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Helium Wallet v1.5.0 and Helium Hotspot v4.3.0
Hotspot Release: Preparations for Off-Chain Proof-of-Coverage
Network Disruption Postmortem: 2022-11-16
Hotspot Firmware Release: Updating Frequency Plan and Region Change Logic
Network Disruption Postmortem: 2022-10-26
Helium Wallet v1.4.1
Miner Release: Add exponential back-off
Network Disruption Postmortem: 2022-10-19
Helium Wallet v1.4.0
Helium Wallet v1.3.0
Miner Release: Disable Peer-to-Peer and Other Improvements
Network Disruption Postmortem: 2022-08-08
Helium Wallet v1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2
Network Reliability is King
Console Updates- v2.2.20
Miner Release: Improvements to Packet Transfer
Console Updates- v2.2.17
Hotspot Firmware Release: Enable Mux and Disable Chain Sync
Console Updates- v2.2.13
Miner Release: Turning off Chain Sync and Enabling MUX
Network Disruption Postmortem: 2022-07-11
Console Updates- v2.2.12
Helium Wallet v1.1
Console Updates- v2.2.11
Miner Release: Flatline Fix and Prepare to Disable Chain Sync
Console Updates- v2.2.10
Miner Release: Emergency Fix for Genesis Load Crash and Disable Mux
Miner Release: Additional PoC Improvements and Enabling Mux
Miner Release: Fix HTTP2 Client and Chain Var support for PoC
Console Updates- v2.2.9
Miner Release: Improve Proof-of-Coverage Retries
App Version 4.1.0
Miner Release: Hotspot Reconnection Logic
Miner Release: Add Retry Delay for PoC Receipts
App Version 4.0.2
Miner Release: Fixes for Snapshot Loading
Miner Release: Additional Fixes for Light Hotspots
Console Updates- v2.2.8
Light Hotspot Impact on Validator Traffic
Miner Release: Updated Golden Build for Light Hotspot Activation
Console Updates- v2.2.7
Miner Release: Golden Build for Light Hotspot Activation
Hotspot Firmware Release: Operational Improvements
Console Updates- v2.2.6
Hotspot Firmware Release: RAK to manage RAK/MNTD Hotspots
App Version 4.0.1
Hotspot Firmware Release: Revert Rust Gateway
App Version 4.0.0
Hotspot Firmware Release: Improve ECC Slot Handling and re-enable Gateway-rs Packet Forwarding
PoC Rate Adjustments until HIP 55 / Validator Challenges
Miner Release: Embedded Gateway Stability and Configuration Improvements
Console Updates- v2.2.5
Hotspot Firmware Release: Improve Storage Reclamation
Console Updates- v2.2.4
Blockchain Release: Blockchain Sync and Snapshot Improvements
App Version 3.11.0
Blockchain Release: Blockchain Sync and Snapshot Improvements
Console Updates- v2.2.3
Blockchain Release: Sync Improvements and Mandatory Core Upgrade
Hotspot Firmware Release: Improve OTA Targeting
Network Disruption Postmortem: 2022-02-07
Console Updates- v2.2.2
Hotspot Firmware Release: Allow RAK Support for RAK/MNTD Hotspots
Hotspot Firmware Release: Operational Improvements
App Version 3.10.0
Hotspot Firmware Release: Operational Fixes for RAK/MNTD and Helium Hotspots
Console Updates- v2.2.1.5
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Loading Improvements
Blockchain Release: Denylist Support and Performance Improvements
Console Updates- v2.2.1
Helium Hotspot Firmware Release: Containerize Miner
App Version 3.9.0
Console Updates- v2.2.0
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Fixes
Blockchain Release: Libp2p and Hotspot Sync Fixes
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Loading and Storage Improvements
App Version 3.8.6
Console Updates- v2.1.9
Console Updates- v2.1.8
Helium Hotspot Firmware Release: Packet Forwarder Config Update
Blockchain Release: Latest snapshot load fix for interrupted snapshot loading
Console Updates- ver. 2.1.7
Blockchain Release: Libp2p Fix for Relayed Hotspots
App Version 3.8.5
Blockchain Release: DNS and Seednode Fixes
App Version 3.8.4
Network Disruption Postmortem: Week of 2021-11-15
