To maintain best security practices, we're changing the `user:group` on the Docker container to `besu`.
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UID because the username may not exist inside the docker container. Ensure the directory being mounted
is owned by that user.
### Fast Sync by Default for Named Networks
The default sync mode for named permissionless networks, such as the Ethereum mainnet and testnets is now FAST.
The default is unchanged for private networks.
This default is what most users want when they are syncing but if you want to full sync, you can still do so with `--sync-mode=FULL`
## Upcoming 1.5 release
The [1.5 release](docs/1_5_Upgrade.md) is scheduled for early July.
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- Code style improvements (PR [#196](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/196) thanks to [@jvirtanen](https://github.com/jvirtanen))
- Added unit tests for `Web3ClientVersion` (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))
- Replace the JNI based snappy library with a pure-Java version (PR [#257](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/257))