- Allow IBFT validators to be changed at a given block [\#173](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/173)
- Support external mining using Stratum [\#140](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/140) (thanks to [atoulme](https://github.com/atoulme))
- Add more fields to private transaction receipt [\#85](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/85) (thanks to [josh-richardson](https://github.com/josh-richardson))
- Pass identity information into RpcMethod from Http Service [\#189](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/189)
- Remove the use of JsonRpcParameters from RpcMethods [\#188](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/188)
- Repaired Metrics name collision between Privacy and RocksDB [\#187](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/187)
- Multi-Tenancy: Do not specify a public key anymore when requesting a … [\#185](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/185)
- Updates to circle building acceptance tests [\#184](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/184)
- Move Apache Tuweni dependency to official release [\#181](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/181) (thanks to [atoulme](https://github.com/atoulme))
- Update Gradle to 6.0, support Java 13 [\#180](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/180)
- ETC Atlantis fork [\#179](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/179) (thanks to [edwardmack](https://github.com/edwardmack))
- ETC Gotham Fork [\#178](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/178) (thanks to [edwardmack](https://github.com/edwardmack))
- ETC DieHard fork support [\#177](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/177) (thanks to [edwardmack](https://github.com/edwardmack))
- Remove 'parentHash', 'number' and 'gasUsed' fields from the genesis d… [\#175](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/175) (thanks to [SweeXordious](https://github.com/SweeXordious))
- Enable pruning by default for fast sync and validate conflicts with privacy [\#172](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/172)
- Store db metadata file in the root data directory. [\#46](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/46)
- Add `--target-gas-limit` command line option. [\#24](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/24)(thanks to new contributor [cfelde](https://github.com/cfelde))
- Allow private contracts to access public state. [\#9](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/9)
- Added content about [access between private and public states](https://besu.hyperledger.org/en/latest/Concepts/Privacy/Privacy-Groups/#access-between-states)
- Added restriction that [account permissioning cannot be used with random key signing](https://besu.hyperledger.org/en/latest/HowTo/Use-Privacy/Sign-Privacy-Marker-Transactions/).
- Added high availability requirement for [private transaction manager](https://besu.hyperledger.org/en/latest/Concepts/Privacy/Privacy-Overview/#availability) (ie, Orion)
- Add Istanbul block (5435345) for Rinkeby [\#35](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/35)
- Add Istanbul block (1561651) for Goerli [\#27](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/27)
- Add Istanbul block (6485846) for Ropsten [\#26](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/26)
- Add privDistributeRawTransaction endpoint [\#23](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/23) (thanks to [josh-richardson](https://github.com/josh-richardson))
### Technical Improvements
- Refactors pantheon private key to signing private key [\#34](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/34) (thanks to [josh-richardson](https://github.com/josh-richardson))
- Support both BESU\_ and PANTHEON\_ env var prefixes [\#32](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/32)
- Use only fully validated peers for fast sync pivot selection [\#21](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/21)
- Support Version Rollbacks for RocksDB \(\#6\) [\#19](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/19)
- Update Cava library to Tuweni Library [\#18](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/18)
- StateTrieAccountValue:Version should be written as an int, not a long [\#17](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/17)
- Handle discovery peers with updated endpoints [\#12](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/12)
- Change retesteth port [\#11](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/11)
- Renames eea\_getTransactionReceipt to priv\_getTransactionReceipt [\#10](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/10) (thanks to [josh-richardson](https://github.com/josh-richardson))
- Support Version Rollbacks for RocksDB [\#6](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6)
- Moving AT DSL into its own module [\#3](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/3)
- Use object parameter instead of list of parameters for priv\_createPrivacyGroup [\#1868](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1868) (thanks to [iikirilov](https://github.com/iikirilov))
- Refactor privacy acceptance tests [\#1864](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1864) (thanks to [iikirilov](https://github.com/iikirilov))
- Sweep state roots before child nodes [\#1854](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1854)
- Update export subcommand to export blocks in rlp format [\#1852](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1852)
- Updating docker tests to make it easier to follow & ensure it listens on the right interface on docker [\#1851](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1851)
- Disable Istanbul block [\#1849](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1849)
- Added rewind to block functionality [#1814](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1814)
- Added support for NoReward and NoProof seal engines [#1813](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1813)
- Added strict short hex strings for retesteth [#1812](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1812)
- Cleaned up genesis parsing [#1809](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1809)
- Updating Orion to v1.3.2 [#1805](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1805)
- Updaated newHeads subscription to emit events only for canonical blocks [#1798](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1798)
- Repricing for trie-size-dependent opcodes [#1795](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1795)
- Revised Istanbul Versioning assignemnts [#1794](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1794)
- Updated RevertReason to return BytesValue [#1793](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1793)
