21.7.0-RC2

Additions and Improvements

• eth_feeHistory API for wallet providers #2466
• eth_call updated for 1559 #2445

Bug Fixes

• Ibft2 could create invalid RoundChange messages in some circumstances containing duplicate prepares #2449
• Properly hand blockchain queries for eip1559 transactions without a gasPrice field #2389
• Address bonsai fast-sync behavior for interrupted/restarted syncs #2372
• Correctly handle baseFeePerGas parameter at genesis #2443
• Reduce logging of big int decode failures #2004

https://hyperledger.jfrog.io/artifactory/besu-binaries/besu/21.7.0-RC2/besu-21.7.0-RC2.zip
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21.7.0-RC1

21.7.0-RC1

Additions and Improvements

• eip-1559 changes: accept transactions which have maxFeePerGas below current baseFee #2374
• Introduced transitions for IBFT2 block rewards #1977
• Change Ethstats's status from experimental feature to stable. #2405

Bug Fixes

• Updated eth_sendRawTransaction to return an error when maxPriorityFeePerGas exceeds maxFeePerGas #2424

Early Access Features

This release contains the activation blocks for London across all supported testnets. They are:

• Ropsten 10_499_401 (24 Jun 2021)
• Goerli 5_062_605 (30 Jun 2021)
• Rinkeby 8_897_988 (7 Jul 2021)

https://hyperledger.jfrog.io/artifactory/besu-binaries/besu/21.7.0-RC1/besu-21.7.0-RC1.zip
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21.1.7

Changelog

Privacy users - Orion Project Deprecation

Tessera is now the recommended Private Transaction Manager for Hyperledger Besu.

Now that all primary Orion functionality has been merged into Tessera, Orion is being deprecated.
We encourage all users with active projects to use the provided migration instructions,
documented here.

We will continue to support Orion users until 30th November 2021. If you have any questions or
concerns, please reach out to the ConsenSys protocol engineering team in the
#orion channel on Discord or by email.

21.1.7

Additions and Improvements

• Upgrade OpenTelemetry to 1.2.0. #2313

• Ethereum Classic Magneto Hard Fork #2315

• Added support for the upcoming CALAVERAS ephemeral testnet and removed the configuration for the deprecated BAIKAL ephemeral testnet. #2343

Bug Fixes

• Fix invalid transfer values with the tracing API specifically for CALL operation #2319

Early Access Features

Previously identified known issues

• Fixed issue in discv5 where nonce was incorrectly reused. #2075
• Fixed issues in debug_standardTraceBadBlockToFile and debug_standardTraceBlockToFile. #2120
• Fixed invalid error code in several JSON RPC methods when the requested block is not in the range. #2138

Download Link

https://hyperledger.jfrog.io/artifactory/besu-binaries/besu/21.1.7/besu-21.1.7.zip

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21.1.6

Changelog

21.1.6

Additions and Improvements

• Added support for the upcoming BAIKAL ephemeral testnet and removed the configuration for the deprecated YOLOv3 ephemeral testnet. #2237
• Implemented EIP-3541: Reject new contracts starting with the 0xEF byte #2243
• Implemented EIP-3529: Reduction in refunds #2238
• Implemented EIP-3554: Difficulty Bomb Delay #2289

Bug Fixes

• Added ACCESS_LIST transactions to the list of transactions using legacy gas pricing for 1559 #2239
• Reduced logging level of public key decoding failure of malformed packets. #2143
• Add 1559 parameters to json-rpc responses. #2222

Early Access Features

Previously identified known issues

• Fixed issue in discv5 where nonce was incorrectly reused. #2075
• Fixed issues in debug_standardTraceBadBlockToFile and debug_standardTraceBlockToFile. #2120
• Fixed invalid error code in several JSON RPC methods when the requested block is not in the range. #2138

Download Link

https://hyperledger.jfrog.io/artifactory/besu-binaries/besu/21.1.6/besu-21.1.6.zip
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21.1.5

21.1.5

Additions and Improvements

• Ignore nonce when supplied to eth_estimateGas or eth_call. #2133
• Ignore privateFor for tx estimation. #2160

Bug Fixes

• Fixed NullPointerException when crossing network upgrade blocks when peer discovery is disabled. #2140

Early Access Features

Previously identified known issues

Download link

https://hyperledger.jfrog.io/artifactory/besu-binaries/besu/21.1.5/besu-21.1.5.zip
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21.1.4

21.1.4

Additions and Improvements

• Adds --discovery-dns-url CLI command #2088

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue in discv5 where nonce was incorrectly reused. #2075
• Fixed issues in debug_standardTraceBadBlockToFile and debug_standardTraceBlockToFile. #2120

Early Access Features

Previously identified known issues

• Fast sync when running Besu on cloud providers
• Privacy users with private transactions created using v1.3.4 or earlier

Download Link

https://hyperledger.jfrog.io/artifactory/besu-binaries/besu/21.1.4/besu-21.1.4.zip
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21.1.3

21.1.3

Additions and Improvements

• Increase node diversity when downloading blocks #2033

Bug Fixes

• Ethereum Node Records are now dynamically recalculated when we pass network upgrade blocks. This allows for better peering through transitions without needing to restart the node. #1998

Previously identified known issues

• Fast sync when running Besu on cloud providers
• Privacy users with private transactions created using v1.3.4 or earlier

Download link

https://hyperledger.jfrog.io/artifactory/besu-binaries/besu/21.1.3/besu-21.1.3.zip
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21.1.2

21.1.2

Berlin Network Upgrade

Important note: the 21.1.1 release contains an outdated version of the Berlin network upgrade. If you are using Besu on public Ethereum networks, you must upgrade to 21.1.2.

