The core developers have tagged a new 2021.08.31.1
Hotspot firmware release which contains major
blockchain and libp2p stability and performance updates. This is a mandatory release for all
hotspot manufacturers to continue syncing the blockchain.
Related PRs
miner#1017: Add european router
miner#1010: Parameterize transaction validation width
blockchain-core#975: Explicitly purge duplicated transactions from cache whilst purging mined txns
blockchain-core#972: All around fixes for HIP-28 support
blockchain-core#912: Fix snapshot types and upgrades
blockchain-core#947: Introduce listen_addresses parameter to specify listen IP. Thanks @PaulVMo!
blockchain-core#963: Speedup POC transaction validation
blockchain-core#964: Fix the consensus rewards to take net emissions into account
blockchain-core#967: Make partial snapshot loads very obvious and avoidable
blockchain-core#962: Log for absorb_and_commit height. Thanks @syuan100!
blockchain-core#956: Precalculate densities for HIP-17
blockchain-core#926: Add support for net emissions
blockchain-core#922: HIP-28 consensus reward calculate grace period. Thanks @PaulVMo!
libp2p#377: Don't pay attention to bogon observed IPs
libp2p#378: Continue to monitor IP changes even after NAT type is resolved
libp2p#379: Handle race between resolving static nat and port forward
Plan
We have been beta testing 2021.08.31.1
since Aug 31st, 2021 1:00 PM PST. Current ETA for GA is
11:00 AM PST, Sept 1st, 2021.