This is a maintenance release that includes implementations of the Fusaka EIPs, along with several new features, optimizations, and bug fixes. Upgrading to this version is optional, but feedback from those who do is greatly appreciated.

Fusaka:

• Implement EIP-7825 - Transaction Gas Limit Cap. (#31824,#32230)
• Implement EIP-7934 - RLP Execution Block Size Limit. (#31990)
• Implement EIP-7939 - CLZ opcode. (#31989,#32172)
• Implement EIP-7918 - Blob base fee bounded by execution cost. (#31965)
• Implement EIP-7951 - Precompile for secp256r1 Curve Support. (#31991)
• Implement EIP-7892 - Blob Parameter Only Hardforks. (#32193)
• Implement EIP-7883 - ModExp Gas Cost Increase. (#32231)
• Add Block-level accessList structure. (#31948)
• Limit the max blobs in blob transaction. (#32246)

Core:

• Reduce the memory allocation in trie hash function. (#31902)
• Improve the background sync mechanism of the freezer. (#32135)
• Introduce file-based state journal. (#32060)
• Fix the dropping oversized transaction announcements. (#32210)
• Fix the condition that disables direct ancient sync mode. (#32188)
• Add an interface for the jump destination analysis cache. (#32143)
• Fix incorrect address length in historical state reader. (#32248)
• Fix a dead lock in state history indexer. (#32260)
• Expose SigHash of SetCodeAuthorization for customized signing. (#32298)

RPC:

• Reject eth_getLogs requests that include both block hash and block range. (#31877)
• Fix block overrides in debug_traceCall. (#32183)
• Introduce debug_sync to perform a trusted full chain sync. (#32177,#32149)

Others:

• Add automatic package aliasing in rlp code generator. (#31148)
• Add the metrics for tracking snap sync duration. (#32258)
• Update checkpoints for blsync and filtermaps. (#32336)
• Add test suite for ENRRequest. (#32303)

For a full rundown of the changes please consult the Geth 1.16.2 release milestone.

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As with all our previous releases, you can find the:

• Pre-built binaries for all platforms on our downloads page.
• Docker images published under ethereum/client-go.
• Ubuntu packages in our Launchpad PPA repository.
• OSX packages in our Homebrew Tap repository.