Additions and Improvements
- Allow optional RPC methods that bypass authentication #3382
- Execution layer (The Merge):
- Extend block creation and mining to support The Merge #3412
- Backward sync #3410
- Extend validateAndProcessBlock to return an error message in case of failure, so it can be returned to the caller of ExecutePayload API #3411
- Persist latest finalized block #2913
- Add PostMergeContext, and stop syncing after the swith to PoS #3453
- Add header validation rules needed to validate The Merge blocks #3454
- Add core components: controller builder, protocol scheduler, coordinator, block creator and processor. #3461
- Execution specific RPC endpoint #2914, #3350
- QBFT consensus algorithm is production ready
Download Links
- https://hyperledger.jfrog.io/artifactory/besu-binaries/besu/22.1.1/besu-22.1.1.zip / SHA256 cfff79e19e5f9a184d0b62886990698b77d019a0745ea63b5f9373870518173e
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