- Updated way priv_getPrivacyPrecompileAddress source [#1786](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1786) (thanks to [iikirilov](https://github.com/iikirilov))
- Updated Chain ID opcode to return 0 as default [#1785](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1785)
- Added tracking of world state account key preimages [#1780](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1780)
- Modified PrivGetPrivateTransaction to take public tx hash [#1778](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1778) (thanks to [josh-richardson](https://github.com/josh-richardson))
- Updated priv_getPrivacyPrecompileAddress method return [#1766](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1766) (thanks to [iikirilov](https://github.com/iikirilov))
- Added tests for permissioning with static nodes behaviour [#1764](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1764)
- Added integration test for contract creation with privacyGroupId [#1762](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1762) (thanks to [josh-richardson](https://github.com/josh-richardson))
- Added report node local address as the coinbase in Clique and IBFT
- Added CLI flag for setting WorldStateDownloader task cache size [#1749](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1749) (thanks to [matkt](https://github.com/matkt))
- Updated vertx to 2.8.0 [#1748](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1748)
- changed RevertReason to BytesValue [#1746](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1746)
- Added static nodes acceptance test [#1745](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1745)
- Added report 0 hashrate when the mining coordinator doesn't support mining
- Implemented EIP-2200 - Net Gas Metering Revised [#1743](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1743)
- Added chainId validation to PrivateTransactionValidator [#1741](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1741)
- Reduced intrinsic gas cost [#1739](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1739)
- De-duplicated test blocks data files [#1737](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1737)
- Renamed various EEA methods to priv methods [#1736](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1736) (thanks to [josh-richardson](https://github.com/josh-richardson))
- Permissioning Acceptance Test [#1735](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1735)
- Added PrivateTransactionValidator to unify logic [#1713](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1713)
- Added JSON-RPC API to report validator block production information [#1687](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1687) (thanks to [matkt](https://github.com/matkt))
- Added Mark Sweep Pruner [#1638](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1638)
- Added the Blake2b F compression function as a precompile in Besu [#1614](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1614) (thanks to [iikirilov](https://github.com/iikirilov))
- New release docker image [\#1664](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1664)
- Support changing log level at runtime [\#1656](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1656) (thanks to [matkt](https://github.com/matkt))
- Implement dump command to dump a specific block from storage [\#1641](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1641) (thanks to [matkt](https://github.com/matkt))
- Add eea\_findPrivacyGroup endpoint to Besu [\#1635](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1635) (thanks to [Puneetha17](https://github.com/Puneetha17))
- Updated eea send raw transaction with privacy group ID [\#1611](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1611) (thanks to [iikirilov](https://github.com/iikirilov))
- Added [admin\_changeLogLevel](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Reference/Besu-API-Methods/#admin_changeloglevel) JSON RPC API (thanks to [matkt](https://github.com/matkt))
- Updated [permissioning overview](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Permissions/Permissioning-Overview/) for onchain account permissioning
- Updated [quickstart](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Tutorials/Private-Network-Quickstart/#monitoring-nodes-with-prometheus-and-grafana) to include Prometheus and Grafana
- Updated [web3.js-eea reference](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Reference/web3js-eea-Methods/) to include privacy group methods
- Updated [onchain permissioning to include account permissioning](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Permissions/Onchain-Permissioning/Onchain-Permissioning/) and [Permissioning Management Dapp](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Permissions/Onchain-Permissioning/Production/)
- Added [deployment procedure for Permissioning Management Dapp](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Permissions/Onchain-Permissioning/Production/)
- Added privacy content for [EEA-compliant and Besu-extended privacy](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Privacy/Explanation/Privacy-Groups/)
- Added content on [creating and managing privacy groups](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Privacy/How-To/Create-Manage-Privacy-Groups/)
- Added content on [accessing private and privacy marker transactions](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Privacy/How-To/Access-Private-Transactions/)
- Added content on [system requirements](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Installation/System-Requirements/)
- Modifies PrivGetPrivateTransaction to take public tx hash [\#1778](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1778)
- Remove enclave public key from parameter [\#1777](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1777)
- Return the ethereum address of the privacy precompile from priv_getPrivacyPrecompileAddress [\#1766](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1766)
- Report node local address as the coinbase in Clique and IBFT [\#1760](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1760)
- Additional integration test for contract creation with privacyGroupId [\#1762](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1762)
- Report 0 hashrate when the mining coordinator doesn't support mining [\#1757](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1757)
- Update BesuCommand to accept minTransactionGasPriceWei as an integer [\#1668](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1668) (thanks to [matkt](https://github.com/matkt))
- Privacy group id consistent [\#1667](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1667) (thanks to [iikirilov](https://github.com/iikirilov))
