CKB Dev Log 2024-09-04

[yangby-cryptape]

Updates

Features

• CKB

  • Released v0.118.0-rc1

• CKB-VM

  • Reduced the binary size of Bitcoin scripts on CKB-VM: xxuejie/ckb-bitcoin-vm@3e1b36b

• CKB-Testtool

  • Released CKB Debugger v0.118.0-rc1

• Tools & Libraries

  • Finished Serde Molecule

Improvements

• CKB

  • Optimized init_load_unverified thread to terminate prematurely if no unverified blocks are found after tipping, enhancing efficiency: Early return init_load_unverified thread when no unverified blocks found after tip #4617

• CKB-VM

  • Included a sample showing how to build binary with Clang: Add a sample for showing how to build binary with clang ckb-vm#439

Fixes

• CKB
  • Fixed atomic ordering in multi-thread: fix: fix atomic ordering in multi-thread #4623
  • Fixed multiple unstable integration test cases and GitHub CI failures:
    • test: fix script test error caused by rand step cycles #4581
    • Integration Test: wait find unverified blocks finish for all specs #4605
    • Fix SendLargeCyclesTxToRelay spec on slow machine #4606
    • chore(test): Fix the unstable spec ForksContainSameUncle caused by block hash collision  #4611
    • CI: windows integration use windows-latest #4631
    • Integration Test: restart node if it failed to start in RandomlyKill #4625
    • Integration Test: do not kill gracefully on windows #4624
    • Integration Test: kill_gracefully on RandomlyKill #4622
  • Prevented the initiation of BlockDownload thread upon receiving exit signals: Do not start BlockDownload thread if ckb has received exit signal #4615
  • Implemented early exit for verification workers upon receiving exit signals to expedite shutdown processes: Fix: verify worker exit when signal_exit is_cancelled #4612

In Pipeline...

• CKB

  • Published an article addressing the issue of Server Crash and Unpredictable Downtime

• CKB Testtool

  • Documenting how to debug CKB contracts with ckb-debugger through a VS Code plugin

• CKB Fiber Network

  • Advancing Fiber Onion Message protocol (Sphinx) research and implementation: feat: packet creation cryptape/fiber-sphinx#1
  • Expanding scenarios for triggering message broadcasting, and initial implementation of message processing logic required for node synchronization network status: https://github.com/contrun/fiber/commits/multihop-graph/
  • Active development on Fiber payment route
  • Completion of the node-side implementation of the Watchtower module

• Tools & Libraries

  • Release OffCKB v3 canary version, featuring:
    • Multiple CKB versions management in devnet
    • Dumping failed transactions for automatic debugging
    • Refactored templates with CCC as the main SDK