Release v1.2.0-rc.0

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Merged pull requests:

• Update release.md to remove devops tasks and include local backup strategy (#4602) (@philknows)
• Cleanup the attestation tracker (#4584) (@nazarhussain)
• Update libp2p to ESM version (#4114) (@wemeetagain)
• Implement forkchoice equivocating validators (#4586) (@tuyennhv)
• Use web EventSource if available (#4557) (@wemeetagain)
• Update merge CI to latest commits of ELs (#4504) (@g11tech)
• Make all Writes by default 600 pem (#4594) (@g11tech)
• Start network before sync (#4581) (@tuyennhv)
• Merge Stable (v1.1.0) into Unstable (#4593) (@tuyennhv)
• Slow down the dynamic batch size recovery for eth1 deposit tracker (#4588) (@g11tech)
• Use mix of local key manager and external signer for sim tests (#4583) (@nazarhussain)
• Add sync committee assertions (#4582) (@nazarhussain)
• Add assertions for the head and finality (#4573) (@nazarhussain)
• Fix computed db checkpoint for weak subjectivity checks (#4575) (@g11tech)
• Remove /lib/ usage for IValidatorCliArgs (#4578) (@dapplion)
• Remove SHARDING_* fields from spec config (#4572) (@dapplion)
• Add strong ref to head state in state cache (#4562) (@dapplion)
• Enable auto-refresh on all dashboards (#4570) (@dapplion)
• Overhaul blinded types into multi-fork (#4565) (@g11tech)
• Add assertions to sim tests (#4510) (@nazarhussain)
• Add more getDependentRoot unit tests (#4564) (@dapplion)
• Use consistent type-guards in blinded block checks (#4560) (@dapplion)
• Checkpoint sync only if db state is stale (#4563) (@g11tech)
• Fix typo in local.md (#4561) (@alexmmueller)
• Remove ChainEvent.forkChoiceHead event (#4553) (@dapplion)
• Set dependantRoot type to string in api (#4554) (@dapplion)
• Improve validator UX (#4558) (@g11tech)
• Replace findAttesterDependentRoot with getDependantRoot (#4555) (@dapplion)
• Duplicate actions in the CI pipeline (#4552) (@nazarhussain)
• Fix remote signing (#4502) (@dadepo)
• Make batch sizes dynamic for eth1 fetch of blocks/logs (#4532) (@g11tech)
• Customize fastify bodyLimit (#4541) (@dapplion)
• Add DOMAIN_APPLICATION_MASK validation for builder domain (#4542) (@g11tech)
• Add trace log level (#4539) (@dapplion)
• Export light client validation functions (#4537) (@wemeetagain)
• Clean up cli logger args (#4538) (@dapplion)
• Add feerecipient and gas_limit routes (#4511) (@g11tech)
• Update the checkpoint sync references and args in the usage instructions (#4533) (@g11tech)
• Update default file options to save debug level log (#4531) (@g11tech)
• FIx archive finalized states db entry key typo (#4508) (@dapplion)
• Update default.env to current network values (#4519) (@philknows)
• Prevent MaxListenersExceededWarning observed in validator's abort controller (#4512) (@dadepo)
• More readable dbFilterOptions logic (#4516) (@dapplion)
• Relax nodeIsViableForHead if justified epoch is previous epoch (#4520) (@tuyennhv)
• Updating light client proof logic to root next sync committee in attested header (#4478) (@dadepo)
• Update validator monitor dashboards (#4518) (@dapplion)
• Bump level db to 8.0.0 (#4514) (@dapplion)
• Move winston NodeJS transports to cli package (#4509) (@dapplion)