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This version introduces the support for Ethereum Osaka upgrade and Geth v1.16.9. Since this repository starts from and still is an Execution Layer (EL), this upgrade is a part of Fusaka, with EIP-4844 implemented and upgraded.

This version is fully compatible with Neo X v0.5.3 and does not require node resynchronization, but there's a protocol migration of the P2P network. The support for old protocols will be removed in future versions, So please perform this upgrade as soon as possible.

Follow the instructions below to upgrade your node from v0.5.3 to v0.6.0:

1. Download new binary and new genesis configuration file from the release page.
2. Gracefully stop the node.
3. Replace the old binary with the new binary.
4. For TestNet nodes only: don't remove DB; reinitialize DB using new binary and new genesis configuration file with the following command:

   ./geth init --datadir ./node-datadir ./config/genesis.json
   

5. Start the node.

Behaviour changes:

• new BEACON/2 protocol for better transaction, block and blob syncing (#595, #598, #615)
• Osaka fork is enabled at timestamp 1781500000 on TestNet (#626)

Improvements:

• base Geth source code is updated to v1.16.9 (#582)
• upgrade the EL downloader to post-merge backfilling (#593, #601, #610, #612)
• implement light verification for CL beacon trust extension (#593, #622, #624)
• revert unused compatibility code (#596)
• improve the initial fetch height in sidecar fetcher (#598)
• refactor the check of synchronization status of the node (#606, #608, #614, #617)

Bugs fixed:

• remove redundant artifact uploads from build workflow (#592)
• fix unexpected missing transaction CVs caused by replacement (#595)
• enforce hashDB for PrivNet state storage (#599)
• correctly enable blob synchronization as configured (#603)
• fix the RPC error return of under-policy-priced transactions (#619)
• fix missing dBFT error returns and seal hash computation (#620)
• fix argument mismatch between CL miner and EL engine APIs (#625)