diff --git a/beacon_chain/nimbus_beacon_node.nim b/beacon_chain/nimbus_beacon_node.nim
index e0bd86ef1..b34358168 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/nimbus_beacon_node.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/nimbus_beacon_node.nim
@@ -1171,8 +1171,6 @@ programMain:
       echo "Wrote ", bootstrapFile
 
   of noCommand:
-    warn "You are running an alpha version of Nimbus - it is not suitable for mainnet!",
-      version = fullVersionStr
     info "Launching beacon node",
           version = fullVersionStr,
           bls_backend = $BLS_BACKEND,
diff --git a/beacon_chain/spec/datatypes.nim b/beacon_chain/spec/datatypes.nim
index 70ccea3c2..0a84db125 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/spec/datatypes.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/spec/datatypes.nim
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ func init*(T: type GraffitiBytes, input: string): GraffitiBytes
 
 func defaultGraffitiBytes*(): GraffitiBytes =
   let graffitiBytes =
-    toBytes("Nimbus/" & fullVersionStr & "-" & versionBlob)
+    toBytes("Nimbus/" & fullVersionStr)
   distinctBase(result)[0 ..< graffitiBytes.len] = graffitiBytes
 
 proc writeValue*(w: var JsonWriter, value: GraffitiBytes)
diff --git a/beacon_chain/version.nim b/beacon_chain/version.nim
index 96145e91d..6c830d5a4 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/version.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/version.nim
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ when not defined(nimscript):
   let copyrights* = "Copyright (c) 2019-" & $(now().utc.year) & " Status Research & Development GmbH"
 
 const
-  versionMajor* = 0
-  versionMinor* = 6
-  versionBuild* = 6
+  versionMajor* = 1
+  versionMinor* = 0
+  versionBuild* = 0
 
-  versionBlob* = "hope" # Single word - ends up in the default graffitti
+  versionBlob* = "rc1" # Single word - ends up in the default graffitti
 
   useInsecureFeatures* = defined(insecure)
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const
   versionAsStr* =
     $versionMajor & "." & $versionMinor & "." & $versionBuild
 
-  fullVersionStr* = "v" & versionAsStr & "-" & gitRevision
+  fullVersionStr* = "v" & versionAsStr & "-" & gitRevision & "-" & versionBlob
 
 func shortNimBanner*(): string =
   const gitPrefix = "git hash: "