rsksmart/rskj REED-8.1.0

RSK Reed Release 8.1.0

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⚠️ Important Notice

As approved by the Rootstock community as part of the Reed upgrade, this version introduces a set of consensus changes that will activate only on Testnet, along with node optimizations for performance, stability, and improved developer experience for both Mainnet and Testnet.
If you are running earlier versions of the Rootstock client node on Testnet and adhere to these changes, you must update to this new version. The upgrade will activate on Rootstock Testnet at block number 7,139,600.

✨ Release Summary

Reed 8.1.0 introduces a set of consensus changes that will activate only on Testnet, along with RSKj node optimizations for performance, stability, and improved developer experience for both Mainnet and Testnet.
It delivers scalability enhancements through the Parallel Transaction Execution feature and additional protocol improvements that lay the groundwork for the upcoming Union Bridge release on Testnet soon.

🆕 What's New in RSK Reed 8.1.0

The Testnet-only consensus changes included in this version are:

• Parallel Transaction Execution for the Unitrie (RSKIP-144)
• Miniheader - block header compression (RSKIP-351)
• Union Bridge Integration: New Methods Added to PowPeg Bridge Contract (RSKIP-502)
• New storage cells in Bridge native contract for base and super events info (RSKIP-529)
• Additional methods for the BlockHeader precompiled contract (RSKIP-536)

Most notable non-consensus changes are:

• Refactor traceFilter method for improved performance and reliability by @dlealmac in #3325
• Make filterid less predictable by using random UUID generation by @rmoreliovlabs in #3312

For a detailed description of each consensus change introduced in this network upgrade, please refer to RSKIP 518 Network Upgrade: Reed. You can also find a complete list of the changes introduced in the corresponding GitHub milestone.

Full Changelog: REED-8.0.0...REED-8.1.0

🛠️ Reproducible Build

SHA256 (see Reproducible Build guide for further details):
f8535514f7a02181da768543782ec9b811128b6af20f44d1d5c0c5510ecdaaf1 rskj-core-8.1.0-REED-all.jar