Blockchain Release: Snapshot and RocksDB Improvements
Blockchain Release: Emergency releases for sync
Blockchain Release: Emergency releases for sync and snapshot improvements
Blockchain Release: Sync and Snapshot Improvements
App Version 3.8.3
Blockchain Release: Resuming Block Production and Gossip
Console Updates- ver. 2.1.6
Blockchain Release: Critical libp2p Fixes
Blockchain Release: POC V11 Preparations
App Version 3.8.0/3.8.1
Miner Release: Minor Usability Improvements
Console Updates- ver. 2.1.5
Blockchain Release: Gossip v2 Support and Chain Variable Fixes
Console Post Mortem (10/27 Connectivity Issues)
Miner Release: Emergency release for dropped packets
App Version 3.7.1
Blockchain Release: Auto Snapshots and Bug Fixes
App Version 3.7.0
Console Updates- ver. 2.1.4
Blockchain Release: Minor Updates and New Snapshot
App Post Mortem (Oct 17 Outage)
Blockchain Release: Block Gossip, State Channels and PoC-v11 Fixes
Console Updates- ver. 2.1.3
App Version 3.6.0
Blockchain Release: Performance Fixes
Blockchain Release: Networking, PoCv11, and Transaction Bug Fixes
Console Updates- ver. 2.1.2
Blockchain Release: Blockchain Sync Improvements
Major Blockchain Release: PoCv11 Support, Snapshot Updates, Performance Improvements
Console Updates- ver. 2.1.1
App Version 3.5.0
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Update
Blockchain Release: Stability and Performance Updates
Console Updates- ver. 2.0.1
Blockchain Emergency Release: Snapshot Fixes
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Fixes
App Version 3.4.6 / 3.4.7
Blockchain Release: Minor Updates
App Version 3.4.5
Blockchain Release: Seed Node DNS and Snapshot Update
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Update and state channel fixes
App Version 3.4.4
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Update
Blockchain Release: Networking and Snapshot Improvements
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Update
Console Updates- ver. 2.0
App Version 3.4.3
Blockchain Release: Network and Snapshot Improvements
App Version 3.4.2
Blockchain Release: New Snapshot and Follow Mode
Console 2.0 Upcoming Release
App Version 3.4.1
Console Updates- ver. 1.9.55
Blockchain Release: More Snapshot Fixes
App Version 3.4.0
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Fixes
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Performance Update
Blockchain Release: Gossip Updates
Blockchain Release: New snapshot
Console Updates- ver. 1.9.54
Blockchain Release: Networking Improvements
App Version 3.3.2
Blockchain Release: Maintenance Update
Chain Halt Postmortem
Blockchain Release: Validator Support and State Channel Updates
Blockchain Release: Blessed Snapshot Update
App Version 3.3.1
Blockchain Release: Network Improvements
Console Updates- ver. 1.9.53
App Version 3.3.0
Blockchain Release: Bug Fixes and Snapshot Update
Blockchain Release: Minor Updates and Snapshot
Blockchain Release: New Blessed Snapshot
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Fixes and Implicit Burn Support
Console Updates- ver. 1.9.52
App Version 3.2.2 and 3.2.3
Blockchain Release: Adjusting Validation Timeouts
Blockchain Release: Chain Halt Postmortem
Major Blockchain Release: Validator Support
Blockchain Release: New snapshot and timeout fixes
Blockchain Release: Snapshots over S3
Console Updates- Downlink MAC Info, and Discovery Mode for Hotspots
Blockchain Release: Snapshot and libp2p updates
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Update and Low Space Fix
Blockchain Release: Fixing OOM and Sync
App Version 3.2.0
Blockchain Release: OoM Amelioration
Blockchain Release: Light Gateway and Discovery Mode Support
App Version 3.1.3
Post Mortem: 2021-05-05 Long Election
Console Updates- Google Sheets and other Integration Updates