- Change eea\_getPrivateTransaction endpoint to accept hex [\#1666](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1666) (thanks to [Puneetha17](https://github.com/Puneetha17))
- Factorise metrics code for KeyValueStorage database [\#1663](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1663))
- Create a metric tracking DB size [\#1662](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1662)
- AT- Removing unused methods on KeyValueStorage [\#1661](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1661)
- Add Prerequisites and Quick-Start [\#1660](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1660) (thanks to [lazaridiscom](https://github.com/lazaridiscom))
- Make test generated keys deterministic w/in block generator [\#1657](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1657)
- Rename privacyGroupId to createPrivacyGroupId [\#1654](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1654) (thanks to [Puneetha17](https://github.com/Puneetha17))
- Intermittent Test Failures in TransactionsMessageSenderTest [\#1653](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1653)
- Sanity check the generated distribution files before upload [\#1648](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1648)
- Use JDK 11 for release builds [\#1647](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1647)
- Support multiple private marker transactions in a block [\#1646](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1646)
- Display World State Sync Progress in Logs [\#1645](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1645)
- Remove the docker gradle plugin, handle building docker with shell now [\#1644](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1644)
- Switch to using metric names from EIP-2159 [\#1634](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1634)
- Added content on [setting CLI options using environment variables](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Reference/Besu-CLI-Syntax/#specifying-options)
- \[PAN-2811\] Be more lenient with discovery message deserialization. Completes our support for EIP-8 and enables Besu to work on Rinkeby again. [\#1580](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1580)
- Added [note about replacing transactions in transaction pool](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Using-Besu/Transactions/Transaction-Pool/#replacing-transactions-with-same-nonce)
- \[PAN-2779\] Allow signing private transaction with any key [\#1561](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1561) (thanks to [iikirilov](https://github.com/iikirilov))
- \[PAN-2783\] Invert dependency between permissioning and p2p [\#1557](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1557)
- Removing account filter from TransactionPool [\#1556](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1556)
- \[PAN-2672\] Return specific and useful error for enclave issues [\#1455](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1455) (thanks to [Puneetha17](https://github.com/Puneetha17))
- Added [troubleshooting point about illegal reflective access error](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Troubleshooting/Troubleshooting/#illegal-reflective-access-error-on-startup)
- Added [trusted bootnode behaviour for permissioning](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Permissions/Onchain-Permissioning/#bootnodes)
- Added [how to obtain a WS authentication token](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Besu-API/Authentication/#obtaining-an-authentication-token)
- Updated [example scripts and added package.json file for creating signed transactions](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/stable/Using-Besu/Transactions/Transactions/)
- PAN-2715 - return block not found reasons in error [\#1485](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1485)
- \[PAN-2652\] Refactor Privacy acceptance test and add Privacy Ibft test [\#1483](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1483) (thanks to [iikirilov](https://github.com/iikirilov))
- \[PAN-2603\] Onchain account permissioning support [\#1475](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1475)
- Make CLI options names with hyphen-minus searchable and reduce index size [\#1476](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1476)
- Added warning banner when using latest version [\#1454](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1454)
- \[PAN-2647\] Validate Private Transaction nonce before submitting to Transaction Pool [\#1449](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1449) (thanks to [iikirilov](https://github.com/iikirilov))
- Add placeholders system to have global variables in markdown [\#1425](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1425)
- Make restriction field in Private Transaction an enum [\#1462](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1462) (thanks to [iikirilov](https://github.com/iikirilov))
- Helpful graphql error when an account doesn't exist [\#1460](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1460)
- Acceptance Test Cleanup [\#1458](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1458)
- Large chain id support for private transactions [\#1452](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1452)
- Add constantinople fix block for Rinkeby [\#1404](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1404)
- Update EnodeURL to support enodes with listening disabled [\#1403](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1403)
- Integration Integration test\(s\) on p2p of 'net\_services' [\#1402](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1402)
- Reference tests fail on Windows [\#1401](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1401)
- Fix non-deterministic test caused by variable size of generated transactions [\#1399](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1399)
- Start BlockPropagationManager immediately - don't wait for full sync [\#1398](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1398)
- Added error message for RPC method disabled [\#1396](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1396)
- Fix intermittency in FullSyncChainDownloaderTest [\#1394](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1394)
- Add explanatory comment about default port [\#1392](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1392)
- Handle case where peers advertise a listening port of 0 [\#1391](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1391)
- Cache extra data [\#1389](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1389)
- Update Log message in IBFT Controller [\#1387](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1387)
- Remove unnecessary field [\#1384](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1384)
