Network Update
Major Improvements
- Enhanced P2P network resilience and synchronization
- Optimized block propagation and chain sync mechanisms
- Improved system sleep/wake handling
- Added exponential backoff for network discovery
- Added comprehensive peer quality assessment
Network Sync Optimizations
- Implemented adaptive peer selection based on latency metrics
- Added intelligent backoff strategy for peer discovery
- Progressive delay: 1s → 3s → 7s → 15s → 31s (capped at 30s)
- Automatic reset on successful connection
- Enhanced peer quality filtering using both latency and recent activity metrics
- Added memory-safe block height synchronization
Reliability Improvements
- Added robust sleep/wake detection and recovery
- Implemented safe state reset after system suspend
- Enhanced validation pool management
- Added comprehensive timeout handling for network operations
- Improved peer connection stability through better health checks
Performance Enhancements
- Optimized block time monitoring (target: 5s blocks)
- Added efficient peer latency tracking
- Improved memory usage in peer state management
- Enhanced network health metrics collection
- Added adaptive sync intervals based on network conditions
Technical Details
- Added type-safe counter implementations
- Improved error handling with detailed context
- Enhanced memory safety with proper bounds checking
- Optimized thread local task management
- Added comprehensive network diagnostics
Constants Configuration
FAST_SYNC_LATENCY: 50ms // Target latency for optimal sync
RECOVERY_LATENCY: 500ms // Maximum acceptable latency
MIN_VIABLE_PEERS: 3 // Minimum peer requirement
MAX_SYNC_ATTEMPTS: 3 // Sync retry limit
HEALTH_CHECK_INTERVAL: 100ms
SYNC_CHECK_INTERVAL: 500ms