Release 21.1.0 · hyperledger/besu-docs

21.1.0 21.1.0 Features

Features added between 20.10.0 to 21.1.0 include:

Berlin Network Upgrade: this release contains the activation blocks for Berlin across all supported testnets and the Ethereum mainnet. They are:
- Ropsten 9_812_189 (10 Mar 2021)
- Goerli 4_460_644 (17 Mar 2021)
- Rinkeby 8_290_928 (24 Mar 2021)
- Ethereum 12_244_000 (14 Apr 2021)
Besu Launcher: Besu now has support for the Quorum Mainnet Launcher which makes it easy for users to configure and launch Besu on the Ethereum mainnet.
Bonsai Tries: A new database format which reduces storage requirements and improves performance for access to recent state. Note: only full sync is currently supported.
Miner Data JSON-RPC: The eth_getMinerDataByBlockHash and eth_getMinerDataByBlockNumber endpoints return miner rewards and coinbase address for a given block.
EIP-1898 support: The EIP adds blockHash to JSON-RPC methods which accept a default block parameter.

Bonsai Tries: A new database format which reduces storage requirements and improves performance for access to recent state. Note: only full sync is currently supported.
QBFT: A new consensus algorithm to support interoperability with other Enterprise Ethereum Alliance compatible clients.

--skip-pow-validation-enabled is now an error with block import --format JSON. This is because the JSON format doesn't include the nonce so the proof of work must be calculated.
eth_call will not return a JSON-RPC result if the call fails, but will return an error instead. If it was for a revert the revert reason will be included.
eth_call will not fail for account balance issues by default. An parameter "strict": true can be added to the call parameters (with to and from) to enforce balance checks.

Added besu_transaction_pool_transactions to the reported metrics, counting the mempool size #1869
Added activation blocks for Berlin Network Upgrade #1929

Fixed representation of access list for access list transactions in JSON-RPC results.