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Blockchain Release: Networking, PoCv11, and Transaction Bug Fixes

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Abhay Kumar
Abhay Kumar

The core developers have tagged a new 2021.09.26.0 Hotspot firmware release which primarily includes networking, PoCv11 and transaction manager bug fixes. It also includes a new core developer blessed snapshot at height 1024971 while we wait for the validator pool to update to version 1.3.3.

This is a required release for all Hotspot manufacturers as it contains bug fixes for (currently inactive) PoCv11 code.

Networking Improvements​

A crash bug in the logic for deciding when to use a relay address has been fixed. This may help hotspots in certain configurations establish more stable networking.

Transaction Protocol v2​

This release introduces an update to the transaction protocol that takes into account what height the consensus member rejected a transaction at. This is intended to help with cases of a transaction that is marked as rejected and then clears, especially for wallet transactions.

PoCv11 Bug Fixes​

We've identified a few bugfixes to PoCv11 code. As this code is inactive, it shouldn't have any impact on running Hotspots but are required for the impending release of PoCv11.

Plan​

We have been beta testing 2021.09.26.0 and prior release candidates since since Sept 24, 2021 7:00 PM PT. Current ETA for GA is 4:00 PM PT, Sept 26, 2021.