hyperledger/besu 22.1.0-RC1

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22.1.0-RC1 Breaking Changes

• Plugin API: BlockHeader.getBaseFee() method now returns an optional Wei instead of an optional Long #3065

Additions and Improvements

• Represent baseFee as Wei instead of long accordingly to the spec #2785
• Adding support of the NO_COLOR environment variable as described in the NO_COLOR standard #3085
• Add privx_findFlexiblePrivacyGroup RPC Method, privx_findOnchainPrivacyGroup will be removed in a future release #3075
• The invalid value is now shown when --bootnodes cannot parse an item to make it easier to identify which option is invalid.
• Adding two new options to be able to specify desired TLS protocol version and Java cipher suites #3105
• Implements EIP-4399 to repurpose DIFFICULTY opcode after the merge as a source of entropy from the Beacon chain. #3081

Bug Fixes

• Change the base docker image from Debian Buster to Ubuntu 20.04 #3171 fixes #3045
• Update log4j to 2.16.0.

Early Access Features

• Add support for additional JWT authentication algorithms #3017

Download Links

besu-22.1.0-RC1.zip - 8f471a30a7d22a6830c5f7ed87d1f2110bdaeb6751007ffa0fb44783a7c80850
besu-22.1.0-RC1.tar.gz - 302ead51c85bf282047104974968ce88ce626df609082700e6e187b26180e0fd