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-- [ ] Security audit
-- [ ] Code audit
-- [ ] Ledger integration
-  - [ ] Implemented in Monero codebase (if needed)
-  - [ ] Ledger app integration coded by Ledger
-  - [ ] Ledger Monero app update available
-- [ ] Trezor integration
-  - [ ] Implemented in Monero codebase (if needed)
-  - [ ] Trezor app integration coded by Trezor
-  - [ ] Trezor firmware update available (if needed)
-- [ ] Fork height set
-  - [ ] Monero-announce mailer notice
-  - [ ] Twitter announcement
-  - [ ] Reddit announcement
-  - [ ] Getmonero.org announcement
-- [ ] Notify wallets
-  - [ ] MyMonero
-  - [ ] Coinomi
-  - [ ] Exa Wallet
-  - [ ] Wookey Wallet
-  - [ ] X Wallet
-  - [ ] Guarda
-  - [ ] ZelCore
-  - [ ] Cake Wallet
-  - [ ] Monerujo
-  - [ ] Edge Wallet
-  - [ ] Exodus
-  - [ ] XMRWallet
-- [ ] Notify exchanges
-  - [ ] https://web.getmonero.org/community/merchants/#exchanges
-- [ ] Notify 3rd party payment processors
-  - [ ] https://web.getmonero.org/community/merchants/#payment-gateways
-- [ ] Notify mining pools
-  - [ ] https://miningpoolstats.stream/monero
-- [ ] Release tagged
-  - [ ] Update src/version.cpp.in with new version AND new name (if necessary)
-  - [ ] Update Gitian YML files in contrib/gitian/ to the new version number
-  - [ ] Update README.md with new fork table entry (or at least update the Recommended Monero version)
-  - [ ] Update contrib/gitian/README.md so that the instructions reflect the current version
-  - [ ] Update src/checkpoints/checkpoints.cpp with a recent hardcoded checkpoint
-  - [ ] Update src/blocks/checkpoints.dat with ./monero-blockchain-export --output-file checkpoints.dat --block-stop <recent block height> --blocksdat
-  - [ ] Update expected_block_hashes_hash in src/cryptonote_core/blockchain.cpp with checkpoints.dat sha256 hash
-- [ ] Testnet forked
-- [ ] Testnet testing/verification
-  - [ ] Ledger
-  - [ ] Trezor
-  - [ ] Release-specific testing
-  - [ ] RPC testing/update RPC documentation
-- [ ] CLI reproducible builds validated
-- [ ] CLI released
-  - [ ] https://web.getmonero.org/downloads/ updated
-  - [ ] Update hashes.txt on website
-  - [ ] Update downloads.yml on website
-  - [ ] Update auto-update DNS records
-  - [ ] Update redirects on downloads box
-  - [ ] Update seed nodes
-- [ ] GUI released
-  - [ ] https://web.getmonero.org/downloads/ updated
-  - [ ] Update hashes.txt on website
-  - [ ] Update hashes.txt.sig on website
-  - [ ] Update downloads.yml on website
-  - [ ] Update auto-update DNS records
-  - [ ] Update redirects on downloads box
-- [ ] Release Announcements
-  - [ ] Monero-announce mailer notice
-  - [ ] Twitter announcement
-  - [ ] Reddit announcement
-  - [ ] Getmonero.org announcement
+# Monzero release checklist
+
+This checklist applies to every Monzero node, CLI wallet, GUI wallet, miner
+control, website download, and consensus release. Native amounts use XMZ.
