* use Ip consistently
* changed ip field from bytes to string
Signed-off-by: Sally MacFarlane <sally.macfarlane@consensys.net>
Co-authored-by: mark-terry <36909937+mark-terry@users.noreply.github.com>
* Prioritize high gas prices during mining. Previously we ordered only by the order in which the transactions were received. This will increase expected profit when mining. [\#1449](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/1449)
* Added support for the updated smart contract-based [node permissioning EEA interface](https://entethalliance.github.io/client-spec/spec.html#dfn-connectionallowed). [\#1435](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/1435)
* Added support for the updated smart contract-based [node permissioning EEA interface](https://entethalliance.github.io/client-spec/spec.html#dfn-connectionallowed). [\#1435](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/1435) and [\#1496](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/1496)
* Added EvmTool binary to the distribution. EvmTool is a CLI that can execute EVM bytecode and execute ethereum state tests. [\#1465](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/1465)
* Updated the libraries for secp256k1 and AltBN series precompiles. These updates provide significant performance improvements to those areas. [\#1499](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/1499)