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@RatanRSur RatanRSur released this 08 Jul 17:51
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21.7.0

Additions and Improvements

This release contains the activation blocks for London across all supported testnets. They are:

  • Ropsten 10_499_401 (24 Jun 2021)
  • Goerli 5_062_605 (30 Jun 2021)
  • Rinkeby 8_897_988 (7 Jul 2021)
  • Mainnet 12_965_000 (4 Aug 2021)
  • eip-1559 changes: accept transactions which have maxFeePerGas below current baseFee #2374
  • Introduced transitions for IBFT2 block rewards #1977
  • Change Ethstats's status from experimental feature to stable. #2405
  • Fixed disabling of native libraries for secp256k1 and altBn128. #2163
  • eth_feeHistory API for wallet providers #2466

Bug Fixes

  • Ibft2 could create invalid RoundChange messages in some circumstances containing duplicate prepares #2449
  • Updated eth_sendRawTransaction to return an error when maxPriorityFeePerGas exceeds maxFeePerGas #2424
  • Fixed NoSuchElementException with EIP1559 transaction receipts when using eth_getTransactionReceipt #2477

Early Access Features

  • QBFT is a Byzantine Fault Tolerant consensus algorithm, building on the capabilities of IBFT and IBFT 2.0. It aims to provide performance improvements in cases of excess round change, and provides interoperability with other EEA compliant clients, such as GoQuorum.
    • Note: QBFT currently only supports new networks. Existing networks using IBFT2.0 cannot migrate to QBFT. This will become available in a future release.
    • Note: QBFT is an early access feature pending community feedback. Please make use of QBFT in new development networks and reach out in case of issues or concerns
  • GoQuorum-compatible privacy. This mode uses Tessera and is interoperable with GoQuorum.
    • Note: GoQuorum-compatible privacy is an early access feature pending community feedback.

Download Link

https://hyperledger.jfrog.io/artifactory/besu-binaries/besu/21.7.0/besu-21.7.0.zip
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