In this release

This release brings Deterministic Finality feature and P-256 EC signature verification to Mainnet. The node now requires Java 17 to run. For more information, see the Release Notes.

Activation

Please vote for feature #​25 on Mainnet! The current voting window started at height 5180000. If the features are voted during this voting interval, activation will happen at height 5200000 (2026-04-28 03:16 UTC). Feature #25 has been activated on Testnet.

Refer to the instructions on how to commit to block generation.

Update notes

This release requires Java 17 (or later) to run. Due to incompatibilities with version 1.6.1, Testnet will be rolled back to block 4044000. Testnet data snapshot will be available form blockchain-testnet.wavesnodes.com later today. To avoid confusion, please ensure you're downloading the state for version 1.6.2.

There's no need to rebuild the state when updating from 1.5.12.