main change
This release is a major release to re-enable 7 epoch locking period with redelegation support.
It will be enabled at epoch 290, around Sep 26 5:00 AM UTC.
The details of this feature is illustrated in this medium post.
https://medium.com/harmony-one/restore-7-epochs-locking-period-with-redelegation-6b15c47c532c
other changes
Other changes included in this release are:
- Rosetta implementation (stage 3.2)
- rpm/deb package support of node program
- init work of re-architecture on viewchange protocol
- various bug fixes on node binary and state syncing
- expose consensus data via RPC API
- cross-links delay is reduced to ~5 blocks from ~100 blocks.
version
This is a mandatory upgrade of the node program.
The version of node binary: v6348-v2.3.6-0-gaba83d46
package
This is our first dev release with debian and rpm packages.
A short document can be found at https://gist.github.com/LeoHChen/cada1c9a30c1406c80dc9c84e1fd99b6