Swap HTLC consensus rules. This is a MANDATORY binary upgrade. If you do not upgrade in time, from height 15,000 your node will REJECT EVERY BLOCK and be split off the network (forked chain).

HOW TO UPGRADE — do this AFTER block 14,800 and BEFORE block 15,000:

cd sost-core
git pull origin main                 # latest main (commit 58e9cc9b or newer)
cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build --target sost-node sost-cli sost-miner -j$(nproc)
# then restart BOTH with the new binaries:
#   stop your old node + miner, then start ./build/sost-node  and  ./build/sost-miner

⚠ ATOMIC SWAP — DO NOT USE ⚠

The SOST Atomic Swap (SOST ↔ ETH/BNB/USDT/USDC/PAXG/XAUT) is in founder-only testing, NOT externally audited and NOT validated for public use. DO NOT USE IT — you can permanently lose your funds. Wait for the founder's official "safe to use" announcement (SOST website, BitcoinTalk, Telegram). SOST ↔ BTC is not active (V15).

Governance Transparency

Governance Balances

Real-time transparency for Protocol PoPC commitments, reserve accumulation, and smart contract registry. All data publicly verifiable on-chain.

→ Gold & Metals Reserve — accumulation active, governed spending not active

OVERVIEW

Constitutional Gold Reserves

Gold Funding Vault On-Chain Address SOST CHAIN

Field	Value
Address	sost11a9c6fe1de076fc31c8e74ee084f8e5025d2bb4d
Live Balance	View on Explorer

Live SOST balance visible in the block explorer. This vault accumulates 25% of every block reward for XAUT/PAXG acquisition.

Foundation Metals Reserve

Reserve & foundation balances: The metals shown below (XAUT/PAXG) are foundation / Metals Reserve holdings, not user PoPC collateral. Metals Reserve accumulation is separate from PoPC bonds. PoPC Bond Staking (V15 / block 20,000) uses a single native-SOST bond as its only collateral; the optional Gold Boost is not active and is never collateral or part of slashing.

Foundation Metals Reserve Holdings ETHEREUM MAINNET

Type	Asset	Amount	Duration	Start	End	Status	Contract	Etherscan

Protocol Ethereum Wallet (PoPC Phase 1) PENDING

Field	Value
Address	0xd38955822b88867CD010946F0Ba25680B9DfC7a6
Purpose	This wallet holds the foundation's XAUT/PAXG Metals Reserve holdings (separate from PoPC bonds). Funding pending — estimated May 28, 2026.
Status	PENDING — contract not yet signed.
Verify on Etherscan	etherscan.io/address/0xd38955822b88867CD010946F0Ba25680B9DfC7a6

Reserve Summary

Reserve Composition

Gold Funding Vault Accumulation (Year 1)

Vault Accumulation Projection

Projection basis: 25% of genesis reward (7.85100863 SOST/block) at 6 blocks/hour, 24h/day. Gold Funding Vault and PoPC Pool each receive 25% of every block reward. Actual accumulation depends on block times and emission decay.