diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5b4d7b1..12799df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,70 +1,72 @@
-name: Release
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      commit_branch:
-        description: The branch or the commit sha to push tag to
-        required: true
-      tag:
-        description: The tag of the release
-        required: true
-      is_latest_release:
-        description: Is this the latest release
-        type: boolean
-        required: true
-permissions: {}
-
-jobs:
-  release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.commit_branch }}
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          fetch-tags: true
-      - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@ce360397dd3f832beb865e1373c09c0e9f86d70a # v4.0.0
-      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@4d04d5d9486b7bd6fa91e7baf45bbb4f8b9deedd # v4.0.0
-      - name: Free disk space
-        run: rm -rf /opt/hostedtoolcache
-      # Docker login
-      - uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121 # v4.1.0
-        with:
-          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PUSH_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Parse version
-        env:
-          TAG: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
-        run: |
-          echo "VERSION=${TAG#v}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      # Build and push docker image
-      - name: Build docker image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@bcafcacb16a39f128d818304e6c9c0c18556b85f # v7.1.0
-        with:
-          context: .
-          target: release
-          push: true
-          provenance: false
-          sbom: false
-          build-args: VERSION=${{ env.VERSION }}
-          tags: |
-            peersyst/exrp:${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
-            ${{ fromJSON('["", "peersyst/exrp:latest"]')[github.event.inputs.is_latest_release == 'true'] }}
-      - name: Publish the Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@b4309332981a82ec1c5618f44dd2e27cc8bfbfda # v3.0.0
-        with:
-          tag_name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
-          prerelease: steps.check-prerelease.outputs.match == 'true'
-          target_commitish: ${{ github.event.inputs.commit_branch }}
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-  goreleaser:
-    needs: [ release ]
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/goreleaser.yml
-    secrets: inherit
-    with:
-      commit_branch: ${{ github.event.inputs.commit_branch }}
+name: Release
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      commit_branch:
+        description: The branch or the commit sha to push tag to
+        required: true
+      tag:
+        description: The tag of the release
+        required: true
+      is_latest_release:
+        description: Is this the latest release
+        type: boolean
+        required: true
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.commit_branch }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
+      - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@ce360397dd3f832beb865e1373c09c0e9f86d70a # v4.0.0
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@4d04d5d9486b7bd6fa91e7baf45bbb4f8b9deedd # v4.0.0
+      - name: Free disk space
+        run: rm -rf /opt/hostedtoolcache
+      # Docker login
+      - uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121 # v4.1.0
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PUSH_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Parse version
+        env:
+          TAG: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
+        run: |
+          echo "VERSION=${TAG#v}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      # Build and push docker image
+      - name: Build docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@bcafcacb16a39f128d818304e6c9c0c18556b85f # v7.1.0
+        with:
+          context: .
+          target: release
+          push: true
+          provenance: false
+          sbom: false
+          build-args: VERSION=${{ env.VERSION }}
+          tags: |
+            peersyst/exrp:${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
+            ${{ fromJSON('["", "peersyst/exrp:latest"]')[github.event.inputs.is_latest_release == 'true'] }}
+      - name: Publish the Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@b4309332981a82ec1c5618f44dd2e27cc8bfbfda # v3.0.0
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
+          # The operator explicitly flags stable releases via is_latest_release.
+          # Anything else is published as a prerelease.
+          prerelease: ${{ github.event.inputs.is_latest_release != 'true' }}
+          target_commitish: ${{ github.event.inputs.commit_branch }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  goreleaser:
+    needs: [ release ]
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/goreleaser.yml
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      commit_branch: ${{ github.event.inputs.commit_branch }}
diff --git a/cmd/exrpd/cmd/config.go b/cmd/exrpd/cmd/config.go
index 2c0e720..5b8b978 100644
--- a/cmd/exrpd/cmd/config.go
+++ b/cmd/exrpd/cmd/config.go
@@ -1,51 +1,55 @@
-package cmd
-
-import (
-	cosmosevmserverconfig "github.com/cosmos/evm/server/config"
-
-	serverconfig "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/config"
-)
-
-// InitAppConfig helps to override default appConfig template and configs.
