Author: Shenchao TechFlow
On October 19, 2026, Web3 credentials and identity network Galxe officially announced that, with the Gravity Alpha mainnet entering its orderly shutdown and decommissioning process, the platform’s majority of core credentials and cross-chain settlement services have been fully migrated to the native Gravity Layer 1 (L1) network. Given that the smart contract unstaking and fund withdrawal mechanisms include a built-in 7-day unstaking waiting period, on-chain users holding G token staking shares and Smart Savings balances must complete manual redemption before the deadline of October 26, 2026, 11:00 (UTC+8). Failure to act by this deadline will result in the permanent deactivation of the legacy staking interface, and unclaimed funds may be subject to severe restrictions, including asset lock-up or irreversible inability to withdraw.
Mainnet migration and transition nodes under the Gravity architecture generational upgrade
As the largest credential data and user activity network in the Web3 space, Galxe has progressively restructured its underlying blockchain infrastructure over the past year. The previously launched Gravity Alpha mainnet served as an experimental environment for early exploration and high-throughput settlement, validating the engineering feasibility of cross-chain intent settlement and zero-knowledge credential verification. With the fully independent Gravity Layer 1 native mainnet now operating stably, the platform has largely completed its migration of key modules—including decentralized identity credentials, multi-chain cross-chain relaying, and smart execution.
In the context of infrastructure undergoing intergenerational advancement, the retirement of legacy runtime environments has become an inevitable step in technological evolution. The phased shutdown of the Gravity Alpha historical mainnet means that staking contracts, yield aggregation pools, and underlying interaction routing built on this test environment will no longer receive official client support. To ensure a smooth transition of assets from legacy contracts to the new Layer 1 ecosystem, the official team has established a defined shutdown window to finalize the historical state of the old system.
Seven-day unbinding lock-up period forces immediate liquidity response for withdrawal requests
The primary factor creating the most direct time pressure on user assets in this official announcement is the freeze waiting mechanism embedded in the original staking smart contract for the G token.
Under the existing staking design, after a user initiates a staking unbonding request, the on-chain contract requires a full 7-day lock-up and security buffer period before executing the final withdrawal. The official system shutdown deadline is set for October 26, 2026, at 11:00 (UTC+8). Counting from the moment the announcement was issued on October 19, exactly 7 days remain until the final shutdown point. This means any user who has not yet initiated an unbonding request must submit the unbonding instruction immediately on the day of the announcement—any delay will cause the 7-day waiting period to extend past the October 26 cutoff. At that point, the G token staking interface and contract endpoints will be permanently disabled, and users who fail to redeem their assets on time will face extremely complex and costly procedures for recovery or direct contract interaction.
Smart Savings Non-reversible Lock-up and On-chain Asset Redemption Guide
In addition to regular staking shares, the Smart Savings module operating on the legacy environment also faces stringent time-sensitive constraints.
According to official rules, if smart savings users fail to complete manual fund withdrawal or self-migration by the October 26 deadline, their remaining shares in the smart savings pool will be automatically consolidated and transferred by the system into the platform’s “Smart Balance.” It is critical to note that the Smart Balance is an application-only account within the Galxe system, intended solely for in-ecosystem spending and network fee offsets. Once funds are forcibly converted, they cannot be reversed or withdrawn back to an external wallet on-chain. This rigid rule exposes unactioned holdings to the direct risk of permanent loss of fiat and on-chain liquidity.
For users holding relevant shares, the immediate priority is to log in to the Galxe official interactive dashboard to verify unbound G shares and smart savings balances under the Gravity Alpha environment. Stakers must immediately submit a bond release request to initiate the countdown, and execute withdrawal within the time window before shutdown, which opens after 7 days. Savers must complete manual redemption or migration to the mainnet before the deadline to prevent their assets from becoming locked in a one-way transfer state.