Environment and Pre-Requisites

• Operating system: Linux or macOS are recommended. Windows users should run a Linux VM or WSL.

• Baseline chain state: Run your chain locally and note current runtime metadata (e.g., spec_version and impl_version in runtime/src/lib.rs).

• Tooling installed:

  • psvm for Polkadot SDK version management.

  • zepter for Rust workspace cleanups.

  • try-runtime for migration testing.

  • Cargo and Rust (latest stable toolchain).