Mandatory update for every node (pools, exchanges, solo miners) before the H17 gate:
DAA 153,085,000 — Saturday 14/11, ~15:00 UTC.
No miner update needed: miners keep their current 0.6.x release.
Consensus
- H17 — holder reward: the bracket of an address that resumes production now follows its recent production.
- Run the coin-age self-check off the virtual thread — the periodic check no longer stalls block templates.
P2P
- Once H17 is active, peers older than 1.6.8 are rejected.
Credits
Thanks to King Teemo for tracking down the template stalls caused by the coin-age self-check and reporting them in detail. That report led straight to the fix in this release.