v2.51.0

Release Highlights

• Several fixes and improvements for Polygon by @mh0lt, @anshalshukla, @manav2401, and @AlexeyAkhunov in #8364, #8372, #8380, #8384, #8385, #8386, #8390, #8391
• Support go 1.21 by @jyellick in #8288
• Experimental block execution using embedded Silkworm by @canepat in #8353
• Fixed --internalcl flag for Gnosis by @Giulio2002 in #8387
• Optimize gas by default in eth_createAccessList by @qkniep and @yperbasis in #8261 and #8337
• Fix another case of header download hanging (non-POS) by @AlexeyAkhunov in #8356
• Added block snapshot format (attempt for Caplin) by @Giulio2002 in #8357
• Downloader: don't drop torrents after download (performance problem there solved) by @AskAlexSharov in #8358
• Downloader: move from snapshots/db to snapshots/downloader by @AskAlexSharov in #8375
• Remove protocolBaseFee checks by @somnathb1 in #8367

New Contributors

• @dvovk made their first contribution in #8317
• @qkniep made their first contribution in #8261

Full Changelog: v2.50.2...v2.51.0