{"id":991,"date":"2025-01-29T11:40:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T11:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nownodes.io\/blog\/?p=991"},"modified":"2025-01-29T11:40:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T11:40:14","slug":"sui-network-update-what-developers-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nownodes.io\/blog\/sui-network-update-what-developers-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Sui Network Update: What Developers Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We have successfully updated the Sui network to the new protocol version <strong>72<\/strong>. This is a significant step in the network&#8217;s evolution, impacting consensus, test token distribution, and Move contract documentation generation. In this article, we will cover the key changes and important information for developers.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"key-protocol-changes\">Key Protocol Changes<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>With the update to version <strong>72<\/strong>, data storage and consensus mechanisms have been improved. The most important change is the updated <strong>Linearizer<\/strong>, which now only considers commits up to <code>gc_round<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-has-changed-in-linearizer\">What Has Changed in Linearizer?<\/h4>\n\n\n<p><code>Linearizer<\/code> is a process that helps order transactions, ensuring their correct execution. Now, it works <strong>only with commits not affected by garbage collection (<\/strong><code><strong>gc_round<\/strong><\/code><strong>)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"why-is-this-important\">Why Is This Important?<\/h5>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This <strong>optimizes data storage<\/strong> and makes the network more efficient.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The amount of data that nodes need to store is reduced.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developers working with historical data must consider that some old commits may be deleted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"changes-in-sui-cli\">Changes in Sui CLI<\/h2>\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"new-mechanism-for-sui-client-faucet\">New Mechanism for <code>sui client faucet<\/code><\/h5>\n\n\n<p>Previously, developers could request test tokens using the <code>sui client faucet<\/code> command. 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