* begin 0.5.0 spec update: parent_root -> previous_block_root, BeaconState.justified_epoch -> BeaconState.current_justified_epoch, DOMAIN_PROPOSAL -> DOMAIN_BEACON_BLOCK, temporarily rename BeaconBlockHeader to BeaconBlockHeaderRLP to allow for gradual re-merging without disrupting RLP; mark a few unchanged functions and data types, implement get_temporary_block_header/get_empty_block/should_update_validator_registry/processBlockHeader/cacheState; update a few others
* a dozen or so more trivial mostly comment changes, finding more unchanged parts of 0.5.0
* several more trivial changes; goal is to reduce noise around the upcoming substantial changes (epoch processing, etc)
* set epoch_boundary_root - chain finalizes!
* fix slotStart to offset GENESIS_SLOT
* work around bug that will be fixed by
https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/pull/732
* compile with debug info (there was a GC-related crash in C land)
* prevent balance underflow, per spec implementation note
* verify that permutation shuffing works: add YAML dependency to be used for ingesting test cases; switch from blake2 to keccak256 to match EF test cases; remove inefficient naive-spec-version of shuffling algorithm now that protolambda's can be tested directly
* implement in-memory block graph
* store tail block in database
* resolve unknown parents by syncing them from peers
* introduce concept of resolved blocks and attestations - those that
follow minimal protocol rules
* update state head lazily
* log more stuff
* shortHash -> shortLog
* start 9/10 beacon nodes by default, last can be started manually
* see also #134
* fix start.sh epoch length
* convert some asserts to doAsserts to keep them in release mode builds; rename get_initial_beacon_state to get_genesis_beacon_state to track spec; switch target spec version to 0.3.0; switch references to penalize_validator to slash_validator/slashValidator to track spec; make some function returns safer by omitting 'return'
* 2x shuffling speedup by hoisting pivot calculations per https://github.com/protolambda/eth2-shuffle
* switch to v0.2.0 shuffling scheme
* fix some >80 char lines; add get_total_balance helper function (used in epoch processing, etc); note intended removal of repeat_hash and users thereof; add some int_to_bytes and bytes_to_int helpers; more underflow comments; add Gwei type; adjust generate_seed to include additional entropy source; note egregious inefficiencies
* minor code cleanup
* move some general helper functions to helpers.nim and clarify little-endian comments
* spec updates
* balances move out to separate seq
* bunch of placeholders for proof-of-custody / phase1
* fix inclusion distance adjustment
* modify state in-place in `updateState` (tests spent over 80% time
copying state! now it's down to 25-50)
* document several conditions and conversations
* some renames here and there to follow spec
* use repeat_hash from spec in randao
* add some logging to state processing
* export crypto string converters in spec insulation layer
* enable block signature verification
* ssz: add support for arrays, remove custom data type code
* correctly handle previous and new block
* add trivial block processing tests
* prefer iterative repeat_hash
* state transition mostly done
* handle most specials and slashings
* spec updates
* make several constants uint64 to help minimize casting
* document data type woes - will have to revisit these
* change comment style on fields and constants to make room for better
comments
* add BLSVerify and BLSAddPbkeys facades to insulate spec code from
milagro
* fix proof of possession type
* drop explicitly ordered container fields from ssz - there's an issue
open to sort this out before committing it to the spec
* more work on block processing
* fix some unsigned issues
* fix ssz issue when last chunk is not full
* work around empty const seq compiler bug
* XXX -> TODO
Dustin Brody
Ștefan Talpalaru
Jacek Sieka
Mamy Ratsimbazafy
Zahary Karadjov
mratsim
Jacek Sieka
Yuriy Glukhov