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+## What's Changed
+* feat: hold SLC until JIT valset update is processed by @byte-bandit in https://github.com/palomachain/paloma/pull/1015
+* chore: update readme for 1.9.2 by @byte-bandit in https://github.com/palomachain/paloma/pull/1016
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+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/palomachain/paloma/compare/v1.9.1...v1.9.2