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+### Breaking
+
+- Adapted to Genesis-related changes in `ouroboros-consensus`.
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+### Breaking
+
+- Integrated new bulk sync BlockFetch logic.
+
+- CSJ: implemented rotation of dynamos.
+
+- ChainDB: let the BlockFetch client add blocks asynchronously
+
+- GDD: added rate limit
+
+- Tweaked certain edge cases in the GDD and ChainSync client