- Add getPeer method to PeerConnection [\#1383](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1383)
- Removing smart quotes [\#1381](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1381) (thanks to [jmcnevin](https://github.com/jmcnevin))
- Use streams and avoid iterating child nodes multiple times [\#1380](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1380)
- Use execute instead of submit so unhandled exceptions get logged [\#1379](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1379)
- Prefer EnodeURL over Endpoint [\#1378](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1378)
- Add flat file based task collection [\#1377](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1377)
- Consolidate local enode representation [\#1376](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1376)
- Rename rocksdDbConfiguration to rocksDbConfiguration [\#1375](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1375)
- Remove EthTaskChainDownloader and supporting code [\#1373](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1373)
- Handle the pipeline being aborted while finalizing an async operation [\#1372](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1372)
- Rename methods that create and return streams away from getX\(\) [\#1368](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1368)
- eea\_getTransactionCount fails if account has not interacted with private state [\#1367](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1367) (thanks to [iikirilov](https://github.com/iikirilov))
- Include static nodes in permissioning logic [\#1339](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1339)
- JsonRpcError decoding to include message [\#1336](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1336)
- Cache current chain head info [\#1335](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1335)
- Queue pending requests when all peers are busy [\#1331](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1331)
- Fix failed tests on Windows [\#1332](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1332)
- Provide error message when invalid key specified in key file [\#1328](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1328)
- Allow whitespace in file paths loaded from resources directory [\#1329](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1329)
- Allow whitespace in path [\#1327](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1327)
- Require block numbers for debug\_traceBlockByNumber to be in hex [\#1326](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1326)
- Improve logging of chain download errors in the pipeline chain downloader [\#1325](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1325)
- Ensure eth scheduler is stopped in tests [\#1324](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1324)
- Normalize account permissioning addresses in whitelist [\#1321](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1321)
- Allow private contract invocations in multiple privacy groups [\#1318](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1318) (thanks to [iikirilov](https://github.com/iikirilov))
- Fix account permissioning check case matching [\#1315](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1315)
- Use header validation mode for ommers [\#1313](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1313)
- Configure RocksDb max background compaction and thread count [\#1312](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1312)
- Missing p2p info when queried live [\#1310](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1310)
- Tx limit size send peers follow up [\#1308](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1308)
- Remove remnants of the old dev mode [\#1307](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1307)
- Undo changes to PendingTransactions method visibility [\#1281](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1281)
- Use default enclave public key to generate eea_getTransactionReceipt [\#1280](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1280) (thanks to [Puneetha17](https://github.com/Puneetha17))
- Rollback to rocksdb 5.15.10 [\#1279](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1279)
- Log error when a JSON decode problem is encountered [\#1278](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1278)
- Build broken in Java 12 [\#1263](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1263)
- Make PeerDiscovertAgentTest less flakey [\#1262](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1262)
- Ignore extra json rpc params [\#1261](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1261)
- Fetch local transactions in isolation [\#1259](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1259)
- Update to debug trace transaction [\#1258](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1258)
- Use labelled timer to differentiate between rocks db metrics [\#1254](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1254) (thanks to [Puneetha17](https://github.com/Puneetha17))
- Migrate TransactionPool (& affiliated test) from 'core' to 'eth' [\#1251](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1251)
- Use single instance of Rocksdb for privacy [\#1247](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1247) (thanks to [Puneetha17](https://github.com/Puneetha17))
- Subscribing to sync events should receive false when in sync [\#1240](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1240)
- Ignore transactions from the network while behind chain head [\#1228](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1228)
- RocksDB Statistics in Metrics [\#1169](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1169)
- Add block trace RPC methods [\#1088](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1088) (thanks to [kziemianek](https://github.com/kziemianek))
- Added [Privacy Overview](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Privacy/Privacy-Overview/) and [Processing Private Transactions](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Privacy/Private-Transaction-Processing/)
- Renaming of Ethstats Lite Explorer to [Ethereum Lite Explorer](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/EthStats/Lite-Block-Explorer/) (thanks to [tzapu](https://github.com/tzapu))
- Reduce memory usage in import [\#1239](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1239)
- Improve eea_sendRawTransaction error messages [\#1238](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1238) (thanks to [Puneetha17](https://github.com/Puneetha17))
- Single topic filter [\#1235](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1235)
- Enable pipeline chain downloader for fast sync [\#1232](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1232)
