v1.7.8

This version is backwards compatible to v1.7.0. It is optional, but encouraged.

Networking

• Fixed duplicate reference decrease when closing a peer.
• Freed allocated message buffers immediately after sending.
• Added --network-peer-read-buffer-size and --network-peer-write-buffer-size config options.
• Moved peer IP signature verification to enable concurrent verifications.
• Reduced the number of connection flushes when sending messages.
• Canceled outbound connection requests on shutdown.
• Reused dialer across multiple outbound connections.
• Exported NewTestNetwork for easier external testing.

Coreth

• Reduced log level of snapshot regeneration logs.
• Enabled atomic tx replacement with higher gas fees.
• Parallelized trie index re-generation.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed incorrect BlockchainID usage in the X-chain ImportTx builder.
• Fixed incorrect OutputOwners in the P-chain ImportTx builder.
• Improved FD limit error logging and warnings.
• Rounded bootstrapping ETAs to the nearest second.
• Added gossip config support to the subnet configs.
• Optimized various queue removals for improved memory freeing.
• Added a basic X-chain E2E usage test to the new testing framework.