This release will activate the hardfork named VIP214, which is the part of PoA2.0 consensus upgrade and proposes.
It added a per-epoch VRF-based source of randomness that improves the security of the current leader selection mechanism, making it immune to attacks like corruption attacks or grinding attacks.
All nodes are required to be upgraded ASAP.
The hardfork VIP214 activation time:
- Testnet: at block #10606800 ~ Fri Nov 05 2021 08:00:00 GMT
- Mainnet: at block #10653500 ~ Tue Nov 16 2021 08:00:00 GMT