SECURITY:
FEATURES:
IMPROVEMENTS:
BUG FIXES:
SECURITY:
- keygen: write keys to files instead of tty.
FEATURES:
- proxy: Introduced in-memory proxy.
- cmd: Enable reading config from file (lachesis.toml, .json, or .yaml)
IMPROVEMENTS:
- node: major refactoring of configuration and initialization of Lachesis node.
- node: Node ID is calculated from public key rather than from sorting the peers.json file.
FEATURES:
- poset: Replaced Leemon Baird's original "Fair" ordering method with Lamport timestamps.
- poset: Introduced the concept of Frames and Roots to enable initializing a poset from a "non-zero" state.
- node: Added FastSync protocol to enable nodes to catch up with other nodes without downloading the entire poset.
- proxy: Introduce Snapshot/Restore functionality.
IMPROVEMENTS:
- poset: Refactored the consensus methods around the concept of Frames.
- poset: Removed special case for "initial" Events, and make use of Roots instead.
- docs: Added sections on Lachesis and FastSync.