Using trusted node sync currently requires to run two commands -
first the `trustedNodeSync` command to initialize the database,
followed by the regular startup command to continue syncing.
The `trustedNodeSync` options are now also available during regular
startup, and are used when the database is empty to simplify setting up
a new Nimbus beacon node. This also aligns behaviour closer with other
Ethereum consensus implementations.
The new logic only applies if the database has not yet been initialized;
same as before. Also, the database needs to be removed under the same
conditions as before when a fresh sync is desired.
- compact syntax for different options (as in the rest of the guide)
- correct numeration of the list (continuation vs starting from 1)
- add links to useful resources
- a note stating that Prater is deprecated
* make the validating guide self-contained
Instead of having links to the three separate how-to guides,
now everything is under one umbrella.
* fix all now-broken links
* Apply suggestions from code review
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* address review comments
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* refactor index.md
* move philosophy.md into index.md
* clean up the 'getting started' topic
move how-to's to the how-to section
* cleaner titles
* move prerequisites to the install.md page
* hardware.md: small refactor
* improve quick-start.md
* refactor eth1.md
* refactor validating guide
* reverse the order of BN and LC in the table
* pi-guide.md: minor edit
* Apply suggestions from code review
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* make link texts more concrete
* remove comparison to other clients
* add some more explanations to `build.md`
* change 'days' to 'hours'
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* Incremental pruning
When turning on pruning the first time the current pruning algorithm
will prune the full database at startup. This delays restart
unnecessarily, since all of the pruned space is not needed at once.
This PR introduces incremental pruning such that we will never prune
more than 32 blocks or the sync speed, whichever is higher.
This mode is expected to become default in a follow-up release.
Miran
Kim De Mey
tersec
Etan Kissling
xiaolou86
zah
Tanguy
Eugene Kabanov
Jacek Sieka