- Make contract size limit configurable [\#1227](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1227)
- Refactor PrivacyParameters config to use builder pattern [\#1226](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1226) (thanks to [antonydenyer](https://github.com/antonydenyer))
- Different request limits for different request types [\#1224](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1224)
- Finish off fast sync pipeline download [\#1222](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1222)
- Enable fast-sync options on command line [\#1218](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1218)
- Replace filtering headers after the fact with calculating number to request up-front [\#1216](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1216)
- Support async processing while maintaining output order [\#1215](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1215)
- Add Unstable Options to the CLI [\#1213](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1213)
- Add private cluster acceptance tests [\#1211](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1211) (thanks to [Puneetha17](https://github.com/Puneetha17))
- Push development images to public dockerhub [\#1202](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1202)
- Push builds of master as docker development images [\#1200](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1200)
- Doc CI pipeline for build and tests [\#1199](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1199)
- Replace the use of a disconnect listener with EthPeer.isDisconnected [\#1197](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1197)
- Prep chain downloader for branch by abstraction [\#1194](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1194)
- Maintain the state of MessageFrame in private Tx [\#1193](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1193) (thanks to [Puneetha17](https://github.com/Puneetha17))
- Persist private world state only if we are mining [\#1191](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1191) (thanks to [Puneetha17](https://github.com/Puneetha17))
- Remove SyncState from SyncTargetManager [\#1188](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1188)
- Acceptance tests base for smart contract node permissioning [\#1186](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1186)
- Added `--metrics-category` CLI to only enable select metrics [\#969](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/969)
- Documentation updates include:
- Updated endpoints in [Private Network Quickstart](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Tutorials/Private-Network-Quickstart/) (thanks to [laubai](https://github.com/laubai))
- Updated [developer build instructions to use installDist](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/blob/master/docs/development/running-developer-builds.md)
- Added information on [block time and timeout settings](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Consensus-Protocols/IBFT/#block-time) for IBFT 2.0
- Added permissioning blog to [Resources](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Resources/Resources/)
- Updated [Create Permissioned Network](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Tutorials/Create-Permissioned-Network/) tutorial to use `export-address`
- Updated [Clique](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Consensus-Protocols/Clique/) and [IBFT 2.0](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Consensus-Protocols/IBFT/) docs to include complete genesis file
- Updated [Clique tutorial](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Tutorials/Create-Private-Clique-Network/) to use `export-address` subcommand
- Added two extra Ropsten bootnodes [\#1147](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1147)
- Fixed TCP port handling [\#1144](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1144)
- Better error on bad header [\#1143](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1143)
- Refresh peer table while we have fewer than maxPeers connected [\#1142](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1142)
- Refactor jsonrpc consumption of local node permissioning controller [\#1140](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1140)
- Disconnect peers before the pivot block while fast syncing [\#1139](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1139)
- Reduce the default transaction pool size from 30,000 to 4096 [\#1136](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1136)
- Fail at load if static nodes not whitelisted [\#1135](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1135)
- Fix private transaction acceptance test [\#1134](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1134) (thanks to [Puneetha17](https://github.com/Puneetha17))
- Quieter exceptions when network is unreachable [\#1133](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1133)
- nodepermissioningcontroller used for devp2p connection filtering [\#1132](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1132)
- Remove duplicates from apis specified via CLI [\#1131](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1131)
- Synchronizer returns false if it is in sync [\#1130](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1130)
- Added fromHexStringStrict to check for exactly 20 byte addresses [\#1128](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1128)
- Fix deadlock scenario in AsyncOperationProcessor and re-enable WorldStateDownloaderTest [\#1126](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1126)
- RPC tests can use 127.0.0.1 loopback rather than localhost [\#974](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/974) (fixes [\#956](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues/956)[\#956](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues/956) thanks to [glethuillier](https://github.com/glethuillier) for raising)
- Disable picocli ansi when testing [\#973](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/973)
- Add a jmh benchmark for WorldStateDownloader [\#972](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/972)
- Gradle dependency for JMH annotation, for IDEs that aren't IntelliJ \(… [\#971](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/971)
- Separate download state tracking from WorldStateDownloader [\#967](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/967)
- Gradle dependency for JMH annotation, for IDEs that aren't IntelliJ [\#966](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/966)
- Documentation update for the [`public-key export-address`](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Reference/Besu-CLI-Syntax/#public-key) subcommand.
