3.4.0

BPX Beacon Client 3.4.0 2024-01-23

Added

• Added Bladebit CUDA plotter hybrid disk mode
• Updated Bladebit plotter version to 3.1.0
• Optimized flushing of height-to-hash cache file
• Added cleaning out /opt/bpx-beacon-client directory before RPM installation
• Updated VDF library to 1.1.0
• Updated Proof of Space library to 2.0.3
• Updated dependencies

Changed

• Moved unprotected SSL file warning to stderr
• Changed ban time to 10 minutes for peers violating consensus rules
• Limited forwarding cached signage points to only 4 most recent ones
• Changed duplicate connection log level from error to info

Removed

• Removed deprecated plotter options

Fixed

• Fixed invalid sync request
• Fixed excessive block fetching bug
• Fixed communication with DNS introducer issues
• Fixed aborted installation bug on Ubuntu
• Fixed minor bug in daemon connection closing
• Fixed minor bug in peer ping task

3.3.2

BPX Beacon Client 3.3.2 2023-09-16

Fixed

• Fixed a bug that caused the Beacon Client to have a wrong hash of the peak transaction block resulting in the freshly built execution payload being considered invalid
• Fixed a bug where fast/light sync did not work after starting the client after a long time since the previous shutdown
• Fixed a bug where exception in sub epoch segments creation interrupts fast/light syncing
• Fixed "Something went wrong" error displayed in the GUI when switching to the Farm tab

3.3.1

BPX Beacon Client 3.3.1 2023-09-11

Fixed

• Fixed a bug that caused the Beacon Client to have the wrong ID of current execution payload, which prevented farming a block
• Fixed a bug where the farmer, after adding the first plot key, did not track any changes in the keyring (adding / deleting keys) until restart
• Fixed network space 0.00 being displayed instead of Unknown in the GUI

3.3.0

BPX Beacon Client 3.3.0 2023-08-27

Added

• Added sync mode fast
• Added sync mode light
• Added the gapfiller module, which fetches the ancient blocks missing in the database
• Added the secondary cache for gapfiller block records, independent of the main cache for latest block records
• Added the launch on exit and add CLI commands to system path checkboxes to the Windows installer
• Added timeout for retrieving a plot decompressor
• Added the effective plot size when creating compressed plots using the GUI

Changed

• Changed default sync mode to fast
• CLI commands and GUI can now report the netspace Unknown if there are too few blocks in the local database to calculate it
• get_blockchain_state RPC can now return null netspace
• Updated Proof of Space library to 2.0.2
• Changed the harvester qualities lookup timeout before the warning to 8 seconds

Removed

• Removed unused functions and classes, code cleanup

Fixed

• Fixed the exception in bpx plots check command when parallel_decompressor_count is set to 0
• Fixed exception in bpx farm summary command
• Fixed timelord installation on RedHat/CentOS

Known issues

• bpx plots check does not work correctly for compressed plots

3.3.0-b2

BPX Beacon Client 3.3.0 beta 2 2023-08-16

Added

• Blockchain gapfilling can now continue after restarting the client if was not completed prior to the shutdown
• Added the secondary cache for gapfiller block records, independent of the main cache for latest block records

Fixed

• Fixed the missing loop break instruction causing the same blocks to be fetched multiple times from multiple peers
• Fixed a bug where if the gapfiller failed to fetch a block, the entire blocks range was fetched again in the next iteration. Now the last correctly fetched block is memorized to continue the job

Known issues

• bpx plots check does not work correctly for compressed plots

3.3.0-b1

BPX Beacon Client 3.3.0 beta 1 2023-08-15

Added

• Added sync mode fast
• Added sync mode light
• Added the gapfiller module, which fetches the ancient blocks missing in the database

Changed

• Changed default sync mode to fast
• CLI commands and GUI can now report the netspace Unknown if there are too few blocks in the local database to calculate it
• get_blockchain_state RPC can now return null netspace

Known issues

• bpx plots check does not work correctly for compressed plots

3.2.0

BPX Beacon Client 3.2.0 2023-08-12

Added

• Added support for creating and farming compressed plots
• Added Bladebit 3.0.0 CUDA plotter
• Added multi threaded plots check
• Added harvester settings in the GUI
• Added execution client status to bpx show -s command
• Added execution client status card in the GUI
• bpx farm summary will now indicate potential EC issues that prevent from the farming
• Farming tab in the GUI will now indicate potential EC issues that prevent from the farming
• Added execution client connection and syncing status to get_blockchain_state RPC

Changed

• During the optimistic import, all signage points will be now ignored, instead of misleading that farming is going on
• During the optimistic import, unfinished blocks will be now just ignored instead of disconnecting from the peers
• Redesiged keys selection form when creating plots in the GUI
• Updated the constant used for netspace estimation
• Updated Proof of Space library to 2.0.0
• Updated VDF library to 1.0.10
• Updated BLS signature library to 2.0.2
• Changed the Mozilla CA update script to be independent of external repositories

Fixed

• Fixed a bug where farmer public keys were not accepted when given with a leading 0x
• Fixed an issue when incorrect introducer port was set by bpx configure command

Known issues

• bpx plots check does not work correctly for compressed plots

3.2.0-b1

BPX Beacon Client 3.2.0 beta 1 2023-08-01

Added

• Added support for creating and farming compressed plots
• Added Bladebit 3.0.0-rc1 CUDA plotter
• Added multi threaded plots check
• Added harvester settings in the GUI
• Added execution client status to bpx show -s command
• Added execution client status card in the GUI
• bpx farm summary will now indicate potential EC issues that prevent from the farming
• Farming tab in the GUI will now indicate potential EC issues that prevent from the farming
• Added execution client connection and syncing status to get_blockchain_state RPC

Changed

• During the optimistic import, all signage points will be now ignored, instead of misleading that farming is going on
• During the optimistic import, unfinished blocks will be now just ignored instead of disconnecting from the peers
• Redesiged keys selection form when creating plots in the GUI
• Updated the constant used for netspace estimation
• Updated Proof of Space library to 2.0.0rc1
• Updated VDF library to 1.0.10
• Updated BLS signature library to 2.0.2
• Changed the Mozilla CA update script to be independent of external repositories

Fixed

• Fixed a bug where farmer public keys were not accepted when given with a leading 0x

Known issues

• bpx plots check does not work correctly for compressed plots

3.1.1

BPX Beacon Client 3.1.1 2023-07-18

⚠️ This release requires Execution Client version 1.1.0 or higher.

Fixed

• Fixed exceptions in peak initialization

3.1.0

BPX Beacon Client 3.1.0 2023-06-19

⚠️ This release requires Execution Client version 1.1.0 or higher.

Added

• Added optimistic import of new blocks
• Added jwt_secret config option which allows you to set your own path to the JWT secret file

Changed

• Adapted fork choice update procedure to support execution client snap syncing mode
• Replaced the config options host and port in execution_client section with execution_endpoint

Removed

• Removed payloads replaying if execution client is not synced

Fixed

• Fixed database corruption issue after suddenly killing the execution client process