Enjin Fort Canning Upgrade Activates on Relaychain with Dispute Slashing

The Enjin Fort Canning upgrade activated on the Relaychain on November 9 2026 at block 18,059,101 around 17:10 UTC. The runtime reached version 1.8.0 following on-chain referendum 16, which passed on October 28 2026. Node operators must run client version 1.8.1.

Relaychain Changes Under Enjin Fort Canning

Dispute slashing now applies to parachain validation. Validators who back an invalid candidate face a 100 percent stake slash. Those who approve an invalid candidate receive a 2 percent slash. Both penalties extend to nominators and take effect after 27 eras. Governance can cancel a slash, and affected validators lose duties for the remainder of the era.

The GRANDPA authority set limit increased from 32 to 100 validators. Governance parameters changed across tracks: the submission deposit is now 1,000 ENJ, most decision deposits rose, and new support floors apply against the total supply of roughly 2.02 billion ENJ. Marketplace features such as escrow for ENJ bids now support sENJ and Degens token operations.

These adjustments align the network with Polkadot and Kusama standards for validator accountability. The upgrade introduced no downtime for token holders or game assets, which carry over automatically. Reward distribution for validators and nominators continues without manual intervention.

Testing and Prior Upgrades

The codename Fort Canning refers to a hill in Singapore. It follows the Kallang upgrade deployed in May 2026. Canary networks received the changes first: the Relaychain on September 28 2026 and the Matrixchain on September 29 2026. The rollout uses the same referendum and enactment process already established on the network.

Official communications from Enjin stated that only misbehaving validators face penalties under the new slashing rules. Honest participants remain unaffected. The activation occurred without reported incidents through November 10 2026.

Matrixchain Upgrade Timeline

A separate referendum for the Matrixchain opened on November 10 2026 and runs through November 13 2026. If approved, activation is scheduled for November 16 2026 at approximately block 12,331,000. The update targets version 1.4.1 and introduces OpenGov with 15 tracks, conviction voting, Enjin Fellowship whitelisting, token lending, ephemeral tokens, mint rate limits, frozen attributes, and marketplace improvements.

Integrators and exchanges must update transaction versions to remain compatible. No action is required from end users or game developers. Community members can submit and vote on proposals once the Matrixchain upgrade completes.