* Fix eth/common & web3 related deprecation warnings for fluffy
This commit uses the new types in the new eth/common/ structure
to remove deprecation warnings.
It is however more than just a mass replace as also all places
where eth/common or eth/common/eth_types or eth/common/eth_types_rlp
got imported have been revised and adjusted to a better per submodule
based import.
There are still a bunch of toMDigest deprecation warnings but that
convertor is not needed for fluffy code anymore so in theory it
should not be used (bug?). It seems to still get imported via export
leaks ffrom imported nimbus code I think.
* Address review comments
* Remove two more unused eth/common imports
- Use the new createRpcSigsFromNim for client json-rpc API
- Avoid importing any nimbus/rpc specifics, use only web3 and
fluffy local rpc code
- Adjust tools making use of the client side API
* Add nph check to fluffy CI lint
* Add a section on nph usage in the fluffy.guide
* Update copyright years for altered files
* Avoid chained methods formatting style in db code
* Update nph in CI to v0.5
* Remove leftover commented import
* Move comment to avoid nph turning complex list into simple list (nph bug)
* Update nph in CI to v0.5.1
* Formatting fluffy with nph v0.5.1
* Reduce Nim 1.6 compiler warnings/hints for Fluffy and Nimbus proxy
Mostly raises Defect removals, TaintedString removal and some
unnecessary imports.
Also updating the copyright years alongside.
* Further reduce Nim 1.6 compiler warnings/hints for Nimbus
* Improvements to the propagation and seeding of data
- Use a lookup for nodes selection in neighborhoodGossip
- Rework populate db code and add `propagateBlockHistoryDb` call
and portal_history__propagateBlock json-rpc call
- Small adjustment to blockwalk
* Avoid storing out-of-range data in the propagate db calls
Currently re-using http connections for the json-rpc requests
seems to slow down the requests considerably. Avoid this by
forcing a close after each requests in the blockwalk tool.
Kim De Mey
andri lim