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Besu, an LF Decentralized Trust project @besuofficial.bsky.social · 19d

Add --ethstats-report-interval CLI option to control ethstats reporting frequency instead of using hardcoded 5-second interval #9271
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Release 25.10.0 · hyperledger/besu

25.10.0 - Fusaka Testnet Release ImportantThis is an optional update for Mainnet users. This is a recommended update for Holesky, Sepolia and Hoodi users for the upcoming Fusaka hardfork. There wil...

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Besu, an LF Decentralized Trust project @besuofficial.bsky.social · 19d

Highlights
Performance improvements for MOD related opcodes #9188
Add --cache-last-block-headers flag to cache the last n block headers persisted to the blockchain #9223

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Besu, an LF Decentralized Trust project @besuofficial.bsky.social · 19d

Besu 25.10.0 - Release is now available
This is an optional update for Mainnet users. This is a recommended update for Holesky, Sepolia and Hoodi users for the upcoming Fusaka hardfork. There will be another release before the Mainnet Fusaka hardfork.

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Besu, an LF Decentralized Trust project @besuofficial.bsky.social · Sep 24

Full Release Notes:
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Release 25.9.0 · hyperledger/besu

25.9.0 - Fusaka Testnet Release ImportantThis is an optional update for Mainnet users. This is a required update for Holesky, Sepolia and Hoodi users for the upcoming Fusaka hardfork. There is like...

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Besu, an LF Decentralized Trust project @besuofficial.bsky.social · Sep 24

Highlights
- Expose new method to query hardfork by block number in Plugin API
- Support loading multiple transaction selector plugins
- Configurable limit for how much time plugins are allowed to take, to propose transactions, during block creation
- Improve EcRecover precompile performance

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Besu, an LF Decentralized Trust project @besuofficial.bsky.social · Sep 24

Breaking Changes

Remove deprecated option --bonsai-maximum-back-layers-to-load (deprecated since 23.4.0). Use --bonsai-historical-block-limit instead

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Besu, an LF Decentralized Trust project @besuofficial.bsky.social · Sep 24

Fusaka Testnet Fork Schedule:

- Holesky on 2025-10-01 08:48:00
- Sepolia on 2025-10-14 07:36:00
- Hoodi on 2025-10-28 18:53:12

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Besu, an LF Decentralized Trust project @besuofficial.bsky.social · Sep 24

Besu 25.9.0 - Fusaka Testnet Release is now available

This is an optional update for Mainnet users.
This is a required update for Holesky, Sepolia and Hoodi users for the upcoming Fusaka hardfork.

There is likely to be another release before Hoodi and maybe before Sepolia.

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Besu, an LF Decentralized Trust project @besuofficial.bsky.social · Aug 29

Besu 25.8.0 is now available
This is a required update for all users.

Highlights:
Performance updates
- Sync is faster
- Sync uses less memory and CPU
- Block creation is faster
Security updates
- Dependency updates inc fixing CVEs

Full release notes:
github.com/hyperledger/...

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Besu, an LF Decentralized Trust project @besuofficial.bsky.social · Jul 3

* Experimental Bonsai Archive support is now available but remains experimental pending mainnet performance validation.
* Changes in Maven coordinates of Besu artifacts
Full release notes:
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Release 25.7.0 · hyperledger/besu

25.7.0 🚀 Release Highlights Gas limit increased to 45M by default 🚀 Changes in Maven coordinates of Besu artifacts History expiry enabled by default for new SNAP nodes Parallel transaction process...

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Besu, an LF Decentralized Trust project @besuofficial.bsky.social · Jul 3

* Breaking Changes: Cleanup of deprecated code—please review carefully!
* --snapsync-server-enabled has been promoted (but not yet default)

Release 25.7.0 · hyperledger/besu

25.7.0 🚀 Release Highlights Gas limit increased to 45M by default 🚀 Changes in Maven coordinates of Besu artifacts History expiry enabled by default for new SNAP nodes Parallel transaction process...

