Avalanche to launch Helicon upgrade on Sept. 22

Avalanche is set to activate the Helicon network upgrade on Sept. 22 at 15:00 UTC. The update reduces the minimum validator lockup period from 14 days to 48 hours and introduces an auto-renewal feature for validator cycles. Additionally, the uptime requirement for staking rewards will increase from 80% to 90%. Validators are required to update to AvalancheGo v1.15.0 to maintain network compatibility.