V25 of the Nano Node software, named Daric, is now live!

V25 Daric of the Nano Node software is now released!

It is with great excitement that we announce the official release of V25.0 Daric! As mentioned in the previous development update, V25 is a complementary update to the recently released V24 Siglos and completes this two-pronged update to the nano node software. It includes several great improvements to the node software that increase performance and security.

One of the significant features added in V25 is the Ascending Bootstrapper which reduces the time it takes for new nodes to join and sync with the network.

Optimistic elections are another major feature that speeds up the cementing process, especially during the bootstrapping phase. The feature introduces a new type of election scheduler, the optimistic scheduler, that operates alongside the default election scheduler. The optimistic scheduler randomly samples accounts with unconfirmed blocks and activates an election for the account head block, reducing the time required to confirm all blocks in an account chain.

The Continuous Backlog Population feature improves the scanning process of all accounts in the ledger for uncemented blocks by queuing and prioritising them in proper buckets. This reduces the consumption of node resources and improves efficiency.

These are just a few of the changes - you can read the full update and a sneak peak of things to come for V26 in the blog article here
https://nano.org/en/blog/v25-daric-is-live--2c14db96