98 V2.1.0 Rc2

This is a RELEASE CANDIDATE for version 2.1.0.

This release contains security, stability, and miscellaneous fixes.

Security bug fixes

• (#9828) Fix packed transaction version conversion -- Release 2.1.x

Note: This security fix is relevant to all nodes on EOSIO blockchain networks.

Stability bug fixes

• (#9811) Fix the truncate bug in Ship - 2.1
• (#9812) Fix snapshot test_compatible_versions failure and reenable it - release/2.1.x
• (#9813) fix balance transfer issue - release/2.1.x
• (#9829) Fix ship truncate problem with stride
• (#9835) Fix Ship backward compatibility issue
• (#9838) fix populating some information for get account

Other changes

• (#9801) Fix build script problem with older version of cmake
• (#9802) Add CentOS 8 Package Builder Step
• (#9820) Reduce logging for failed http plugin calls - 2.1

Documentation

• (#9818) [docs] Fix blockvault plugin explainer and C++ reference links - 2.1
• (#9806) [docs] Corrections to nodeos storage and read modes - 2.1
• (#9808) [docs] 2.1.x update link to chain plug-in to be relative