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@aaronbuchwald aaronbuchwald released this 06 May 16:09
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Please note that this change is not backwards compatible with previous releases.

This upgrade applies the Ethereum Berlin upgrade to the C-chain, adds new precompiled contracts to interact with Avalanche Native Tokens (ANTs), and includes various stability improvements.

The changes in the upgrade go into effect at 10 AM EDT, May 5th 2021 on the Fuji testnet and 7 AM EDT, May 10th 2021 on mainnet.

The primary components to this upgrade include:

  • Bump go-ethereum dependency to v1.10.2.
  • Applied the Ethereum Berlin upgrade. Specifically EIP-2565, EIP-2718, EIP-2929, and EIP-2930.
  • Added new stateful pre-compiled smart contracts to the C-chain to support ANT transfers and ARC-20 wrappers around ANTs.