Testnet Only

Change Summary

Performance Improvements

• Optimized VM execution by reducing allocations and redundant conversions.
• Avoided unnecessary map lookups for jump destination analysis.
• Refactored vm.Context into BlockContext and TxContext for better structure.
• Improved EVM reusability.

Ethereum EIPs Implementation

• Implemented EIP-1559 (fee market changes).
• Implemented EIP-2565 (lowering cost for modular exponentiation).
• Implemented EIP-3651 (warm coinbase for gas optimization).
• Implemented EIP-1153 (transient storage).

RPC & API Enhancements

• Added rpc-gascap flag and set RPC gas cap to 50M.
• Added xdpos_getBlockInfoByEpochNum API.
• Fixed wrong gas price calculation with empty blocks.
• Improved EstimateGas API.
• Added admin_addTrustedPeer and admin_removeTrustedPeer RPC methods.

Security & Bug Fixes

• Fixed block hash retrieval for eth_getLogs.
• Fixed high pending special transactions in core/txpool.
• Fixed various staticcheck warnings for better code quality.
• Fixed node.Node AccountsManager memory leak.

Code Refactoring & Cleanup

• Removed unused functions, redundant conversions, and unnecessary package imports.
• Migrated from ioutil to io and os.
• Standardized string formatting (0x%x → %#x).
• Replaced strings.Replace with strings.ReplaceAll.
• Removed whisper package.

Network & Node Adjustments

• Allowed WebSocket and HTTP to work on the same port.
• Increased default maxpeers to 50.
• Reduced mainnet and testnet timeout to 10s.
• Updated bootnodes list.

Development & Deployment Updates

• Upgraded to Go 1.22.
• Updated multiple core dependencies (common, crypto, metrics).
• Removed Android and iOS support.
• Reduced gas limit for devnet to 50M.
• Merged mining time patch from master.

