Niigata Major ReleaseSOFTWARE UPGRADE IS COMPULSORY! https://github.com/sumoprojects/sumokoin/releases/tag/v0.8.0.0OverviewThis is the major release of the Sumokoin software v0.8.0.0, code name after Niigata (which is the capital and the most populous city of Niigata Prefecture located in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the largest city on the west coast of Honshu).
NOTICE: There are 2 consecutive hardforks enclosed in this release:
Hardfork v10: at block# 502257 to allow both MLSAG and CLSAG (expected to happen on Jan 15, 2021)
Hardfork v11: at block# 502617 to prohibit MLSAG, allow CLSAG only (expected to happen 1 day after hardfork v10)
The hardforks should happen automatically with no manual intervention needed (as long as your node is updated with the latest release).
Some highlights of this release are:Support for CLSAG (compact signature scheme) transaction format
Deterministic unlock times
Serialization format improvement
ASM wallet optimization (faster wallet scanning)
QR code generation on cli wallet
Dandelion ++ patches and improvements
P2P general optimizations and strengthening against Sybil attacks
Improved node banning scheme (permanent bans, auto ban, save and import list of banned ips)
Patches and improvement on bootstrapping
Many bug and security fixes/patches