- Updated [IBFT 2.0 overview](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Consensus-Protocols/IBFT/) to include use of `rlp encode` command and information on setting IBFT 2.0 properties to achieve your desired block time.
- Do parallel extract signatures in the parallel block importer. [\#844](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/844)
- Fix 'the Input Is Too Long' Error on Windows [\#843](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/843) (thanks to [glethuillier](https://github.com/glethuillier)). Fixes issue [\#839](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues/839).
- Speed up shutdown time [\#838](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/838)
- Add metrics to world state downloader [\#837](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/837)
- Store pivot block header [\#836](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/836)
- Clique should use beneficiary of zero on epoch blocks [\#833](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/833)
- Clique should ignore proposals for address 0 [\#831](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/831)
- Fix intermittency in FullSyncDownloaderTest [\#830](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/830)
- Added the authentication service to the WebSocket service [\#829](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/829)
- Extract creation and init of ProtocolContext into a re-usable class [\#828](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/828)
- Prevent duplicate commit seals in ibft header [\#827](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/827)
- Validate Ibft vanity data length [\#826](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/826)
- Refactored json rpc authentication to be provided as a service [\#825](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/825)
- Handle unavailable world states [\#824](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/824)
- Password in JWT payload [\#823](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/823)
- Homogenize error messages when required parameters are set [\#822](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/822) ([glethuillier](https://github.com/glethuillier)). Fixes issue [\#821](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues/821).
- Set remote peer chain head to parent of block received in NEW\_BLOCK\_MESSAGE [\#819](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/819)
- Peer disconnects should not result in stack traces [\#818](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/818)
- Remove privacy not supported warning [\#806](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/806) (thanks to [vinistevam](https://github.com/vinistevam))
- Wire up Private Transaction Processor [\#805](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/805) (thanks to [Puneetha17](https://github.com/Puneetha17))
- Apply a limit to the number of responses in RespondingEthPeer.respondWhile [\#803](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/803)
- Avoid requesting empty block bodies from the network. [\#802](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/802)
- Handle partial responses to get receipts requests [\#801](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/801)
- Rename functions in Ibft MessageValidator [\#800](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/800)
- Upgrade GoogleJavaFormat to 1.7 [\#795](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/795)
- Minor refactorings of IntegrationTest infrastructure [\#786](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/786)
- Spilt Ibft MessageValidator into components [\#752](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/752)
- Ensure first checkpoint headers is always in local blockchain for FastSyncCheckpointHeaderManager [\#750](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/750)
- Refactored permissioning components to be Optional. [\#747](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/747)
- Integrate rocksdb-based queue into WorldStateDownloader [\#746](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/746)
- Generify orion to enclave [\#745](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/745) (thanks to [vinistevam](https://github.com/vinistevam))
- Moved IBFT Message factory to use wrapped message types [\#744](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/744)
- Handle timeouts when requesting checkpoint headers correctly [\#743](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/743)
- Update RoundChangeManager to use flattened message [\#742](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/742)
- Handle validation failures when fast importing blocks [\#741](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/741)
- Updated IbftRound and RoundState APIs to use wrapped messages [\#740](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/740)
The [documentation](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/) has been updated throughout to use the changed command line options and the [command line reference](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Reference/Besu-CLI-Syntax/) documents the changed options.
