Changelog

0.8.2

Removed

• Removed import-blockchain command because nothing exports to the required format yet (PR #223)

Bug Fixes

• io.netty.util.internal.OutOfDirectMemoryError errors by removing reference counting from network messages.
• Log spam: endless loop in nioEventLoopGroup (#248 thanks to @5chdn for reporting) (PR #261)
• Rinkeby import can stall with too many fragments (#228 thanks to @steffenkux and @5chdn for reporting) (PR #255)
• Clique incorrectly used the chain ID instead of the network ID in ETH status messages (PR #209)
• Gradle deprecation warnings (PR #246 with thanks to @jvirtanen)
• Consensus issue on Ropsten:
  • Treat output length as a maximum length for CALL operations (PR #236)
  • ECRec precompile should return empty instead of 32 zero bytes when the input is invalid (PR #227)
• File name too long error while building from source (#215 thanks to @5chdn for reporting) (PR #221)
• Loop syntax in runPantheonPrivateNetwork.sh (PR #237 thanks to @matt9ucci)

Additions and Improvements

• Added --ropsten command line argument to make syncing to Ropsten easier (#186) (PR #197 with thanks to @jvirtanen)
• Enabled constantinople in --dev-mode (PR #256)
• Supported Constantinople with Clique (#245 thanks to @5chdn for reporting) (PR #250, PR #247)
• Implemented eth_chainId JSON-RPC method (#206) (PR #219)
• Updated client version to be ethstats friendly (PR #258)
• Added --node-private-key option to allow nodekey file to be specified separately to data directory (#233 thanks to @peterbroadhurst for requesting) (PR #234)
• Added --banned-nodeids option to prevent connection to specific nodes (PR #254)
• Send client quitting disconnect message to peers on shutdown (#184) (PR #253)
• Improved error message for port conflict error (PR #232)
• Improved documentation by adding the following pages:
  • Getting Started
  • Network ID and Chain ID
  • Node Keys
  • Networking
  • Accounts for Testing
  • Logging
  • Proof of Authority
  • Passing JVM Options

Technical Improvements

• Upgraded Ethereum reference tests to 6.0 beta 2. (thanks to @jvirtanen for the initial upgrade to beta 1)
• Set Java compiler default encoding to UTF-8 (PR #238 thanks to @matt9ucci)
• Removed duplicate code defining default JSON-RPC APIs (PR #218 thanks to @matt9ucci)
• Improved code for parsing config (PRs #208, #209)
• Use java.time.Clock in favour of a custom Clock interface (PR #220)
• Improve modularity of storage systems (PR #211, #207)
• Treat JavaDoc warnings as errors (PR #171)
• Add benchmark for BlockHashOperation as a template for benchmarking other EVM operations (PR #203)
• Added unit tests for EthBlockNumber (#189) (PR #195 thanks to @jvirtanen)
• Code style improvements (PR #196 thanks to @jvirtanen)
• Added unit tests for Web3ClientVersion (#191) (PR #194 with thanks to @jvirtanen)
• Removed RLPUtils from RawBlockIterator (PR #179)
• Replace the JNI based snappy library with a pure-Java version (PR #257)