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Bamboo Release v0.4.4 Is Here

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Bamboo Release v0.4.4 Is Here

RSK Bamboo v0.4.4 is now available in our Github repo. This release is mainly focused on performance improvements, reducing block processing and blockchain synchronization times.

This is a summary of the changes included in this version:

  • Bridge performance improvements (#585)
  • Added onBestBlock event (#587)
  • Remove tx execution on tx pool addition (#596)
  • Consider networkId parameter in peer discovery process (#601)

You can find a complete list of the changes introduced in the corresponding Github milestone.

Version 0.4.4 release’s sha256 sum is fc2c73a23bbd20e82d569acf618c24abeaba6106c179a91fa0a0bcee88a15050 rskj-core-0.4.4-BAMBOO-all.jar. See Reproducible Build guide for further details.

We’re available for questions and feedback in our Gitter community, or you can share your feedback directly through creating issues in our Github repository.

For those of you who are new to RSK, you may want to check our Starting with RSK guide and Smart Contracts quick start tutorial and find out how to start working on the platform.

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