| `--goerli` | [`--network=goerli`](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Reference/Besu-CLI-Syntax/#network) | Replaced by `--network` option |
| `--metrics-listen=<HOST:PORT>` | [`--metrics-host=<HOST>`](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Reference/Besu-CLI-Syntax/#metrics-host) and [`--metrics-port=<PORT>`](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Reference/Besu-CLI-Syntax/#metrics-port) | Split into host and port options |
| `--p2p-listen=<HOST:PORT>` | [`--p2p-host=<HOST>`](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Reference/Besu-CLI-Syntax/#p2p-host) and [`--p2p-port=<PORT>`](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Reference/Besu-CLI-Syntax/#p2p-port) | Split into host and port options |
| `--rinkeby` | [`--network=rinkeby`](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Reference/Besu-CLI-Syntax/#network) | Replaced by `--network` option |
| `--ropsten` | [`--network=ropsten`](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Reference/Besu-CLI-Syntax/#network) | Replaced by `--network` option |
| `--rpc-listen=<HOST:PORT>` | [`--rpc-http-host=<HOST>`](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Reference/Besu-CLI-Syntax/#rpc-http-host) and [`--rpc-http-port=<PORT>`](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Reference/Besu-CLI-Syntax/#rpc-http-port) | Split into host and port options |
| `--ws-listen=<HOST:PORT>` | [`--rpc-ws-host=<HOST>`](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Reference/Besu-CLI-Syntax/#rpc-ws-host) and [`--rpc-ws-port=<PORT>`](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Reference/Besu-CLI-Syntax/#rpc-ws-port) | Split into host and port options |
to use quickstart in `pantheon-quickstart` repository and indicate that the quickstart is not supported on Windows.
- Added IBFT 2.0 [content](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Consensus-Protocols/IBFT/) and [JSON RPC API methods](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Reference/JSON-RPC-API-Methods/#ibft-20-methods).
- Added content on [events and logs](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Using-Besu/Events-and-Logs/), and [using filters](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Using-Besu/Accessing-Logs-Using-JSON-RPC/).
- Added content on integrating with [Prometheus Push Gateway](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Using-Besu/Debugging/#running-prometheus-with-pantheon-in-push-mode)
- Update orion default port approach [\#660](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/660)
- Extract out generic parts of Downloader [\#659](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/659)
- Start world downloader [\#658](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/658)
- Create a simple `WorldStateDownloader` [\#657](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/657)
- Added handling for when p2p is disabled [\#655](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/655)
- Enabled command line configuration for privacy precompiled contract address [\#653](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/653) (thanks to [Puneetha17](https://github.com/Puneetha17))
- IBFT transmitted packets are logged by gossiper [\#652](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/652)
-`admin_addPeer` acceptance test [\#651](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/651)
Indefinitely delays the roll-out of Constantinople on Ethereum Mainnet due to a [potential security issue](https://blog.ethereum.org/2019/01/15/security-alert-ethereum-constantinople-postponement/) detected.
or referring to the custom [configuration file](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Getting-Started/Run-Docker-Image/#custom-configuration-file)
or [genesis file](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Getting-Started/Run-Docker-Image/#custom-genesis-file).
To recover the node key and data directory from the Docker container:
* Save the node key in the [`key` file](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Configuring-Besu/Node-Keys/#node-private-key) in the data
directory or specify the location using the [`--node-private-key` option](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Configuring-Besu/Node-Keys/#specifying-a-custom-node-private-key-file).
* Specify the `<destination_directory` as a [volume for the data directory](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Getting-Started/Run-Docker-Image/#data-directory).
- Remove non-transactional mutation from KeyValueStore [\#500](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/500)
- Ensured that the blockchain queries class handles optionals better. [\#486](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/486)
- IBFT mining acceptance test [\#483](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/483)
- Set base directory name to be lowercase in building.md [\#474](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/474) (Thanks to [Matthalp](https://github.com/Matthalp))
- Moved admin\_peers to Admin API group [\#473](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/473)
- Nodes whitelist acceptance test [\#472](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/472)
- Rework RoundChangeManagerTest to not reuse validators [\#469](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/469)
- Ignore node files to support truffle. [\#467](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/467)
From v0.8.3, incoming HTTP requests are only accepted from hostnames specified using the `--host-whitelist` command-line option. If not specified, the default value for `--host-whitelist` is `localhost`.
If using the URL `http://127.0.0.1` to make JSON-RPC calls, use `--host-whitelist` to specify the hostname `127.0.0.1` or update the hostname to `localhost`.
Specify `*` or `all` for `--host-whitelist` to effectively disable host protection and replicate pre-v0.8.3 behavior. This is not recommended for production code.
