The core developers have tagged a new 2021.07.22.0 Hotspot firmware release which updates the
currently blessed snapshot and contains networking and snapshot improvements. This is an optional
but recommended release for Hotspot owners and manufacturers to continue syncing with newly
blessed snapshots.
Related PRs
blockchain-core#923: Faster state channel server side broadcast with caching
blockchain-core#909: Make snapshot download and load into discrete steps
blockchain-core#889: Update debit_fee to include potential implicit burn storage. Thanks @syuan100!
blockchain-core#798: Fix for loading a snapshot with an aux ledger
libp2p#366: Make faster connected addr lists
libp2p#335: Manage the stungun timer better
hbbft#71: Remove PBC based cryptography
miner#952: Bump core and update snap for 7/22 release
miner#939: Clean up JSON/RPC API for proper use of errors and data types. Thanks @ke6jjj!
miner#929: Upgrade to hbbft version without PBC encryption support
Plan
We have been beta testing 2021.07.22.0 since July 22nd, 2021 12:30 PM PT. Current ETA for GA is
6:00 PM PT, July 22nd, 2021.