NKN Testnet v0.7.0-alpha "Meerkat" Release:
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MOCA consensus module rewritten:
- Much stronger security: resistant to various attacks including sybil attack, timestamp attack, collusion attack, multi-proposal attack
- Greatly improved stability: automatically transit between consensus and sync state using finite state machine to recover from transient network problem
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Greatly enhanced network layer:
- Strong resistance against malicious and spam message: enforced verification on all message signature, message type and routing type
- At least 70x more efficient block/transaction broadcasting
- Implemented latency-based proximity routing to achieve up to 100% faster relay message
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Block synchronization module rewritten:
- Secure and robust: locally BFT-level robustness against malicious and faulty neighbors
- Blazing fast: up to 10x faster block synchronization
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New features: Pub/Sub
- Implemented Pub/Sub function: NKN address can now subscribe to any topics through wallet sdk and receive messages sent to these topics through client sdk, which can be used to discover and subscribe to useful application service running on top of NKN platform. One example is that you can now easily find other people to play Space Cats 3D game with you.
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Many improvements and bug fix