v2.5.0-beta1

Testnet Only

Change Summary

Performance Improvements

• Optimized VM execution by reducing allocations and redundant conversions.
• Avoided unnecessary map lookups for jump destination analysis.
• Refactored vm.Context into BlockContext and TxContext for better structure.
• Improved EVM reusability.

Ethereum EIPs Implementation

• Implemented EIP-1559 (fee market changes).
• Implemented EIP-2565 (lowering cost for modular exponentiation).
• Implemented EIP-3651 (warm coinbase for gas optimization).
• Implemented EIP-1153 (transient storage).

RPC & API Enhancements

• Added rpc-gascap flag and set RPC gas cap to 50M.
• Added xdpos_getBlockInfoByEpochNum API.
• Fixed wrong gas price calculation with empty blocks.
• Improved EstimateGas API.
• Added admin_addTrustedPeer and admin_removeTrustedPeer RPC methods.

Security & Bug Fixes

• Fixed block hash retrieval for eth_getLogs.
• Fixed high pending special transactions in core/txpool.
• Fixed various staticcheck warnings for better code quality.
• Fixed node.Node AccountsManager memory leak.

Code Refactoring & Cleanup

• Removed unused functions, redundant conversions, and unnecessary package imports.
• Migrated from ioutil to io and os.
• Standardized string formatting (0x%x → %#x).
• Replaced strings.Replace with strings.ReplaceAll.
• Removed whisper package.

Network & Node Adjustments

• Allowed WebSocket and HTTP to work on the same port.
• Increased default maxpeers to 50.
• Reduced mainnet and testnet timeout to 10s.
• Updated bootnodes list.

Development & Deployment Updates

• Upgraded to Go 1.22.
• Updated multiple core dependencies (common, crypto, metrics).
• Removed Android and iOS support.
• Reduced gas limit for devnet to 50M.
• Merged mining time patch from master.

