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Background: The announcement draft had gone through repeated internal revisions, and engineering work was reaching its own stopping point. Today: The remaining items were handled one by one until the list reached zero, and the project entered its pre-announcement freeze. Impact and next steps: The team moved from chasing old issues to protecting the version it had settled on.
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Background: The announcement draft had gone through repeated internal revisions, and engineering work was reaching its own stopping point. A-Zhen, an early engineer, was watching the testnet's list of outstanding items. Today she had to decide which, if any, could still interfere with the public demonstration.
Today: The remaining items were handled one by one until the list reached zero, and the project entered its pre-announcement freeze. Someone wanted to polish a few demonstration details while there was still time. A-Zhen suggested recording the ideas first: after the freeze, every change would need a clear reason, rather than reopening a closed issue on impulse.
Impact and next steps: The team moved from chasing old issues to protecting the version it had settled on. A-Zhen would watch for problems that genuinely needed attention during the demonstration. The optional improvements could wait until the team had separated risks from preferences.