Mainnet Release 2023.2.4

The released version: v2023.2.4-0-gc7a63bab

v2023.2.4 (for year 2023, hardfork number 2, release 4) is a mandatory update containing a hardfork expected to be activated at epoch 1535 (block 44630016) happening around 2023-07-20 05:51 UTC. All node runner (explorer and validator) are required to upgrade before that date.

The hardfork will activate two features :

• HIP28-v2b with 50% of fees to go into a community multisig wallet : https://snapshot.org/#/harmony-mainnet.eth/proposal/0x5aa26f3aed23ab3ce751cbc885bc8574f4f3e2d65784339401645803d56892b4
• #4381 Allow validator address interaction with smart contract

What's Changed

• scripts: restore install_build_tools.sh by @MaxMustermann2 in #4457
• Release Candidate 2023.2.3 by @ONECasey in #4458
• internal/params: schedule HIP28 and val code fix by @MaxMustermann2 in #4456
• [ops] Harmony Dockerfile go1.19 upgrade by @sophoah in #4460
• Release Candidate 2023.2.4 - HIP28 hardfork schedule by @sophoah in #4461

Full Changelog: v2023.2.2...v2023.2.4