This release contains the activation blocks for Berlin across all supported testnets and the Ethereum mainnet. They are:

• Ropsten 9_812_189 (10 Mar 2021)
• Goerli 4_460_644 (17 Mar 2021)
• Rinkeby 8_290_928 (24 Mar 2021)
• Ethereum 12_244_000 (14 Apr 2021)

Additions and Improvements

• Added option to set a limit for JSON-RPC connections
  • HTTP connections --rpc-http-max-active-connections #1996
  • WS connections --rpc-ws-max-active-connections #2006
• Added ASTOR testnet ETC support #2017

Bug Fixes

• Don't Register BLS12 precompiles for Berlin #2015

Previously identified known issues

• Fast sync when running Besu on cloud providers
• Privacy users with private transactions created using v1.3.4 or earlier

Download link

https://hyperledger.jfrog.io/artifactory/besu-binaries/besu/21.1.2/besu-21.1.2.zip
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21.1.1

21.1.1

Berlin Network Upgrade

Important note: this release contains an outdated version of the Berlin network upgrade. If you are using Besu on public Ethereum networks, you must upgrade to 21.1.2.

This release contains the activation blocks for Berlin across all supported testnets and the Ethereum mainnet. They are:

• Ropsten 9_812_189 (10 Mar 2021)
• Goerli 4_460_644 (17 Mar 2021)
• Rinkeby 8_290_928 (24 Mar 2021)
• Ethereum 12_244_000 (14 Apr 2021)

Additions and Improvements

• Removed EIP-2315 from the Berlin network upgrade #1983
• Added besu_transaction_pool_transactions to the reported metrics, counting the mempool size #1869
• Distributions and maven artifacts have been moved off of bintray #1886
• admin_peers json RPC response now includes the remote nodes enode URL
• add support for keccak mining and a ecip1049_dev network #1882

Bug Fixes

• Fixed incorrect groupId in published maven pom files.
• Fixed GraphQL response for missing account, return empty account instead #1946

Early Access Features

Previously identified known issues

• Fast sync when running Besu on cloud providers
• Privacy users with private transactions created using v1.3.4 or earlier

Download link

sha256: c22a80a54e9fed864734b9fbd69a0a46840fd27ca5211648a3eaf8a955417218

21.1.0

21.1.0

Important note: this release contains an outdated version of the Berlin network upgrade, which was changed on March 5, 2021 (link). If you are using Besu on public Ethereum networks, you must upgrade to 21.1.2.

21.1.0 Features

Features added between 20.10.0 to 21.1.0 include:

• Berlin Network Upgrade: this release contains the activation blocks for Berlin across all supported testnets and the Ethereum mainnet. They are:
  • Ropsten 9_812_189 (10 Mar 2021)
  • Goerli 4_460_644 (17 Mar 2021)
  • Rinkeby 8_290_928 (24 Mar 2021)
  • Ethereum 12_244_000 (14 Apr 2021)
• Besu Launcher: Besu now has support for the Quorum Mainnet Launcher which makes it easy for users to configure and launch Besu on the Ethereum mainnet.
• Bonsai Tries: A new database format which reduces storage requirements and improves performance for access to recent state. Note: only full sync is currently supported.
• Miner Data JSON-RPC: The eth_getMinerDataByBlockHash and eth_getMinerDataByBlockNumber endpoints return miner rewards and coinbase address for a given block.
• EIP-1898 support: The EIP adds blockHash to JSON-RPC methods which accept a default block parameter.

Early Access Features

• Bonsai Tries: A new database format which reduces storage requirements and improves performance for access to recent state. Note: only full sync is currently supported.
• QBFT: A new consensus algorithm to support interoperability with other Enterprise Ethereum Alliance compatible clients.

21.1.0 Breaking Changes

• --skip-pow-validation-enabled is now an error with block import --format JSON. This is because the JSON format doesn't include the nonce so the proof of work must be calculated.
• eth_call will not return a JSON-RPC result if the call fails, but will return an error instead. If it was for a revert the revert reason will be included.
• eth_call will not fail for account balance issues by default. An parameter "strict": true can be added to the call parameters (with to and from) to enforce balance checks.

Additions and Improvements

• Added besu_transaction_pool_transactions to the reported metrics, counting the mempool size #1869
• Added activation blocks for Berlin Network Upgrade #1929

Bug Fixes

• Fixed representation of access list for access list transactions in JSON-RPC results.

Previously identified known issues

• Fast sync when running Besu on cloud providers
• Privacy users with private transactions created using v1.3.4 or earlier

Download link

sha256: e4c8fe4007e3e5f7f2528cbf1eeb5457caf06536c974a6ff4305035ff5724476