• Fix out-of-order operation on the ancient store when attempting to import blocks after a rewind near genesis (#263).
• Fix DNS discovery defaults for faucet and remove spurious bootnode error logs (#249, #248).
• Optimize JSONRPC trace calls by a factor of 1000x+ (eg. 5 seconds → 25ms) (#256).
• Add --eth.protocols flag allowing the user to prioritize eth/x protocol handling (#244).
• Add --dev.pow and --fakepow.poisson flags to enable development mode using simulated proof of work consensus (#243).
• Add default fallback value for the ancient store parameter for the geth copydb command (#260).
• Merge ethereum/go-ethereum at v1.9.24 (#230), including the following:
  • YoloV2 testnet definitions and features
  • Adding RETURNDATA field to VM traces
  • Snap sync continued development
  • Several bug fixes

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• Docker images published under etclabscore/core-geth.