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Blockchain Release: Maintenance Update

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The team has a new minor release tagged 2021.02.10.4 which contains regular maintenance updates. Please read further for more details.

miner#624: Use packet_rssi function to use RSSIS is available

This should improve the accuracy of signal strength readings on Helium Hotspot v1.1 and RAK Hotspot Miners, especially when devices are far away from the Hotspot.

miner#623: Add audit#54, update staking keys for Nebra

The team published chain var #54 which enables Nebra manufactured hotspots to be onboarded on the network.

miner#610: Onboarding improvements to CLI and internal miner key management

A community member (@ke6jj on github, thanks!) enhanced onboarding miner CLI allowing a user to obtain the miner's manufacturing and maker details from the new Decentralized Wireless Alliance server.

miner#599: Add RU864 frequency

A community member (@shawaj on github, thanks!) added support for RU864 frequency to miner config.

Plan

We have been beta testing 2021.02.10.4 since February 9th, 2021 5:00 PM PT. Current ETA for GA is 2:00 PM PT, February 11th, 2021.