What's Changed

• fix Byzantium precompile population by @gzliudan in #640
• avoid map lookups for accessing jumpdest analysis by @gzliudan in #629
• core/vm: marshall returnData as hexstring in trace logs by @gzliudan in #630
• split vm.Context into BlockContext and TxContext by @gzliudan in #638
• core/vm: replace function precompile2 with precompile by @gzliudan in #641
• core/vm: less allocations and redundant conversions by @gzliudan in #627
• move fuzzers out of core by @gzliudan in #639
• all: replace uses of ioutil with io and os by @JukLee0ira in #648
• add flag rpc-gascap and set RPCGasCap to 50M by @pro100skm in #664
• return right blockHash for eth_getLogs (#650) by @gzliudan in #675
• all: change format 0x%x to %#x by @gzliudan in #644
• implement eip-2565 by @gzliudan in #645
• upgrade package core/vm by @gzliudan in #643
• remove block hash from statedb by @gzliudan in #649
• fix staticcheck warning SA1029: inappropriate key in call to context.WithValue by @gzliudan in #693
• metrics: fix staticcheck warning ST1017: don't use yoda conditions by @gzliudan in #691
• all: fix staticcheck warning S1039: unnecessary use of fmt.Sprintf by @gzliudan in #690
• all: fix staticcheck warning SA4006: never used value by @gzliudan in #692
• all: fix staticcheck warning ST1005 by @gzliudan in #689
• all: use unified emptyRootHash and emptyCodeHash by @gzliudan in #685
• fix staticcheck warning SA1012: pass nil Context to function by @gzliudan in #695
• all: fix staticcheck warning ST1006 by @gzliudan in #686
• all: fix staticcheck warning SA1006 by @gzliudan in #696
• feat: add api xdpos_getBlockInfoByEpochNum by @wgr523 in #674
• XDCxDAO: fix staticcheck warning S1034: use result of type assertion to simplify cases by @gzliudan in #697
• all: fix staticcheck warning ST1019: import package twice by @gzliudan in #701
• core, XDCxlending/lendingstate: fix staticcheck warning S1002: omit comparison to bool constant by @gzliudan in #709
• common: fix staticcheck warning S1001: replace loop with copy by @gzliudan in #710
• XDPoSChain, ethclient: fix staticcheck warning ST1012: rename NotFound to ErrNotFound by @gzliudan in #711
• crypto/bn256: fix staticcheck warning SA9009: ineffectual go compiler directive by @gzliudan in #712
• compression/rle: fix staticcheck warning SA9004: only the first constant has an explicit type by @gzliudan in #713
• core: fix staticcheck warning SA6005: should use strings.EqualFold by @gzliudan in #714
• XDCxDAO: fix staticcheck warning SA5007: infinite recursive call by @gzliudan in #715
• Merge master back to dev upgrade by @benjamin202410 in #716
• fix nil issues reported by nilness and staticcheck by @gzliudan in #688
• all: fix staticcheck warning ST1008: error should be last return value by @gzliudan in #698
• all: fix staticcheck warning SA4010: append result never used by @gzliudan in #700
• fix: staticcheck warning SA4003: every value of uint64 >= 0 by @gzliudan in #703
• core, XDCxlending/lendingstate: fix staticcheck warning SA5001 by @gzliudan in #704
• all: fix staticcheck warning SA2002: must call T.Fatalf in same goroutine by @gzliudan in #705
• all: fix staticcheck warning S1024: not use x.Sub(time.Now()) by @gzliudan in #706
• metrics/influxdb: fix staticcheck warning SA1015: replace time.Tick with time.NewTicker by @gzliudan in #707
• XDCxlending: fix staticcheck warning S1008: simplify returning boolean expression by @gzliudan in #708
• core: fix staticcheck warning S1006: use for {} for infinite loops by @gzliudan in #723
• eth/downloader: fix staticcheck warning S1033: unnecessary guard around call to delete by @gzliudan in #720
• contracts: fix staticcheck warning S1025: unnecessary fmt.Sprintf("%s", x) by @gzliudan in #721
• engines/engine_v2: fix staticcheck warning S1009: omit redundant nil check on slice by @gzliudan in #722
• p2p: fix staticcheck warning SA4030: rand.Intn(1) always returns 0 by @gzliudan in #717
• p2p: fix staticcheck warning SA4009: overwrite function argument before first use by @gzliudan in #718
• p2p/netutil: fix staticcheck warning SA1021: use bytes.Equal to compare two net.IP by @gzliudan in #719
• implement EIP-1559 by @gzliudan in #527
• cost saving downsize devnet rpc by @benjamin202410 in #724
• remove accidental file test.txt by @gzliudan in #725
• upgrade package node by @gzliudan in #726
• cmd/utils, node: increase default maxpeers to 50 by @gzliudan in #727
• core/txpool: fix very high pending special transactions by @gzliudan in #728
• eth/gasprice: fix wrong gas price with empty blocks by @gzliudan in #732
• rpc: add admin_addTrustedPeer and admin_removeTrustedPeer by @gzliudan in #731
