NethermindEth/nethermind 1.8.29

v1.8.29

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For stable version please use 1.7.17
This version (1.8.29) should be stable on fast sync but not fully stable in some beam sync scenarios on mainnet.

• [LOGGING] When logging in Debug some peer init timeouts are no longer recorded as exceptions.
• [PEERS] Init timeout changed to 3 seconds
• [LOGGING] Block downloader will no longer eat stack traces of exceptions in the logs.
• [PEERS] Peer report now orders by head block number, then by Client ID
• [SYNC] Peers with equal difficulty but higher block are now allowed further into peer allocation filters
• [DISCOVERY] Message sender will be set before channel activation to avoid some NullReferenceException on startup
• [SYNC] Internal errors issued by Receipts sync will be shown as warnings and with error details.
• [DISCOVERY] Removed the amplification threat
• [DISCOVERY] Messages are now only sent between bonded peers
• [DISCOVERY] Eviction mechanism now avoids pinging waves
• [DISCOVERY] Find node message and other discovery mechanisms are now taking more care to not flood peers with messages
• [SYNC] Beam sync no longer invokes standard processing after beam processing
• [METRICS] Various fast blocks and beam sync metrics added
• [LOGGING] Log directory and file name are no longer ingored (fixed the issue from 1.8.26)
• [CLOSE] Dispose messages for types wrapped in AsyncDisposeWrapper will now correctly display type names
• [CONFIG] Added updated pivot blocks for AuRa chains
• [DISCOVERY] Better handling of IPv6 addresses
• [LOGGING] Beam sync transactions are displayed now starting from 1 and not 0 (ie 1/2, 2/2 and not 0/2, 1/2)
• [NETWORK] Fixed forwarded external IPs handling

Running Nethermind:

Nethermind Launcher is a self-contained app - you do not need to install .NET separately to run it.

Linux

1. sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libsnappy-dev libc6-dev libc6 unzip
2. wget https://github.com/NethermindEth/nethermind/releases/download/1.8.29/nethermind-linux-amd64-1.8.29-f5de6a2-20200429.zip
3. unzip nethermind-linux-amd64-1.8.29-f5de6a2-20200429.zip -d nethermind
4. cd nethermind
5. ./Nethermind.Launcher
6. Select desired configuration

Additionally for Ubuntu 16.04

1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
2. sudo apt-get update
3. sudo apt-get install gcc-6 g++-6
4. sudo apt install libzstd1

Windows

1. download windows package nethermind-windows-amd64-1.8.29-f5de6a2-20200429.zip
2. unzip the file
3. run Nethermind.Launcher.exe
4. select desired configuration

macOS

1. download darwin package nethermind-darwin-amd64-1.8.29-f5de6a2-20200429.zip
2. unzip the file
3. run Nethermind.Launcher
4. select desired configuration

Nethermind Data Marketplace:

NDM packages can be downloaded directly from http://downloads.nethermind.io/.