This is an alpha feature release for Vouch.

This release is not suitable for running on mainnet. Please only run this release on testnets.

Major changes in this release include:

Major changes in prior alpha releases include:

additional metrics for sync committee validation
additional logging for sync committee participation
upgrade go to version 1.22
remove note about additional options required for Lodestar clients
improvements to memory and CPU usage, especially with high numbers of validators
add beaconblockproposer.builder-boost-factor
allow Vouch to act as an MEV-boost client for non-Vouch validators
increase proposal performance with new validator REST APIs
allow Vouch to start with some consensus nodes unavailable
reduce time and memory spent obtaining and verifying accounts

Notes for Prysm and Lodestar

Prysm must be started with the --enable-debug-rpc-endpoints option for Vouch to operate correctly.

Below no longer needed for Lodestar v1.20 onwards.
~~## Lodestar~~

~~Lodestar must be started with the --rest.namespace=beacon,config,events,node,validator,lightclient,debug option for Vouch to operate correctly.~~