This is a mandatory release for the Ethereum Merge
- Breaking Change docker-compose v1.28.0 or later is required.
./ethd updatewill prompt for it - Breaking Change Erigon needs to be resynced from scratch and will run on its
alphabranch../ethd updatewill prompt for it - Breaking Change Infura "web3" fallback for the Execution Layer connection is no longer supported
- Many changes to
.env../ethd updatewill make these automatically - merge-ready config with Engine API and JWT secret between Consensus Layer and Execution Layer
- Doppelganger Protection supported
- mev-boost supported
- New
./ethd installcommand that attempts to install prerequisites on Ubuntu - Support Sepolia and Ropsten testnets, in addition to Goerli
- Ability to import slashing protection DB
- Better checks for prerequisites existing in
./ethd. Thanks to joeytwiddle - Automatic
sudoin./ethdif required. Thanks to joeytwiddle - Keymanager support for Lodestar
- Besu defaults to checkpoint sync
- Teku VC supports failover CLs