Illium Elite (v1.9.18)

Geth v1.9.18 is a bugfix release, fixing an occasional fast sync hang in the throttling mechanism (among other improvements):

• Memory allocation micro-optimizations to improve raw EVM number crunching by 5% (#21336).
• Fix a regression that made previously persisted --dev chains unable to load back up (#21352).
• Support configurable developer account (and passphrase) in --dev mode (#21301).
• Fix downloader throttling that degraded sync and occasionally locked it up (#21263).
• Fix local gomobile building and fix iOS framework builds (#21361, #21362).
• Fix stale transaction eviction bug, stabilizing pool churn (#21300).

For a full rundown of the changes please consult the Geth 1.9.18 release milestone

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As with all our previous releases, you can find the:

• Pre-built binaries for all platforms on our downloads page.
• Docker images published under ethereum/client-go.
• Ubuntu packages in our Launchpad PPA repository.
• OSX packages in our Homebrew Tap repository.