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+The much awaited V8 iteration of Scala. This release has the following changes:
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+* Diardi V2: Allowing elected members of the community to participate in consensus and help protect the network
+    * Separate [proof-of-work](https://github.com/scala-network/felidae) for Diardi miners
+* Better emission curve with eroding block rewards
+* Upstream merge to XMR version v0.18.2.2 "Fluorine Fermi"
+    * New CLSAG transaction format
+    * View tags for faster wallet scans
+    * A lot of bug fixes and more