Emerald v0.2.1

Emerald v0.2.1 comes with Fusaka support and first external contributions to our codebase thanks to Noble.
We incorporated a few UX improvements regarding chain configuration.

This version also does not require the execution engine to persist every block.

What's Changed - Highlights

• feat(app): Add Fusaka support by @jmalicevic in #141
• feat: Allow setup with more than 4 nodes by @ljoss17 in #136
• refactor: convert to a library by @johnletey in #139
• feat(cli): Add option to customize config for multiple nodes with one command by @jmalicevic in #143
• feat(app): validator set methods use consensus height by @bastienfaivre in #142
• chore(docs): Adding security policy by @mpoke in #152
• feat(state): Reth height replay when lagging behind by @bastienfaivre in #154
• fix(state): Use proper ExecutionEnvelope version for Prague by @jmalicevic in #174

New Contributors

• @johnletey made their first contribution in #139
• @bastienfaivre made their first contribution in #142

Full Changelog: v0.1.0...v0.2.1

Emerald v0.1.0

First release of Emerald, an open-source, modular framework for deploying reliable, easy to operate, high performance, EVM-compatible networks.

This release:

• Integrates with Reth for EVM-based execution.
• Provides a PoA contract for validator management.
• Implements the value sync protocol from Malachite.
• Customizes Reth timestamp validation to accept blocks produced within the same second.