Release Notes

Release Hash: 46bf19e

Validator Update Required? Y

Fullnode Update Required? Y

Aptos Blockchain

General

• Introduces a new message RoundTimeoutMsg for consensus peers to indicate round timeouts. This change will stop overloading the VoteMsg with timeout information in a future release. [https://github.com//pull/14433]

Performance

• Execution performance improvement via removal of redundant memory copying.

Framework

• Add ability to destroy caps for a managed coin, to stop the ability to mint / burn later #14758

Full Changelog: aptos-cli-v4.2.3...aptos-node-v1.21.0-rc