ligo/CHANGES.alphanet
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Reset 2017-08-10
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This update includes changes in the on-disk state of the node and in
the format of blocks and operations. It thus requires a chain reset.
Main changes includes:
[Doc]
- The documentation previously available on the Slack channel is now
available at:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tezos/tezos/alphanet/README.md
- The `alphanet` branch of the github repository is now automaticaly
synchronized with `alphanet` docker image. And the latest version of
the `alphanet.sh` is available at:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tezos/tezos/alphanet/scripts/alphanet.sh
No need to update manually though, the script auto-update itself
when running:
./alphanet.sh restart
Or:
./alphanet.sh update_script
[Michelson]
- minor language enhencements, mostly resulting from the feedback of
Milo's daily challenge:
http://www.michelson-lang.com/
- the alphanet scripts now understands a container: prefix wherever a
file: prefix is accepted, temporarily copying the file into the
container, and the emacs-mode is aware of that
[Node]
- Operations now include a block hash in their header. Such an
operation could only be included in a successor of this block.
- The economics protocol now refuses blocks that includes an operation
forged more 64 blocks in the past. As any constants set by the
economic protocol, it is amendable by a vote.
- Header of blocks now includes a hash of the "context" that result
from its validation. This is currently the SHA1 of the git commit,
but this will be changed in a near future for a safer cryptographic
hash.
- The node does not need anymore to maintain a full index of the
operation to operate. This greatly reduce the memory and disk usage.
- The node now builds against `irmin.1.3` where some of our code and
optimizations were upstreamed. We were previously stuck to
irmin.0.12.
[CI]
- This is not directly visible in the alphanet, but our CI
infrastrucre is now ready for open development.
More about that soon (or later).