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+# dcrd v1.7.7
+
+This is a patch release of dcrd that includes the following changes:
+
+- Use the latest network protocol version
+- Reduce bandwidth usage in certain scenarios by avoiding requests for inventory that is already known
+- Mitigate excessive CPU usage in some rare scenarios specific to the test network
+- Improve best address candidate selection efficiency
+
+## Changelog
+
+This patch release consists of 19 commits from 3 contributors which total to 92
+files changed, 1357 additional lines of code, and 1191 deleted lines of code.
+
+All commits since the last release may be viewed on GitHub
+[here](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/compare/release-v1.7.5...release-v1.7.7).
+
+### Protocol and network:
+
+- peer: Use latest pver by default ([decred/dcrd#3083](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/pull/3083))
+- peer: Correct known inventory check ([decred/dcrd#3083](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/pull/3083))
+
+### Documentation:
+
+- peer: Go 1.19 doc comment formatting ([decred/dcrd#3083](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/pull/3083))
+- addrmgr: Go 1.19 doc comment formatting ([decred/dcrd#3084](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/pull/3084))
+- multi: Go 1.19 doc comment formatting ([decred/dcrd#3087](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/pull/3087))
+- docs: Update README.md to required Go 1.19/1.20 ([decred/dcrd#3087](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/pull/3087))
+
+### Developer-related package and module changes:
+
+- peer: Support module graph prune and lazy load ([decred/dcrd#3083](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/pull/3083))
+- main: Use backported peer updates ([decred/dcrd#3083](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/pull/3083))
+- addmrgr: Use TempDir to create temp test dirs ([decred/dcrd#3084](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/pull/3084))
+- addrmgr: Support module graph prune and lazy load ([decred/dcrd#3084](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/pull/3084))
+- addrmgr: Break after selecting random address ([decred/dcrd#3084](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/pull/3084))
+- addrmgr: Set min value and optimize address chance ([decred/dcrd#3084](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/pull/3084))
+- main: Use backported addrmgr updates ([decred/dcrd#3084](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/pull/3084))
+- main: Update to use latest sys module ([decred/dcrd#3087](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/pull/3087))
+
+### Testing and Quality Assurance:
+
+- build: Enable run_tests.sh to work with go.work ([decred/dcrd#3087](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/pull/3087))
+- build: Update to latest action versions ([decred/dcrd#3087](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/pull/3087))
+- build: Update golangci-lint to v1.51.1 ([decred/dcrd#3087](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/pull/3087))
+- build: Test against Go 1.20 ([decred/dcrd#3087](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/pull/3087))
+
+### Misc:
+
+- release: Bump for 1.7.7 ([decred/dcrd#3085](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/pull/3085))
+
+### Code Contributors (alphabetical order):
+
+- Dave Collins
+- Eng Zer Jun
+- Jonathan Chappelow