What's Changed

• fix Byzantium precompile population by @gzliudan in #640
• avoid map lookups for accessing jumpdest analysis by @gzliudan in #629
• core/vm: marshall returnData as hexstring in trace logs by @gzliudan in #630
• split vm.Context into BlockContext and TxContext by @gzliudan in #638
• core/vm: replace function precompile2 with precompile by @gzliudan in #641
• core/vm: less allocations and redundant conversions by @gzliudan in #627
• move fuzzers out of core by @gzliudan in #639
• all: replace uses of ioutil with io and os by @JukLee0ira in #648
• add flag rpc-gascap and set RPCGasCap to 50M by @pro100skm in #664
• return right blockHash for eth_getLogs (#650) by @gzliudan in #675
• all: change format 0x%x to %#x by @gzliudan in #644
• implement eip-2565 by @gzliudan in #645
• upgrade package core/vm by @gzliudan in #643
• remove block hash from statedb by @gzliudan in #649
• fix staticcheck warning SA1029: inappropriate key in call to context.WithValue by @gzliudan in #693
• metrics: fix staticcheck warning ST1017: don't use yoda conditions by @gzliudan in #691
• all: fix staticcheck warning S1039: unnecessary use of fmt.Sprintf by @gzliudan in #690
• all: fix staticcheck warning SA4006: never used value by @gzliudan in #692
• all: fix staticcheck warning ST1005 by @gzliudan in #689
• all: use unified emptyRootHash and emptyCodeHash by @gzliudan in #685
• fix staticcheck warning SA1012: pass nil Context to function by @gzliudan in #695
• all: fix staticcheck warning ST1006 by @gzliudan in #686
• all: fix staticcheck warning SA1006 by @gzliudan in #696
• feat: add api xdpos_getBlockInfoByEpochNum by @wgr523 in #674
• XDCxDAO: fix staticcheck warning S1034: use result of type assertion to simplify cases by @gzliudan in #697
• all: fix staticcheck warning ST1019: import package twice by @gzliudan in #701
• core, XDCxlending/lendingstate: fix staticcheck warning S1002: omit comparison to bool constant by @gzliudan in #709
• common: fix staticcheck warning S1001: replace loop with copy by @gzliudan in #710
• XDPoSChain, ethclient: fix staticcheck warning ST1012: rename NotFound to ErrNotFound by @gzliudan in #711
• crypto/bn256: fix staticcheck warning SA9009: ineffectual go compiler directive by @gzliudan in #712
• compression/rle: fix staticcheck warning SA9004: only the first constant has an explicit type by @gzliudan in #713
• core: fix staticcheck warning SA6005: should use strings.EqualFold by @gzliudan in #714
• XDCxDAO: fix staticcheck warning SA5007: infinite recursive call by @gzliudan in #715
• Merge master back to dev upgrade by @benjamin202410 in #716
• fix nil issues reported by nilness and staticcheck by @gzliudan in #688
• all: fix staticcheck warning ST1008: error should be last return value by @gzliudan in #698
• all: fix staticcheck warning SA4010: append result never used by @gzliudan in #700
• fix: staticcheck warning SA4003: every value of uint64 >= 0 by @gzliudan in #703
• core, XDCxlending/lendingstate: fix staticcheck warning SA5001 by @gzliudan in #704
• all: fix staticcheck warning SA2002: must call T.Fatalf in same goroutine by @gzliudan in #705
• all: fix staticcheck warning S1024: not use x.Sub(time.Now()) by @gzliudan in #706
• metrics/influxdb: fix staticcheck warning SA1015: replace time.Tick with time.NewTicker by @gzliudan in #707
• XDCxlending: fix staticcheck warning S1008: simplify returning boolean expression by @gzliudan in #708
• core: fix staticcheck warning S1006: use for {} for infinite loops by @gzliudan in #723
• eth/downloader: fix staticcheck warning S1033: unnecessary guard around call to delete by @gzliudan in #720
• contracts: fix staticcheck warning S1025: unnecessary fmt.Sprintf("%s", x) by @gzliudan in #721
• engines/engine_v2: fix staticcheck warning S1009: omit redundant nil check on slice by @gzliudan in #722
• p2p: fix staticcheck warning SA4030: rand.Intn(1) always returns 0 by @gzliudan in #717
• p2p: fix staticcheck warning SA4009: overwrite function argument before first use by @gzliudan in #718
• p2p/netutil: fix staticcheck warning SA1021: use bytes.Equal to compare two net.IP by @gzliudan in #719
• implement EIP-1559 by @gzliudan in #527
• cost saving downsize devnet rpc by @benjamin202410 in #724
• remove accidental file test.txt by @gzliudan in #725
• upgrade package node by @gzliudan in #726
• cmd/utils, node: increase default maxpeers to 50 by @gzliudan in #727
• core/txpool: fix very high pending special transactions by @gzliudan in #728
• eth/gasprice: fix wrong gas price with empty blocks by @gzliudan in #732
• rpc: add admin_addTrustedPeer and admin_removeTrustedPeer by @gzliudan in #731
• node: allow WebSocket and HTTP works on the same port by @gzliudan in #729
• whisper: remove package whisper by @JukLee0ira in #687
• upgrade package log to 2024-11-04 by @gzliudan in #734
• accounts, build, mobile: remove Android and iOS support by @JukLee0ira in #733
• all: implement EIP-1153(transient storage) by @gzliudan in #647
• core/vm: remove interface Interpreter by @gzliudan in #642
• update devnet 1559 block number by @benjamin202410 in #736
• core: fix preCheck for RandomizeSMC after EIP-1559 by @gzliudan in https://github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain...

v2.4.1

cicd: update bootnodes for mainnet #811

Full Changelog: v2.4.0...v2.4.1

v2.4.0

This is Mainnet Release

Key Change

Optimize mining time to help all miner get expected reward on every day.

What's Changed

• fix: reduce mine period reset (waiting) time by @wgr523 in #735
• increate timeout to 1 min for testnet by @benjamin202410 in #744
• Use safe timer reset method by @benjamin202410 in #757
• feat: reduce wait time when block time already large by @wgr523 in #753
• add buffer channel to unlock deadlock by @benjamin202410 in #766
• Fix tc cross epoch different masternode counts issue by @benjamin202410 in #770
• fix only timeout round exists in next epoch by @benjamin202410 in #772
• Get right tc epoch by @benjamin202410 in #773
• reduce mainnet and testnet timeout to 10s by @benjamin202410 in #784
• Testnet merge back to mainnet by @benjamin202410 in #787
• release mainnet 2.4.0 by @benjamin202410 in #789

Full Changelog: v2.3.0...v2.4.0

v2.4.6-beta1

What's Changed

• fix only timeout round exists in next epoch by @benjamin202410 in #772
• Get right tc epoch by @benjamin202410 in #773

Full Changelog: v2.4.5-beta1...v2.4.6-beta1

v2.4.5-beta1

What's Changed

• Fix tc cross epoch different masternode counts issue by @benjamin202410 in #770

Full Changelog: v2.4.4-beta1...v2.4.5-beta1

v2.4.4-beta1

What's Changed

• add buffer channel to unlock deadlock by @benjamin202410 in #766

Full Changelog: v2.4.3-beta1...v2.4.4-beta1

v2.4.3-beta1

This release is for Testnet Only

What's Changed

• Use safe timer reset method by @benjamin202410 in #757
• feat: reduce wait time when block time already large by @wgr523 in #753

