# Proposed changes

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## Types of changes

What types of changes does your code introduce to XDC network?
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- [ ] build: Changes that affect the build system or external dependencies
- [ ] ci: Changes to CI configuration files and scripts
- [ ] chore: Changes that don't change source code or tests
- [ ] docs: Documentation only changes
- [ ] feat: A new feature
- [ ] fix: A bug fix
- [ ] perf: A code change that improves performance
- [ ] refactor: A code change that neither fixes a bug nor adds a feature
- [ ] revert: Revert something
- [ ] style: Changes that do not affect the meaning of the code
- [ ] test: Adding missing tests or correcting existing tests

## Impacted Components

Which parts of the codebase do this PR touch?
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- [ ] Consensus
- [ ] Account
- [ ] Network
- [ ] Geth
- [ ] Smart Contract
- [ ] External components
- [ ] Not sure (Please specify below)

## Checklist

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- [ ] This PR has sufficient test coverage (unit/integration test) OR I have provided reason in the PR description for not having test coverage
- [ ] Tested on a private network from the genesis block and monitored the chain operating correctly for multiple epochs.
- [ ] Provide an end-to-end test plan in the PR description on how to manually test it on the devnet/testnet.
- [ ] Tested the backwards compatibility.
- [ ] Tested with XDC nodes running this version co-exist with those running the previous version.
- [ ] Relevant documentation has been updated as part of this PR
- [ ] N/A