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# Release Note

## New Features

- **`trx.getNowWitnessList`**
  Added a new method to retrieve the witness list with real-time vote counts. This feature is available for JAVA-TRON v4.8.1 and above.

- **New deserialization support**  
  Added support for deserializing the following transaction types from `raw_data_hex`:

    - `TransferAssetContract`
    - `ParticipateAssetIssueContract`
    - `AssetIssueContract`
    - `UpdateAssetContract`