Zilliqa mainnet will undergo a scheduled upgrade with the release of v0.21.0, introducing improvements to performance, security, and validator infrastructure.

Key upgrades:
• State pruning for better storage efficiency
• RANDAO support for improved randomness in consensus
• Deposit contract upgrade (deposit_v8)
• Flexible checkpoint versioning for smoother recovery and upgrades

Upgrade timeline (mainnet):
• Deposit_v8 activation - Block 25,902,000 (~May 5, 08:37 UTC)
• RANDAO activation - Block 25,905,600 (~May 5, 09:49 UTC)

Validators and node operators have already been notified and have upgraded ahead of these block heights. If any validator has not upgraded yet, please do so at earliest.

Community: No action is required. Funds remain SAFU.

More details: https://github.com/Zilliqa/zq2/releases/tag/v0.21.0