IOTA team finished upgrading their devnet to version 1.8.0 adding new features and engancement to IOTA blockchain.
The new feaures are
The new enhancements:
UDP support is dropped
Performs handshake upon peering
Protocol version support
Not compatible with older versions of IRI
The following configuration options are dropped:
UDP_RECEIVER_PORT
TCP_RECEIVER_PORT
MAX_PEERS
DNS_REFRESHER_ENABLED
DNS_RESOLUTION_ENABLED
The new release notes can be found on IOTA Githib
IOTA is a free and scaleable transaction settlement and data transfer layer for the Internet of Things (IoT). It is based on a novel distributed ledger technology, the Tangle, which overcomes the inefficiencies of current Blockchain designs and introduces a new way of reaching consensus in a decentralized peer-to-peer system.