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Besu, an LF Decentralized Trust project @besuofficial.bsky.social · Jul 3

Besu 25.7.0 is now available
This is an optional update. Please note the breaking changes.
Release Highlights:
* Gas limit increased to 45M by default
* History expiry enabled by default for new SNAP nodes
* Parallel transaction processing enabled by default

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Besu, an LF Decentralized Trust project @besuofficial.bsky.social · May 26

Increase default target-gas-limit to 60M for Holesky and Sepolia
Add support for Pyroscope to Docker image

Please note upcoming breaking changes
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Release 25.5.0 · hyperledger/besu

25.5.0 Breaking Changes Changes to gas estimation algorithm for eth_estimateGas and eth_createAccessList #8478 - if you require the previous behavior, specify --estimate-gas-tolerance-ratio=0.0 U...

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Besu, an LF Decentralized Trust project @besuofficial.bsky.social · May 26

Besu 25.5.0 is now available.

This is an optional update.

Highlights
Changes to gas estimation algorithm for `eth_estimateGas` and `eth_createAccessList`
Add experimental profile for high spec nodes: increases rocksdb cache and enables parallel transaction processing
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Besu, an LF Decentralized Trust project @besuofficial.bsky.social · Apr 29

latest EPF cohort is open for applications! blog.ethereum.org/2025/04/10/e...

EPF project ideas

An enterprise-grade Java-based, Apache 2.0 licensed Ethereum client https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/besu - hyperledger/besu

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Besu, an LF Decentralized Trust project @besuofficial.bsky.social · Apr 16

Highlights:
Add Prague fork time for mainnet
Add support for eth_simulateV1
New metric besu_peers_peer_count_by_client to report the count of peers by client name
Default ExtraData to "besu+version"
Add block import tracer plugin provider
Tune and make configurable the PeerTransactionTracker

Besu, an LF Decentralized Trust project @besuofficial.bsky.social · Apr 16

📣 Besu 25.4.1 (Pectra Mainnet-ready) is now available 📣

This is a mandatory update, you must update your Mainnet node before the activation of Pectra scheduled for epoch 364032 on 07 May 2025 at 10:05:11 AM UTC.

github.com/hyperledger/...
Please note known issues.
Highlights in thread

Release 25.4.1 · hyperledger/besu

ImportantThis is the Pectra Mainnet-ready release. This is a mandatory update, you must update your Mainnet node before the activation of Pectra scheduled for epoch 364032 on 07 May 2025 at 10:05:...

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Besu, an LF Decentralized Trust project @besuofficial.bsky.social · Apr 9

Big news for #ethereum #developers, #network architects, and #blockchain #devop pros, the #besu certified professional exam is here!

Read the article for study tips, free resources, community support — and a 30% discount code (expires April 30).

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Preparing for the Besu Certified Professional Exam: Tips, Resources, and a Discount Code

A guide to getting ready for the Besu certification exam plus a discount code

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Besu, an LF Decentralized Trust project @besuofficial.bsky.social · Mar 26

Our position on the Fusaka hardfork:

hackmd.io/@RoboCopsGon...

end of thread.

Besu Fusaka Position Paper - HackMD

The Besu team is thinking about Ethereum's next upgrade in 4 different ways:

hackmd.io

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Besu, an LF Decentralized Trust project @besuofficial.bsky.social · Mar 18

Highlights include:
Add Hoodi as new named testnet using --network=hoodi
Increase Mainnet and Sepolia gas limit to 36M
Parallel EVM: Improve conflict detection by considering slots to reduce false positives
Add era1 format to blocks import subcommand
Add IBFT1 to QBFT migration capability

Besu, an LF Decentralized Trust project @besuofficial.bsky.social · Mar 18

Besu 25.3.0 is now available
This is a strongly recommended update for all users, including Mainnet.
It contains bug fixes, dependency and security updates.
Please note breaking changes, in particular for Windows users on public Ethereum.
Full release notes github.com/hyperledger/...

Release 25.3.0 · hyperledger/besu

This is a strongly recommended update for all users, including Mainnet. It contains bug fixes, dependency and security updates. Highlights include: Add Hoodi as new named testnet using --network=h...

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Besu, an LF Decentralized Trust project @besuofficial.bsky.social · Mar 4

If you are running a Sepolia node, please update to latest Besu before 5 March 2025 at 17:29 ready for Pectra hardfork.
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This includes a fix for an issue discovered during the Holesky fork. Updated required EL/CL versions for Sepolia:
blog.ethereum.org/2025/02/14/p...