• node: allow WebSocket and HTTP works on the same port by @gzliudan in #729
• whisper: remove package whisper by @JukLee0ira in #687
• upgrade package log to 2024-11-04 by @gzliudan in #734
• accounts, build, mobile: remove Android and iOS support by @JukLee0ira in #733
• all: implement EIP-1153(transient storage) by @gzliudan in #647
• core/vm: remove interface Interpreter by @gzliudan in #642
• update devnet 1559 block number by @benjamin202410 in #736
• core: fix preCheck for RandomizeSMC after EIP-1559 by @gzliudan in #739
• use global function when cli v1 by @gzliudan in #742
• bug fix use right block to count vote threshold by @benjamin202410 in #743
• node, p2p/simulations: fix node.Node AccountsManager leak by @JukLee0ira in #737
• cmd: migrate to urfave/cli/v2 by @gzliudan in #741
• fix vote test and optimize log by @benjamin202410 in #750
• add store-reward flag by default by @wanwiset25 in #748
• change devnetstats url by @wanwiset25 in #747
• Devnet bootnode by @wanwiset25 in #749
• fix typo and local script by @wanwiset25 in #752
• all: use http package to replace http method names by @gzliudan in #755
• all: replace strings.Replace with string.ReplaceAll by @gzliudan in #754
• implement EIP-3651(warm coinbase) by @gzliudan in #677
• core/vm: improve EVM reusability by @gzliudan in #676
• upgrade package crypto and support KZG cryptography by @gzliudan in #751
• recover devnet by increasing timeout by @wanwiset25 in #760
• cmd/XDC: fix double metrics collect process issue by @gzliudan in #759
• upgrade package metrics by @gzliudan in #758
• Merge from master mining time patch by @benjamin202410 in #767
• all: improve EstimateGas API by @JukLee0ira in #632
• all: remove uses of untyped golang-lru by @gzliudan in #765
• upgrade to golang 1.22 by @benjamin202410 in #763
• core: remove unused functions and variables by @gzliudan in #776
• all: simplify function TransitionDb by @JukLee0ira in #771
• all: remove empty function SaveData() by @gzliudan in #774
• upgrade package common by @gzliudan in #768
• Release br v2.4.6 beta1 merge back to dev upgrade by @benjamin202410 in #778
• upgrade the core package for reorg by @gzliudan in #779
• code refactor for performance by @benjamin202410 in #782
• update bootnodes list by @benjamin202410 in #783
• remove devnet ecs terraform by @benjamin202410 in #786
• reduce gas limit for devnet to 50M by @benjamin202410 in #785
• reduce mainnet and testnet timeout to 10s by @benjamin202410 in #784
• Testnet merge back to mainnet by @benjamin202410 in #787
• release mainnet 2.4.0 by @benjamin202410 in #789
• New devnet by @wanwiset25 in #781
• upgrade crypto package by @gzliudan in #790
• cicd improvment by @wanwiset25 in #791
• build: support golangci-lint v1.63.4 by @gzliudan in #792
• Monthly Merge from dev upgrade branch to master by @benjamin202410 in #761
• core/types: remove generate directive for gen_tx_json.go by @gzliudan in #799
• build: add 'go mod tidy' checker by @gzliudan in #797
• update mainnet bootnode list by @benjamin202410 in #800
• remove old config by @wanwiset25 in #794
• build: add checker for 'go generate' by @gzliudan in #801
• contracts: remove ens by @gzliudan in #802
• remove-ec2-rpcs by @benjamin202410 in #793
• Exp timeout by @wgr523 in #764
• build: add imports for go generate tools by @gzliudan in #805
• fix deploy command by @wanwiset25 in #804
• cicd: update bootnodes for mainet by @gzliudan in #809
• cicd: update bootnodes for mainnet by @gzliudan in #811
• eth/tracers: add tracerConfig support and implement contractTracer by @JukLee0ira in #683
• core/types: remove extra byte when EncodeRLP for Receipt by @gzliudan in #813
• cmd/abigen: require either '--abi' or '--combined-json' by @gzliudan in #807
• all: update files by 'go generate ./...' by @gzliudan in #803
• core/rawdb: separate raw database access to own package by @JukLee0ira in #788
• core: refactor the function reorg by @gzliudan in #780
• all: migrate go-bindata to embed by @gzliudan in #806
• core, light: handle the nil return value of GetBlockNumber by @JukLee0ira in #818
• accounts/keystore: fix xdc-prefix address bug by @JukLee0ira in #814
• all: add read-only option to database by @gzliudan in #819
• cmd/XDC: delete copydb command by @gzliudan in #820
• cmd/XDC: add db commands: stats, compact, put, get, delete by @gzliudan in #821
• all: reduce the chain db size by @gzliudan in #816
• update bootnodes by @wanwiset25 in #822
• accounts: upgrade to 2024-12-17 by @gzliudan in #798
• Dev upgrade merge back to master by @benjamin202410 in #823

New Contributors

• @pro100skm made their first contribution in #664

Full Changelog: v2.4.6-beta1...v2.5.0-beta1