-// return "", nil if no custom configuration is required for the application.
-func InitAppConfig(denom string, evmChainID uint64) (string, interface{}) {
-	type CustomAppConfig struct {
-		serverconfig.Config
-
-		EVM     cosmosevmserverconfig.EVMConfig
-		JSONRPC cosmosevmserverconfig.JSONRPCConfig
-		TLS     cosmosevmserverconfig.TLSConfig
-	}
-
-	// Optionally allow the chain developer to overwrite the SDK's default
-	// server config.
-	srvCfg := serverconfig.DefaultConfig()
-	// The SDK's default minimum gas price is set to "" (empty value) inside
-	// app.toml. If left empty by validators, the node will halt on startup.
-	// However, the chain developer can set a default app.toml value for their
-	// validators here.
-	//
-	// In summary:
-	// - if you leave srvCfg.MinGasPrices = "", all validators MUST tweak their
-	//   own app.toml config,
-	// - if you set srvCfg.MinGasPrices non-empty, validators CAN tweak their
-	//   own app.toml to override, or use this default value.
-	//
-	// In this example application, we set the min gas prices to 0.
-	srvCfg.MinGasPrices = "0" + denom
-
-	evmCfg := cosmosevmserverconfig.DefaultEVMConfig()
-	evmCfg.EVMChainID = evmChainID
-
-	customAppConfig := CustomAppConfig{
-		Config:  *srvCfg,
-		EVM:     *evmCfg,
-		JSONRPC: *cosmosevmserverconfig.DefaultJSONRPCConfig(),
-		TLS:     *cosmosevmserverconfig.DefaultTLSConfig(),
-	}
-
-	customAppTemplate := serverconfig.DefaultConfigTemplate +
-		cosmosevmserverconfig.DefaultEVMConfigTemplate
-
-	return customAppTemplate, customAppConfig
-}
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	cosmosevmserverconfig "github.com/cosmos/evm/server/config"
+
+	serverconfig "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/config"
+)
+
+// InitAppConfig helps to override default appConfig template and configs.
+// return "", nil if no custom configuration is required for the application.
+func InitAppConfig(denom string, evmChainID uint64) (string, interface{}) {
+	type CustomAppConfig struct {
+		serverconfig.Config
+
+		EVM     cosmosevmserverconfig.EVMConfig
+		JSONRPC cosmosevmserverconfig.JSONRPCConfig
+		TLS     cosmosevmserverconfig.TLSConfig
+	}
+
+	// Optionally allow the chain developer to overwrite the SDK's default
+	// server config.
+	srvCfg := serverconfig.DefaultConfig()
+	// The SDK's default minimum gas price is set to "" (empty value) inside
+	// app.toml. If left empty by validators, the node will halt on startup.
+	// However, the chain developer can set a default app.toml value for their
+	// validators here.
+	//
+	// In summary:
+	// - if you leave srvCfg.MinGasPrices = "", all validators MUST tweak their
+	//   own app.toml config,
+	// - if you set srvCfg.MinGasPrices non-empty, validators CAN tweak their
+	//   own app.toml to override, or use this default value.
+	//
+	// Security note: the default below is 0 (free transactions). This favors
+	// low-friction onboarding but means there is no economic spam deterrent
+	// unless individual validators raise MinGasPrices in their app.toml.
+	// This is a deliberate policy choice; operators that care about spam
+	// protection should set a positive minimum in app.toml at deployment.
+	srvCfg.MinGasPrices = "0" + denom
+
+	evmCfg := cosmosevmserverconfig.DefaultEVMConfig()
+	evmCfg.EVMChainID = evmChainID
+
+	customAppConfig := CustomAppConfig{
+		Config:  *srvCfg,
+		EVM:     *evmCfg,
+		JSONRPC: *cosmosevmserverconfig.DefaultJSONRPCConfig(),
+		TLS:     *cosmosevmserverconfig.DefaultTLSConfig(),
+	}
+
+	customAppTemplate := serverconfig.DefaultConfigTemplate +
+		cosmosevmserverconfig.DefaultEVMConfigTemplate
+
+	return customAppTemplate, customAppConfig
+}