solana-labs/solana v1.6.3

Testnet - v1.6.3

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This is a Testnet release. It is not recommended for Mainnet Beta

Changes

• Write locks on sysvar accounts are automatically lowered to read locks; increases transaction processing batch sizes
• Fixes BPF ELF layout
• solana-validator monitor now displays the max retransmit slot
• RPC: fixes potential for getConfirmedTransaction to return the wrong slot
• RPC: getConfirmedSignaturesForAddress2 now returns confirmed data when specified with the commitment parameter (default finalized)

Updating to solana-program-test v1.6

See https://github.com/solana-labs/solana/wiki/Migrating-Rust-programs-from-v1.5-to-v1.6 for information on how to upgrade a Rust program from v1.5 to v1.6