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+# Kava-4 Upgrade Instructions
+
+## Software Version and Key Dates
+
+* The version of Kava for kava-4 is v0.13
+* Kava-4 validators should prepare to shutdown their nodes March 4th, 2021 at 13:00 UTC
+* Kava-4 genesis time is set to March 4th, 2021 at 15:00 UTC
+* The version of cosmos-sdk for kava-5 is v0.39.2
+* The version of tendermint for kava-5 v0.33.9
+* The minimum version of golang for kava-5 is 1.13+, 1.15+ has been tested and is recommended.
+
+### Risks
+
+As a validator, performing the upgrade procedure on your consensus nodes carries a heightened risk of double-signing and being slashed. The most important piece of this procedure is verifying your software version and genesis file hash before starting your validator and signing.
+
+The riskiest thing a validator can do is discover that they made a mistake and repeat the upgrade procedure again during the network startup. If you discover a mistake in the process, the best thing to do is wait for the network to start before correcting it. If the network is halted and you have started with a different genesis file than the expected one, seek advice from a Kava developer before resetting your validator.
+
+### Recovery
+
+Prior to exporting kava-4 state, validators are encouraged to take a full data snapshot at the export height before proceeding. Snap-shotting depends heavily on infrastructure, but generally this can be done by backing up the .kvd and .kvcli directories.
+
+It is critically important to back-up the .kvd/data/priv_validator_state.json file after stopping your kvd process. This file is updated every block as your validator participates in consensus rounds. It is a critical file needed to prevent double-signing, in case the upgrade fails and the previous chain needs to be restarted.
+
+In the event that the upgrade does not succeed, validators and operators must downgrade back to v0.12.2 of the Kava software and restore to their latest snapshot before restarting their nodes.
+
+## Upgrade Procedure
+
+### Before the upgrade
+
+Set your node to produce the final block of kava-4 at __13:00__ UTC March 4th, 2021. To restart your node with that stop time,
+
+```sh
+kvd start --halt-time 1614862800
+```
+
+You can safely set the halt-time flag at any time.
+
+### On the day of the upgrade
+
+__The kava chain is expected to halt at 13:00 UTC, and restart with new software at 15:00 UTC March 15th. Do not stop your node and begin the upgrade before 13:00UTC on March 4th, or you may go offline and be unable to recover until after the upgrade!__
+
+Kava developers will update this PR with the final block number when it is reached. __Make sure the kvd process is stopped before proceeding and that you have backed up your validator__. Failure to backup your validator could make it impossible to restart your node if the upgrade fails.
+
+1. Export State (this __MUST__ be done using __v0.12.2__, previous v0.12.x versions will not produce the same genesis hash!)
+
+```sh
+kvd export --for-zero-height > export-genesis.json
+```
+
+__Note:__ This can take a while!
+
+2. Update to kava-5
+
+```sh
+  # in the `kava` folder
+    git pull
+    git checkout v0.13.0
+    make install
+
+  # verify versions
+  kvd version --long
+  # name: kava
+  # server_name: kvd
+  # client_name: kvcli
+  # version: 0.13.0
+  # commit: PLACEHOLDER
+  # build_tags: netgo,ledger
+  # go: go version go1.15.8 linux/amd64
+
+
+  # Migrate genesis state
+  kvd migrate export-genesis.json > genesis.json
+
+  # Verify output of genesis migration
+  kvd validate-genesis genesis.json # should say it's valid
+  jq -S -c -M '' genesis.json | shasum -a 256
+  # [PLACEHOLDER]
+
+  # Restart node with migrated genesis state
+  cp genesis.json ~/.kvd/config/genesis.json
+  kvd unsafe-reset-all
+  kvd start
+```
+
+### Coordination
+
+If the kava-5 chain does not launch by March 4, 2021 at 17:00 UTC, the launch should be considered a failure. Validators should restore the state from kava-4 and coordinate a relaunch. In the event of launch failure, coordination will occur in the [Kava discord](https://discord.com/invite/kQzh3Uv).