v0.8.0

• Deferred script evaluation removed; scripts always evaluate before persisting.
• Config keys script_eval, eval_backlog_max_mb, eval_backlog_max_blocks removed.
• cache_mb is now the total redb cache across both databases, split by the new cache_store_pct.
• Default cache_mb is 512.
• Cache sizes and flush thresholds are derived from the memory budget when not set.
• New memory_budget_mb and ignore_memory_floor settings.
• A utxo node refuses to start below a 3 GiB memory ceiling; digest and light are unaffected.
• jemalloc runs with background_thread:true and 5 s decay windows.
• Journal events contract 1.6 → 2.1; consumers pinned to major 1 must be updated.
• validation_stuck.error_kind is derived from the error variant, not its text.
• BlockValidator split into BlockValidator, StatePersistence and MiningState.
• Configuration is layered across /etc/ergo-node/conf.d/.
• /etc/ergo-node/ergo.toml is migrated to conf.d/99-local.toml on upgrade and is no longer a conffile.
• The systemd unit no longer passes a config path.
• New debconf first-install interview for the .deb.
• install.sh reads the shipped per-network defaults.
• Workspace member crates inherit their version from [workspace.package].
• /debug/memory reports storeCacheBytes, stateCacheBytes and storeCacheEvictions.
• Fixed: external miners were served the difficulty as b instead of the Autolykos target, so no solution was ever found.
• Fixed: a node restarted at the chain tip served no mining candidate until the next block arrived.
• Fixed: the mempool rejected every transaction offered to it.
• Fixed: the shipped man page had the mainnet and testnet API ports inverted.
• Fixed: MiningCandidate.b was documented as a JSON string but is emitted as a number.

What's Changed

• v0.8.0 — inline script evaluation, derived memory budget, full mining candidates by @mwaddip in #17

New Contributors

• @mwaddip made their first contribution in #17

Full Changelog: v0.7.11...v0.8.0