Blockchain Release: HIP 29 and HIP 30 support
App Version 3.1.1
Blockchain Release: Feature Updates & Bug Fixes
Console Updates- Event Log and Downlink Improvements
App Version 3.1.0
OTA Certificate Update
April Maker Update & A New Process
More Memory Fixes and a Snapshot Update
Minor Blockchain Release: libp2p Fixes and Snapshot Update
Minor Blockchain Release: Fix Snapshots
API Outage Retrospective
Emergency Miner Release
Blockchain Release: Assert v2, Performance, and Snapshot Update
Console Updates- Backend fixes, Debug mode, and Event updates
Minor Blockchain Release: Performance and Snapshot Update
Blockchain Release: Rewards v2
App Version 3.0.3
Minor Blockchain Release: Country Additions and Snapshot Update
Maker Progress Update
Console Updates- Events, Australia, and Tago.IO integration
Minor Blockchain Release: Address Hash Adjustment and Snapshot Bump
RAK Firmware Issue (March 2021)
App Version 3.0.2
Hotspot Firmware and Reliability Fixes
Console Updates- Open Source, Asia, and Datacake integration
Blockchain Update: Proof of Coverage Update
Blockchain Release: Performance and Maintenance Update
App Version 3.0.1
Blockchain Release: Minor Region Updates, Erlang Upgrade, and Snapshot Update
App Version 3.0.0
Blockchain Release: Seed IPs and Snapshot Update
Blockchain Release: Snapshot Update
Console Updates- Ubidots, China support, and ux enhancements
Maker Progress Update
Blockchain Release: Maintenance Update
Blockchain Release: Maintenance Update
Blockchain Release: Minor Reliability and CLI Fixes
Blockchain Release: NAT Fixes
Console Updates- Flows (Beta), Notification Webhooks
Blockchain Release: Stability Release - Required Upgrade
Hotspot Firmware Power Updates
Auditing Makers for the Decentralized Wireless Alliance
App Version 2.9.0
Console Updates- ADR (Beta), APIs, More Notifications
Emergency Release - RAK Hardware Detection
Blockchain Release: Minor Updates
Console Updates- Notifications, and additional packet purchases
Hotspot Firmware Updates: Hardware Support and Blockchain Improvements
Chain Variable Update: Increase PoC Target Challenge Age
Blockchain Release: Minor Updates
Blockchain Maintenance Release
Chain Variable Update: Max Witnesses
Blockchain Release: HIP 17 Additional Bugfixes
App Version 2.8.0
Blockchain Release: HIP 17 Bugfixes
Console Updates- Initial backend components released as open source
Blockchain Release: HIP 17
Helium API Update: Removing the Score
Blockchain Chain Variable Update: Reducing PoC Transaction Rate
Console Updates- Adafruit IO Integration
Blockchain Maintenance Release
App Version 2.7.0
Blockchain Release: Feature Updates
Console Updates- Manager role, open source Cargo
Blockchain Release: RAK Hotspot Miner OTA Fix
App Version 2.6.1
RAK Hotspot Miner: Firmware Update Issues
Emergency Release: Additional RAK Hotspot Fix
Emergency Release: RAK Hotspot Fix
Console Updates- Second rx window, custom JSON messages
Blockchain Fixes and Chain Halt Postmortem
Blockchain Maintenance Release
App Version 2.5.0
Console Updates- Enhancements for large deployments
Blockchain DataCredit Reward and JoinAccept Fixes
Blockchain State Channel Overpayment Fix Release
Spreading factor changes and how they may affect Proof of Coverage
Console Updates- MQTT Integration overhaul, UI enhancements
Blockchain Housekeeping Release
Blockchain PoC v10
Console Updates- Debug Pane, pause transfer, and internal monitoring
Blockchain PoC v9 Postmortem
Downgrade PoC to v8
Blockchain Emergency Release
Major Blockchain Release - Multisig and POC V9
Minor Release for Block Interval Fixes
Console Post Mortem
Console Updates- Manual Downlink and Fixes
State channel performance improvements
Minor release for State Channel fixes
Console Updates- Burn HNT to Data Credits
App Version 2.2.0
Validation Budgets and Stablization Window
