v0.6.0

[0.6.0] - 2022-09-07

Added

• Make BlockGasLimit configurable [#1418]
• Adapt to the new and improved reward strategy [#1320]
• Include BlockGenerator reward into the header [#1368]
• Search txs up to 10.000 blocks [#1401]
• Mempool updates its state at start-up automatically [#1258]
• Mempool discards any transaction with repeated nullifier [#1388]
• Detect any occurrences of missed fallback procedure [#1413]
• Send reduction concurrently without blocking votes broadcast [#1442]

Changed

• Extraction from mempool consider Gas expenditure estimation [#1421]
• Add GasLimit to the Block's header [#1416]
• Reduce wire messages needed for propagating an Agreement vote
• Improve fallback procedure to revert multiple ephemeral blocks [#1343]
• Disable provisioners records storing in api.db [#1361]
• Optimize VST calls of a Provisioner per a consensus iteration [#1371]
• Call VerifyStateTransition in Reduction 2 only if it is a committee member [#1357]
• Drop topics.Block messages with invalid header.hash value [#1425]
• Request candidate block from arbitrary active nodes [#1359]
• Allow verifyFn to report errors correctly [#1436]
• Clone message.Agreement on notifying the consumer [#1433]
• Solve newblock msg errors [#1443]

Security

• Ensure candidate block hash is equal to the BlockHash of the msg.header [#1364]
• Check quorum per each reduction step on agreement msg verification [#1373]
• Extend reduction 1 verification procedure with VST call [#1358]
• Verify block certificate prior to broadcast [#1446]
• Add support in sortition for bls public keys that starts with zeros [#1457]
• Discard aggrAgreement messages with invalid StepVotes [#1430]
• Check quorum target on certificate verification [#1432]

Fixed

• Default configuration values loading [#1419]

Full Changelog: v0.5.0...v0.6.0