This commit updates geth to 1.8.17 and adds a possibility to enable metrics during compilation time.
The cascade of issues forced us to upgrade geth to 1.8.17 in order to allow enabling metrics during compilation time. 1.8.17 introduced `NodeID` refactoring and `enode` package which affected our peers pool and integration with Discovery V5.
* Update to geth v1.8.14
* Remove patches that were merged upstream
* Apply patches before 0016
* Fix 0016 and apply it
* Apply everything else
* Pass gas limit as a second argument to simulated backend
* Update `github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum` package to 1.8.1 branch. Part of #638
* Fix code due to some signature changes. Part of #638
* use upstream for whisper backend
* Add patch to downgrade usage of Whisper v6 to v5 in some geth 1.8.1 vendor files. Part of #638
* Take into account the DNS rebinding protection introduced in 1.8.0 by adding exception for localhost. Part of #638
* Add patches required for cross-compiled builds starting with geth 1.8.0. Only applied during build. Part of #638
* Update expected JSON result in `TestRegressionGetTransactionReceipt()` and `TestCallRawResultGetTransactionReceipt()`. Part of #665
* Fix some failing e2e tests. Part of #638
* Address comments in PR #702. Part of #638
* static: updates Whisper test (to work with Geth 1.6.1)
* jail: VM persistence implemented
* jail: sendMessage/showSuggestions minor fixes (to be squashed)
* node: CHT and boot nodes auto-load implemented
* Replaced CHT data file from farazdagi's to tiabc's
* Rewrote config_test.go using testify having reduced it twice in size
* Increased SyncTime and panic timeout in tests
* Fixed test - remove go default test to testify/suite (#207)
* Add flag setup for RPCEnabled and add comment (#225)
* jail: register method handlers before running initial js in jail (#226)
* Console Jail Mod #179 (#228)
* Added ./statusd-data into .gitignore
* Increased log level for the test node from INFO to ERROR
* Add call to loop.Run to evaluate all setTimeout/setIntervals methods. (#208)
* Rebase onto geth1.6.7 (#232)
* Got back sync duration from 60s to 30s, updated bindata.go