• Algorand isn't yet mainnet, so disable the governor for Algorand when running in mainnet mode.

New Features

• The chain governor is now available for guardians to enable on mainnet. Further details on the design and implementation here.

New Chains

• NEAR has been added to testnet 🎂
• Pythnet has been added to testnet 🥳
• Read only chains added to testnet & mainnet:
  • moonbeam
  • arbitrum
  • optimism
  • gnosis

Misc

• Modular relayer (#1266)
• Lots of algorand updates
• Add Kudelski Security Audit Report (#1336)

This release adds an official docker image for development or for running a guardian spy.

Bugfix

This release is to address a nil pointer deref found by the guardians - #1300

Mainnet Releases

Chains promoted from testnet to mainnet

• Acala
• Terra 2

Testnet Releases

Newly added chains added to testnet

• Neon

New Mainnet Chains

These chains have graduated from running in testnet to mainnet.

• Celo 🥳
• Klaytn 🎉

Bugfixes

• Fixed a rare but nasty crasher that can cause sadness - #1151

Improvements

• Added karura mainnet relayer to the bridge_ui - #1154
• Added the guardian set index to the redeem tab on bridge_ui - #1149
• Added Fantom and Aurora to the message search selection in the explorer - #1156

New Testnet Chains

• Moonbeam from Polkadot - #1150

Bugfixes

• Spy relayer fixes - #1095
• Fix gas for nft minting on Acala / Karura - #1104
• Fix terra tests and add them to the ci - #1046

New Features

• Refreshed and much prettier stats page including historical stats - #1079, #1128

Mainnet

Recently promoted to mainnet and will be available for users soon

• Karura - #1108, #1141, #1142

Testnet

Recently added to testnet and are being evaluated for mainnet

• Celo - #1051, #1135, #1139
• Klaytn - #1038, #1135, #1139
• Algorand - #1139, #1130, #1131, #1132, #1134, #1143

Improvements

• Allow specifying the timestamp in governance inject #1094

Bugfixes

• Stats page null data fix
• Fix a public rpc server handler bug - #1069
• Restart watcher if Guardian Set update fails - #1010

Improvements

• Explorer updates to add Fantom
• Promote Aurora to mainnet - #947, #1063 💪
• bridge_ui: show terra estimated fees in UST
• performance improvements for the cloud functions and explorer #1019, #1020
• Updates to the spy relayer and add support for the Acala relayer to the bridge_ui - #1015, #1043
• Developer improvements
  • Framework for testing terra contracts #1050
  • Automation to verify and deploy contracts - #836
  • Great start on unit tests for the guardian node (shoutout to @claudijd)
• New blockchains supported in testnet:
  • Klaytn - #1038 🎉
  • Karura & Acala - #937 🥳