- eip-1559 changes: accept transactions which have maxFeePerGas below current baseFee [\#2374](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/2374)
- Introduced transitions for IBFT2 block rewards [\#1977](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/1977)
- Change Ethstats's status from experimental feature to stable. [\#2405](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/2405)
- Fixed disabling of native libraries for secp256k1 and altBn128. [\#2163](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/2163)
- eth_feeHistory API for wallet providers [\#2466](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/2466)
### Bug Fixes
- Ibft2 could create invalid RoundChange messages in some circumstances containing duplicate prepares [\#2449](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/2449)
- Updated `eth_sendRawTransaction` to return an error when maxPriorityFeePerGas exceeds maxFeePerGas [\#2424](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/2424)
### Early Access Features
This release contains the activation blocks for London across all supported testnets. They are:
* Ropsten 10_499_401 (24 Jun 2021)
* Goerli 5_062_605 (30 Jun 2021)
* Rinkeby 8_897_988 (7 Jul 2021)
## 21.7.0-RC2
### Additions and Improvements
@ -7,6 +27,11 @@
### Bug Fixes
- Ibft2 could create invalid RoundChange messages in some circumstances containing duplicate prepares [\#2449](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/2449)