+
+## Scope and source
+
+- [ ] Release version, codename, source commit, and supported platforms agreed
+- [ ] Working tree clean or every included patch documented
+- [ ] Submodules pinned and verified
+- [ ] Consensus-affecting changes identified explicitly
+- [ ] Database or wallet migration requirements documented
+- [ ] User-visible changes and known limitations written
+- [ ] Independent reviewer approves the release scope
+
+## Consensus and network safety
+
+- [ ] Genesis and protected consensus-vector tests pass
+- [ ] Block reward, precision, fees, and amount parsing tests pass
+- [ ] Valid and invalid transaction tests pass
+- [ ] Synchronization from an empty data directory succeeds
+- [ ] Reorganisation and restart tests pass
+- [ ] Node interoperates with the currently deployed release
+- [ ] Seed list contains no node configured to connect to itself
+- [ ] Mainnet, testnet, and stagenet identifiers remain isolated
+- [ ] Hard-fork activation height and operator notice reviewed, if applicable
+
+## Wallet safety
+
+- [ ] New wallet creation tested in CLI and GUI
+- [ ] Seed restoration reproduces addresses and balances
+- [ ] Incoming and outgoing transfers confirmed
+- [ ] Pending, failed, pool, and confirmed history tested
+- [ ] Coinbase and normal output unlock behaviour tested
+- [ ] Wallet shutdown and unclean-restart recovery tested
+- [ ] View-only, multisig, hardware, and offline signing marked tested or unsupported
+- [ ] No workflow requests a recovery seed except an explicit recovery operation
+
+## Branding and configuration
+
+- [ ] Product name is Monzero and native ticker is XMZ
+- [ ] Executable names, titles, prompts, logs, and default paths are correct
+- [ ] Ports, address prefixes, network UUIDs, DNS seeds, and website are correct
+- [ ] Required upstream attribution and copyright notices are preserved
+- [ ] User-facing inherited Monero service links are removed or clearly contextual
+- [ ] Warnings prohibit cross-fork key and seed reuse
+
+## Automated testing
+
+- [ ] Unit tests pass from a clean build
+- [ ] Core and functional tests pass
+- [ ] RPC compatibility tests pass
+- [ ] Parser and consensus fuzzing has no unresolved regressions
+- [ ] Website and explorer API smoke tests pass
+- [ ] Linux launch, mining, wallet, and uninstall scripts pass shell validation
+- [ ] Windows launch and mining scripts pass on a clean Windows system
+
+## Build and package
+
+- [ ] Linux build produced by the pinned build environment
+- [ ] Windows build produced by the pinned cross-build environment
+- [ ] A second builder checks reproducibility
+- [ ] Executable formats and required runtime libraries inspected
+- [ ] Archives contain only intended files
+- [ ] README and upgrade instructions included
+- [ ] SHA-256 manifest generated and verified
+- [ ] Release manifest signed with the Monzero release key
+- [ ] Packages scanned and tested after extraction from their final archives
+
+The Linux archive layer is generated with `utils/release/package-linux.sh`.
+It refuses a dirty tree unless `ALLOW_DIRTY=1` is explicitly supplied, in
+which case the filename and embedded manifest are marked development/dirty.
+`utils/release/verify-package.sh` verifies archive shape, inner checksums,
+executable presence, formats, and reported versions. This makes packaging
+deterministic; it does not by itself make locally compiled binaries
+reproducible. `RELEASE_STRICT=1` additionally rejects dirty manifests,
+unverified build reproducibility, dynamically linked binaries, debug
+information, and unstripped executables.
+
+## Deployment
+
+- [ ] Public node binaries backed up before replacement
+- [ ] Public node database backup or recovery procedure confirmed
+- [ ] New node starts, binds expected ports, and reports correct version
+- [ ] Peer counts, height, difficulty, synchronization, and RPC checked
+- [ ] At least one independent node successfully handshakes and synchronizes
+- [ ] Explorer and website display current chain data
+- [ ] Download files, sizes, MIME types, checksums, and links verified publicly
+- [ ] Rollback binary and rollback instructions remain available
+
+## Publication and monitoring
+
+- [ ] Release notes identify experimental and unaudited components
+- [ ] Source commit and signed hashes published
+- [ ] Node, miner, wallet, and service operators receive upgrade instructions
+- [ ] Security contact and disclosure process published
+- [ ] Height, fork divergence, peers, RPC, CPU, memory, disk, and logs monitored
+- [ ] Post-release review performed after 24 hours and seven days
+
+## Assets-specific gate
+
+For any future Monzero Assets release:
+
+- [ ] Phase 0 stabilization gates are complete
+- [ ] Consensus and cryptographic specifications are public
+- [ ] Independent cryptographic and implementation audits are resolved
+- [ ] Inflation and cross-asset conversion tests pass
+- [ ] Asset wallet restoration tests pass
+- [ ] Extended public testnet has completed a planned upgrade
+- [ ] Mainnet activation height has advance operator coordination