We're thrilled to announce that the v9.3.0 mainnet upgrade is on the horizon and is set to go live today (January 3, 2024, 09:00 UTC). This significant network upgrade embodies our continuous effort to enhance the Zilliqa network's capabilities and efficiency. The network upgrade will take around 24 hours to implement, starting from 09:00 UTC.

Update Overview:

- Migration to Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- GP008 (active reward control) via the implementation in ZIP-24 (https://github.com/Zilliqa/ZIP/blob/master/zips/zip-24.md)
- CODEHASH now only hashes the contract code, not the initialization parameters
- Errors in EVM->Scilla calls are now reflected in the transaction receipt (documented in https://github.com/Zilliqa/ZIP/blob/master/zips/zip-21.md)
- Support EVM transaction types 0x01 and 0x02
- Implement header hash parameter to improve mining efficiency
- Various performance improvements and bug fixes

For detailed information on this upgrade, please see the official release notes:

Zilliqa v9.3.0: https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/releases/tag/v9.3.0
Scilla v0.13.4: https://github.com/Zilliqa/scilla/releases/tag/v0.13.4

Kindly note the following:

During the network upgrade, transactions will not be processed on the network beginning from 09:00 UTC on January 3, 2024 until the upgrade is completed. Once the upgrade is completed, we will notify everyone.

We appreciate your continuous support and patience.

Regards
Zilliqa team