Note that v1.8.0 has a hardfork, which will be activated at block height 17,662,681 (ETA is 05/30/2022 around 11pm UTC) on IoTeX mainnet.
- Added chain ID into transaction for enhanced transaction security (#3188)
- Supported staking transactions via web3 protocol (#3209)
- Improved p2p connection robustness (#3371)
- Multiple API improvements (#3073, #3174, #3205, #3217)
- Introduced chainservice builder to better manage service start-up and shut-down (#3235,#3364)