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RELEASE_VERSION: 2.3.0
PROTOCOL_UPGRADE: TRUE
DATABASE_UPGRADE: FALSE
SECURITY_UPGRADE: FALSE

Protocol Changes

Sets chunk_validator_only_kickout_threshold to 70. Uses this kickout threshold as a cutoff threshold for contribution of endorsement ratio in rewards calculation: if endorsement ratio is above 70%, the contribution of endorsement ratio in average uptime calculation is 100%, otherwise it is 0%. Endorsements received are now included in BlockHeader to improve kickout and reward calculation for chunk validators.
Changes the way receipts are stored in the state for the purpose of correct gas and size calculations in congestion control
Storage compute costs for function calls are lowered (read_base, has_key, read_value, touching_trie_node) and a new large_read_overhead is introduced for reads of values over 4k. See #11925 and #12044

Non-protocol Changes

RPC: started using non 200 HTTP codes for some errors, see the details here
Added documentation and a reference script to recover the data lost in archival nodes at the beginning of 2024.
Archival nodes only: Stop saving partial chunks to PartialChunks column in the Cold DB. Instead, archival nodes will reconstruct partial chunks from the Chunks column.

Voting for protocol version 72 will start on Tuesday 2024-11-05 10:00 UTC