version v0.2.1

Author: tersec

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+2025-09-26 v0.2.1
+=================
+
+The Nimbus EL `v0.2.1` alpha is a `high-urgency` release for the Hoodi, Sepolia, and Holesky testnets, due to their impending Fusaka forks. There are no Verified Proxy changes since `v0.2.0`.
+
+### Improvements
+
+- Improve block processing speed by 6x:
+  https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth1/pull/3717
+
+- Support stateless block execution:
+  https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth1/pull/3683
+
+- Improve precompile error-related logging:
+  https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth1/pull/3718
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Prevent potential database corruption:
+  https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth1/pull/3705
+
+- Fix crash relating to shutting down while syncing:
+  https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth1/pull/3695

execution_chain/version.nim

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed except according to
 # those terms.
 
-{.push raises: [].}
+{.push raises: [], gcsafe.}
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # The only place where NimbusVersion is declared.
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const
   NimbusMinor* = 2
   ## is the minor number of Nimbus' version.
 
-  NimbusPatch* = 0
+  NimbusPatch* = 1
   ## is the patch number of Nimbus' version.
 
   NimbusVersion* = $NimbusMajor & "." & $NimbusMinor & "." & $NimbusPatch

nimbus.nimble

@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@
 mode = ScriptMode.Verbose
 
 packageName   = "nimbus"
-version       = "0.2.0"
+version       = "0.2.1"
 author        = "Status Research & Development GmbH"
 description   = "An Ethereum 2.0 Sharding Client for Resource-Restricted Devices"
 license       = "Apache License 2.0"
 skipDirs      = @["tests", "examples"]
 # we can't have the result of a custom task in the "bin" var - https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/issues/542
 # bin           = @["build/nimbus"]
 
-requires "nim >= 2.2.0",
+requires "nim >= 2.2.4",
   "bncurve",
   "chronicles",
   "chronos",