HIP-10 Implementation Release
Further state channel improvements
Stabilization Firmware Release
Blockchain Memory Usage and State Channel Improvements
App Version 2.1.3
Blockchain State Channel Optimizations
Bugfix Release for Snapshot OOMs and State Channel Lifecycle Issues
Bugfix Release for State Channel Causality Issues
Console Updates- Data Credits prep and multi-device import
App Version 2.1.1
Console Post Mortem
Bugfix Release for Hotspots Dropping Packets
Prevent Dropped Downlink Packets
App Version 2.1.0
Console Data Credits via HNT
Forget WiFi Networks
State Channels v2
SNR and frequency witness data
App Version 2.0.1
Console Data Credit Purchase and TTN Device Import
App Version 2.0.0
WiFi States
Docker Run Supports Region Change
Blessed Snapshot
New Chain Variable Activation
Console Import and Data Credits
App Version 1.9.0
New Chain Variable Release
Sync Issues Remediation
Downlink Packet Timing
Retune Hotspot Cache
Consensus Group Stall Fixes and Landing Transaction Fees
New Gateway Cache
Price Oracle Math
Console Network Server and Infrastructure Improvements
Price Oracle Math
App Version 1.8.0
Initial Support for EU868 Region and snapshot syncing fix
Price Oracles Initial Release
Ledger Snapshots Cleanup Release
The Introduction of HNT Price Oracles
Ledger Snapshots
2020-05-18 Incident Postmortem
Chain Variable Reversion
Chain Variable Changes
Communications Compression for Hotspots
App Version 1.7.0
Cleanup Work for On-Chain Routing Work
Console Stronger Authentication
Initial Work for On-Chain Packet Routing
Console Functions and HTTP Downlink
Reducing Redundant Block Gossip and Removing Unnecessary Bottlenecks
Docker Images
LoRaWAN Network Upgrade: Impact & Mitigation
helium-wallet 1.2.2
HBBFT Speed and Correctness Improvements
Emergency Release to Alleviate PoC Receipt Collapse
HBBFT Signature Phase Fixes
App Version 1.6.1
Chain Variable 21
Console Debug mode
Transaction Throughput Fix
helium-wallet 1.2.0
Forget Wi-Fi Networks
Console AWS IoT Downlink and upcoming Debug mode
API Route Changes
Support Multiple Default Routers
Console Backend phase 2 and UI Updates
Handle block and ledger height mismatch
Block Gossip and Sync Strategy Adjustment
Console Backend and Integration Updates
Fix Validating HTLC Redeem Transactions
Presence Voting and PoC Bug Fix
Rework Transaction Manager
App Version 1.6.0
Command Line Interface for Console
Multi-payment Transactions
Consensus Group Crash Loops and Block Sync Fixes
Chain Variable 18
libp2p ARP Adjustment
PoC v8
Enabling Beta Support for LoRaWAN
Upcoming Changes to Block Time Targets
Emergency Out of Memory Patch Release
Fix for Too Few Challenges
Block production speed improvements
OOM Abatement
Hierarchical Targeting Images and Chain Variables
Emergency Patch for Assertion Transactions
PoC Rate Reduction
RocksDB Atomic Flush and Double Block Validation Avoidance release
Throttle libp2p ARP
POC V6
libp2p ARP
Emergency Firmware Fix
Blockchain H3 Crash Hotfix
PoC V5 Chain Var Update
Api Outage
PoC v5
Performance Enhancement Beta
POC V4
PoC v4 Performance Improvements OTA
Ledger at Performance Improvements OTA
Latest OTA Knocking Hotspots Offline
Force Consensus Update to Make Blocks
Weekend Updates to Fix Block Time Issues
Proof of Coverage v4 Beta Deploy
Linux Kernel Beta Deploy
Chain Variable Deployment
Incident Report and Emergency OTA
Sidecar Beta Deploy
Emergency Firmware Fix
Blockchain API Update
GA Deploy of 2019-11-03.0
Beta Deploy
Android 1.4.6.1 Update
iOS and Android App Release Notes to Date (1.0 to 1.4.6)
Blockchain Beta Deploy
Beta Deploy
Beta Deploy 2
Blockchain Beta Deploy
Blockchain Beta Deploy
Wallet Status Update
Blockchain Beta Deploy
Blockchain Beta Deploy
Incident Report - Oct 10 - 17, 2019
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