Zebra 1.0.0-beta.5

Zebra's latest beta brings better networking, documents more consensus rules and
improves the CI pipelines.

Added

• Estimate network chain tip height based on local node time and current best tip (#3492)
• Add extra integer lints, and partially fix some code (#3409)
• Prepare for changes in ZIP-244 (#3415, #3446)
• Support large block heights (#3401)
• Check coinbase data is at least 2 bytes long (#3542)
• Ignore non-verack and non-version messages in handshake (#3522)
• Allow forcing zebrad to use color output (#3547)

Tests

• Add a test for peerset broadcast panic (#3470)
• Add PeerSet readiness and request future cancel-safety tests (#3252)
• Add full chain synchronization acceptance tests (#3543)
• Add chain tip estimate test: log chain progress while Zebra is syncing (#3495)

Networking

• Avoid repeated requests to peers after partial responses or errors (#3505)
• Send notfound when Zebra doesn't have a block or transaction (#3466)
• Route peer requests based on missing inventory (#3465)
• Create an API for a missing inventory registry, but don't register any missing inventory yet (#3255)

Documentation

• Document consensus rules from 7.3 Spend Description Encoding and Consensus (#3575)
• Document second part of consensus rules from 7.6 Block Header Encoding and Consensus (#3566)
• Document consensus rules from 3.9 Nullifier Sets (#3521)
• Update README goals and performance troubleshooting (#3525)
• Document consensus rules from 4.5 Output Descriptions (#3462)
• Document shielded pools consensus rules from 7.1.2 Transaction Consensus Rules (#3486)
• Document Transaction encodings: sprout fields (#3499)
• Document Transaction encodings: transparent fields (#3498)
• Document Transaction encodings: orchard fields (#3507)
• Document Transaction encodings: sapling fields (#3501)
• Document Transaction encodings: header fields (#3491)
• Document consensus rules from 4.4 Spend Descriptions (#3460)
• Document consensus rules from 4.3 JoinSplit Descriptions (#3452)
• Document Transaction consensus rules: Size rules (#3461)
• Document Transaction consensus rules: Coinbase rules (#3464)
• Document Transaction consensus rules: Header rules (#3456)

Changed

• Reduce log level of components (#3418, #3437)
• Change Type To Force Consensus Rule Validation (#3544)
• Split The Database Module (#3568)
• Dockerize Tests And Run Sync In Detached Mode (#3459)
• Improve Docker And Gcloud Usage Without Cloud Build (#3431)
• Make better use of variables, secrets and versions (#3393)

Removed

• Remove founders reward code (#3430)

Fixed

• Use the new increase_nofile_limit function from rlimit 0.7.0 (#3539)
• Generate Well-Formed Finalsaplingroot In Arbitrary Implementation (#3573)
• Rename some lightwalletd database types (#3567)

Networking

• Allow more inbound than outbound connections (#3527)
• Only send responded updates on handshake/ping/pong (#3463)
• Increase state concurrency and syncer lookahead (#3455)
• Add a send timeout to outbound peer messages (#3417)

Tests

• Make Full Sync Test More Accurate (#3555)
• Create Disk From Image Before Mounting (#3550)
• Simplify Resource Conflict Test To Avoid Ci Failures (#3537)
• Make Full Sync Test More Efficient (#3562)
• Evaluate "if" conditions correctly and use last disk SHA (#3556)

CI

• Improve test requirements and merge conditions for Mergify (#3580)
• Make The Purpose Of Each Sync Test Clearer (#3574)
• Delete A Redundant "Test All" Job (#3552)
• Allow Branches With Dots In The Name (#3557)
• Allow Unprivileged Runs Of Clippy (#3558)
• New Lints In Nightly Rust (#3541)
• Typo In Paths Filtering Keyword (#3516)
• Do Not Wait For Deprecated Cloud Build (#3509)
• Restrict Merges With Unresolved Threads (#3453)
• Put PRs With No Priority Label In The Low Priority Queue (#3454)
• Temporarily allow forked repos to run PR workflows (#3503)