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@benjamin202410 benjamin202410 released this 02 Jul 08:13
v2.8.2-testnet
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Testnet Only Version, don't deploy to mainnet environment

Release Notes

🚀 Highlights

4 Main Features enable after 83,600,000

  • EIP 7702
  • Reward Automation
  • Dynamic Gas Limit Change
  • Consensus Penalty V2
  • Support Fast Sync (10x faster)

✨ New Features

JSON-RPC Enhancements

  • Added new RPC APIs:

    • XDPoS_getRewardByAccount
    • Epoch number support for XDPoS_getMasternodesByNumber

  • Added support for:

    • finalized block tag
    • Decimal block numbers
    • JWT authentication
    • Custom AuthRPC endpoints
    • Configurable HTTP/WebSocket request limits
    • Configurable WebSocket message size
    • Peer whitelist and blacklist

  • Improved tracing APIs with additional native tracers and debugging capabilities.

Blockchain & Consensus

  • Upgraded Reward 2.0 implementation and reward parameter updates.
  • Added consecutive penalty upgrades.
  • Improved reward distribution logic and fixed several reward-related edge cases.
  • Added support for recording total minted rewards on-chain.
  • Introduced SyncInfo pool improvements.

⚡ Performance Improvements

  • Major optimizations to Trie storage and synchronization:

    • Faster snapshot generation
    • Read caching layer
    • Reduced memory allocations
    • Improved range proof generation
    • Optimized iterator performance
    • Faster trie commits

  • Improved state database performance and reduced memory usage.

  • Optimized blockchain import and downloader performance.

  • Improved RPC subscription and notification throughput.

  • Reduced test execution time across the project.

🛠 Stability & Bug Fixes

Networking

  • Fixed downloader race conditions and synchronization issues.
  • Improved peer state tracking.
  • Fixed goroutine leaks across multiple components.
  • Improved HTTP/WebSocket timeout handling.

RPC

  • Fixed numerous JSON-RPC edge cases and compatibility issues.
  • Improved error reporting.
  • Enhanced websocket stability.
  • Fixed batch request handling.
  • Improved client shutdown synchronization.

Core

  • Fixed transaction pool issues.
  • Corrected genesis configuration problems.
  • Fixed invalid Merkle root generation.
  • Improved state management consistency.
  • Fixed blockchain import edge cases.

Ethereum Compatibility

  • Added EIP-1559 improvements.
  • Added Cancun configuration support.
  • Improved ethclient compatibility with upstream Ethereum APIs.
  • Improved tracing and filter compatibility.

🔒 Security

  • Added JWT authentication support for authenticated RPC endpoints.
  • Disabled deprecated and insecure APIs by default.
  • Removed legacy personal namespace.
  • Removed deprecated shh APIs.
  • Added configurable request limits to mitigate abuse.

🧹 Maintenance

  • Updated cryptography libraries.

  • Updated bootnodes for Mainnet, Testnet, and Devnet.

  • Refactored numerous internal packages.

  • Removed deprecated components including:

    • LES/light client support
    • Faucet
    • Legacy database components
    • Ethash PoW remnants

  • Improved CLI usability and shell auto-completion.

  • Added make quick-test and additional developer tooling.

  • Updated CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.

📚 Documentation

  • Added documentation for:

    • JSON-RPC APIs
    • XDCValidator contract

  • Improved developer documentation.

  • Updated outdated links and examples.

🔄 Upstream Synchronization

This release includes a substantial upstream merge from the Ethereum codebase, bringing improvements across:

  • RPC
  • Trie
  • State database
  • Downloader
  • Tracing
  • EthClient
  • Accounts & ABI
  • Cryptography
  • Node networking
  • Performance optimizations
  • Code quality and linting

📈 Overall

This release focuses on:

  • Improved node stability
  • Better RPC compatibility
  • Faster synchronization
  • Lower memory usage
  • Enhanced tracing and debugging
  • Improved validator reward handling
  • Better security defaults
  • Modernized developer tooling
  • Ongoing alignment with upstream Ethereum improvements
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