Full Changelog: v2.4.2-beta1...v2.4.3-beta1

v2.4.2-beta1

This release is for Testnet Only

What's Changed

• increate timeout to 1 min for testnet by @benjamin202410 in #744

Full Changelog: v2.4.1-beta1...v2.4.2-beta1

v2.3.0

Main Update

• Reduce consensus timeout from 30 sec to 20 sec
• golang tracers, add golang callTracer

New API Support

• XDPoS_GetEpochNumbersBetween
• XDPoS_getBlockInfoByEpochNum

What's Changed

• increase mainnet rpc volume by @wanwiset25 in #552
• remove redundant error check in function getValidators by @JukLee0ira in #551
• remove admin for rpc and running node by @liam-lai in #554
• testnet: adjust enode_id for old bootnodes and add new bootnodes to list by @wanwiset25 in #555
• performance: remove extra conversions and optimize functions by @JukLee0ira in #553
• use errrors.New instead of empty fmt.Errorf by @JukLee0ira in #557
• remove swarm as unused like eth by @liam-lai in #537
• add step to trigger rpc deployment script update by @wanwiset25 in #556
• some PR before EIP-1559 by @gzliudan in #559
• fix issue #377 and a bug in queue by @gzliudan in #563
• Increase txsize by @wanwiset25 in #550
• scale down devnet from 108 to 90 by @liam-lai in #571
• downscale devnet by @liam-lai in #579
• update devnet deployment script by @liam-lai in #580
• scale down devnet from 90 to 73 by @liam-lai in #581
• Merge from master by @liam-lai in #589
• Merge from master for reorg bug fix by @liam-lai in #593
• lower the devnet cert to recover devnet by @liam-lai in #592
• lower the devnet cert to recover devnet again by @liam-lai in #594
• Scale down devnet from 73 to 62 by @liam-lai in #582
• make eth_call not timeout during UpdateM1 by @gzliudan in #595
• fix database corrupt when UpdateM1 fails during reorg by @gzliudan in #596
• Fix some panic cuased by nil block, statedb, header by @gzliudan in #578
• make leveldb configurable by @gzliudan in #576
• Improve the performance of eth_getLogs by @JukLee0ira in #583
• support for golang tracers + add golang callTracer by @wgr523 in #558
• Fix writeblock by @JukLee0ira in #601
• reduce devnet from 63 to 53 for cost saving by @liam-lai in #602
• remove legacy testnet validate masternode logic by @liam-lai in #603
• upgrade devnet rpc seems its cpu is reaching 100 by @liam-lai in #605
• remove ecs rpc node as we have ec2 ones by @liam-lai in #567
• fix a bug in PR #583: snapshot is not updated by @JukLee0ira in #604
• support both input and data in eth_call, eth_estimateGas, personal_sendTransaction by @JukLee0ira in #597
• hardcode stable image for rpc deployment (temporary) by @wanwiset25 in #612
• change Signer reward to debug by @gzliudan in #600
• Dev upgrade merge from master to fix rpc nodes by @liam-lai in #615
• fix race conditions in txpool by @gzliudan in #617
• Revert EIP 2464 by @wanwiset25 in #619
• update fastcache to v1.12.2 by @gzliudan in #613
• revert fixed image by @wanwiset25 in #621
• implement EIP-2681 by @gzliudan in #609
• update package common/lru and implement generic LRU by @gzliudan in #611
• implement EIP-3541 by @gzliudan in #614
• add missing unlock before panic in package event by @gzliudan in #624
• improve function EnableEIP in package vm by @gzliudan in #625
• feat: GetEpochNumbersBetween API by @wgr523 in #606
• fix sync issue for testnet by @gzliudan in #631
• Dev upgrade fix merge for #635 by @wanwiset25 in #637
• Monthly Merge Dev-Upgrade to Master Branch: September by @wanwiset25 in #635
• intro new timeout by @liam-lai in #651
• add last block number for epoch api by @benjamin202410 in #681
• Mainnet v2.3.0 merge hot fix branch and new epoch api by @benjamin202410 in #680
• cherry pick epoch api from dev-upgrade by @benjamin202410 in #699

Full Changelog: v2.2.5...v2.3.0

v2.2.5

Main Feature

• timeout to 30s
• fix eth_getCandidates and eth_getCandidatesStatus API
• Increase the default gas cap to 50000000
• add flag --rpc-gascap

What's Changed

• cherry pick from #664 by @liam-lai in #666
• Fix getCandidateStatus API by @benjamin202410 in #663
• update timeout from 60s to 30s by @benjamin202410 in #669
• Update to version 2.2.5 by @liam-lai in #670

Full Changelog: v2.2.4...v2.2.5