* Reorganised [Installation documentation](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/wiki/Installation) and added [Chocolatey installation](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/wiki/Install-Binaries#windows-with-chocolatey) for Windows
* Reorganised [JSON-RPC API documentation](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/wiki/JSON-RPC-API)
* Updated [RPC Pub/Sub API documentation](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/wiki/RPC-PubSub)
### Technical Improvements
- Extracted non-Docker CLI parameters to picoCLI mixin. [\#323](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/323)
- IBFT preprepare to validate round matches block [\#329](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/329)
- Fix acceptance test [\#324](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/324)
- Added the `IbftFinalState` [\#385](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/385)
- Removed `import-blockchain` command because nothing exports to the required format yet (PR [\#223](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/223))
### Bug Fixes
-`io.netty.util.internal.OutOfDirectMemoryError` errors by removing reference counting from network messages.
- Log spam: endless loop in `nioEventLoopGroup` ([#248](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues/248) thanks to [@5chdn](https://github.com/5chdn) for reporting) (PR [#261](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/261))
- Rinkeby import can stall with too many fragments ([#228](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues/228) thanks to [@steffenkux](https://github.com/steffenkux) and [@5chdn](https://github.com/5chdn) for reporting) (PR [#255](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/255))
- Clique incorrectly used the chain ID instead of the network ID in ETH status messages (PR [#209](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/209))
- Gradle deprecation warnings (PR [#246](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/246) with thanks to [@jvirtanen](https://github.com/jvirtanen))
- Consensus issue on Ropsten:
- Treat output length as a maximum length for CALL operations (PR [#236](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/236))
- ECRec precompile should return empty instead of 32 zero bytes when the input is invalid (PR [#227](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/227))
- File name too long error while building from source ([#215](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues/215) thanks to [@5chdn](https://github.com/5chdn) for reporting) (PR [#221](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/221))
- Loop syntax in `runBesuPrivateNetwork.sh` (PR [#237](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/237) thanks to [@matt9ucci](https://github.com/matt9ucci))
- Added `--ropsten` command line argument to make syncing to Ropsten easier ([#186](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues/186)) (PR [#197](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/197) with thanks to [@jvirtanen](https://github.com/jvirtanen))
- Enabled constantinople in `--dev-mode` (PR [#256](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/256))
- Supported Constantinople with Clique ([#245](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues/245) thanks to [@5chdn](https://github.com/5chdn) for reporting) (PR [#250](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/250), PR [#247](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/247))
- Updated client version to be ethstats friendly (PR [#258](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/258))
- Added `--node-private-key` option to allow nodekey file to be specified separately to data directory ([#233](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues/233) thanks to [@peterbroadhurst](https://github.com/peterbroadhurst) for requesting) (PR [#234](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/234))
- Added `--banned-nodeids` option to prevent connection to specific nodes (PR [#254](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/254))
- Send client quitting disconnect message to peers on shutdown ([#184](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues/184)) (PR [#253](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/253))
- Improved error message for port conflict error (PR [#232](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/232))
- Improved documentation by adding the following pages:
- Upgraded Ethereum reference tests to 6.0 beta 2. (thanks to [@jvirtanen](https://github.com/jvirtanen) for the initial upgrade to beta 1)
- Set Java compiler default encoding to UTF-8 (PR [#238](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/238) thanks to [@matt9ucci](https://github.com/matt9ucci))
- Improved code for parsing config (PRs [#208](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/208), [#209](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/209))
- Use `java.time.Clock` in favour of a custom Clock interface (PR [#220](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/220))
- Improve modularity of storage systems (PR [#211](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/211), [#207](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/207))
- Treat JavaDoc warnings as errors (PR [#171](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/171))
- Add benchmark for `BlockHashOperation `as a template for benchmarking other EVM operations (PR [#203](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/203))
- Added unit tests for `EthBlockNumber` ([#189](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues/189)) (PR [#195](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/195) thanks to [@jvirtanen](https://github.com/jvirtanen))
- Code style improvements (PR [#196](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/196) thanks to [@jvirtanen](https://github.com/jvirtanen))
- Added unit tests for `Web3ClientVersion` ([#191](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues/191)) (PR [#194](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/194) with thanks to [@jvirtanen](https://github.com/jvirtanen))
- Removed RLPUtils from `RawBlockIterator` (PR [#179](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/179))
- Replace the JNI based snappy library with a pure-Java version (PR [#257](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/257))