A quick release after the 1.17.6 Ubuntu package failed. Both versions are ready for the Sepolia fork on 6 October; 1.17.7 adds a user-chosen pruning point and several fixes.
SIMD-0596 raises the account lock limit for version 1 transactions by half. It is a Draft, it does not touch legacy or v0 transactions, and the feature key is still blank.
The FCA has published perimeter guidance on which activities need authorisation, thirteen months before the regime bites — and will consult again in October on changes the Government has already made to the law.
Agave 4.3 is the release cycle that carries Votor, the replacement for Proof of History and TowerBFT. We opened SIMD-0326 itself: the thresholds check out, the headline latency figure is not in it, and the proposal is not accepted yet.
