This release provides a significant stability improvement (#1546) and protects nodes against a DoS vector.
Changes
- Refactor attestation service (#1415)
- Shutdown like a Sir (#1545)
- Add remaining network ops to queuing system (#1546)
- Prevents locking when processing large numbers of slashings, as experienced on Medalla.
Binaries
Binaries are supplied for two platforms:
x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu: AMD/Intel 64-bit processors (most desktops, laptops, servers)aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu: 64bit ARM processors (Raspberry Pi 4)
Additionally there is also a -portable suffix which indicates if the portable feature is used:
- Without
portable: uses modern CPU instructions to provide the fastest signature verification times (may causeIllegal instructionerror on older CPUs) - With
portable: approx. 20% slower, but should work on all modern 64-bit processors.