btcd v0.24.0

[Roasbeef]

This release is a major release that includes several general bug fixes, security bug fixes, and also a series of performance improvements that dramatically reduce the time for initial block download from ~45 hours+ to around 6 hours! With this release,btcd now also supports BIP 155 and has gained support for pruning (--prune=MiB).

Verifying the Release

In order to verify the release, you'll need to have gpg or gpg2 installed on your system. Once you've obtained a copy (and hopefully verified that as well), you'll first need to import the keys that have signed this release if you haven't done so already:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/master/scripts/keys/roasbeef.asc | gpg --import

Once you have the required PGP keys, you can verify the release (assuming manifest-roasbeef-v0.24.0.sig and manifest-v0.24.0.txt are in the current directory) with:

gpg --verify manifest-roasbeef-v0.24.0.sig manifest-v0.24.0.txt

You should see the following if the verification was successful:

gpg: Signature made Sat Dec 30 17:11:22 2023 PST
gpg:                using RSA key 60A1FA7DA5BFF08BDCBBE7903BBD59E99B280306
gpg: Good signature from "Olaoluwa Osuntokun <laolu32@gmail.com>" [ultimate]

That will verify the signature of the manifest file, which ensures integrity and authenticity of the archive you've downloaded locally containing the binaries. Next, depending on your operating system, you should then re-compute the sha256 hash of the archive with shasum -a 256 <filename>, compare it with the corresponding one in the manifest file, and ensure they match exactly.

What's Changed

• Musig2: Update to 1.0.0.rc2 by @sputn1ck in Musig2: Update to 1.0.0.rc2 #1913
• btcec/schnorr/musig2: fix BenchmarkPartialVerify by @Roasbeef in btcec/schnorr/musig2: fix BenchmarkPartialVerify #1920
• base58: fix decoding issue by @guggero in base58: fix decoding issue #1923
• Update Docker documentation towards building your own image by @guiand888 in Update Docker documentation towards building your own image #1925
• chainhash: JSON marshal hash as string by @ffranr in chainhash: JSON marshal hash as string #1932
• Update Dockerfile to Alpine 3.16 by @guiand888 in Update Dockerfile to Alpine 3.16 #1924
• Fix memory leak in connmanager by @hxw in Fix memory leak in connmanager #1576
• Update mining.md by @jagottsicher in Update mining.md #1938
• Sighash taproot keyspend bug fix by @Roasbeef in Sighash taproot keyspend bug fix #1941
• btcutil/psbt: export helper functions, fix/add encoding of unknown fields by @guggero in btcutil/psbt: export helper functions, fix/add encoding of unknown fields #1942
• docs: Update Go version as per the Readme. by @hristog in docs: Update Go version as per the Readme. #1944
• txscript: Fix typo in IsUnspendable() comment by @kcalvinalvin in txscript: Fix typo in IsUnspendable() comment #1945
• txscript: allow script builder capacity to be specified by @guggero in txscript: allow script builder capacity to be specified #1954
• Export MakeScritpNum, AsSmallInt, and IsSmallInt by @martonp in Export MakeScritpNum, AsSmallInt, and IsSmallInt #1956
• chainhash: JSON Unmarshal hash from appropriate string. by @LindenWang01 in chainhash: JSON Unmarshal hash from appropriate string. #1952
• psbt: add verification method for utxo data by @ziggie1984 in psbt: add verification method for utxo data #1964
• txscript: fix typos by @hieblmi in txscript: fix typos #1957
• chaincfg: Update checkpoints by @kcalvinalvin in chaincfg: Update checkpoints #1968
• btcd: Add memory profiling flag by @kcalvinalvin in btcd: Add memory profiling flag #1953
• blockchain: Use slices when fetching utxos by @kcalvinalvin in blockchain: Use slices when fetching utxos #1972
• main: Update README.md's minimum go version by @kcalvinalvin in main: Update README.md's minimum go version #1977
• Add wire.Outpoint parser from string by @GeorgeTsagk in Add wire.Outpoint parser from string #1879
• multi: Run gofmt on the entire repository by @kcalvinalvin in multi: Run gofmt on the entire repository #1981
• blockchain+chaincfg: disable retargeting for regtest by @guggero in blockchain+chaincfg: disable retargeting for regtest #1985
• multi: remove repetitive the by @cuishuang in multi: remove repetitive the #1998
• blockchain: refactor and export header validation checks by @Crypt-iQ in blockchain: refactor and export header validation checks #1931
• btcutil: format BTC amounts with trailing zeroes by @C-Otto in btcutil: format BTC amounts with trailing zeroes #1996
• musig2: fix early nonce gen option by @sputn1ck in musig2: fix early nonce gen option #2003
• fix: missing sighashtype when finalizing taproot keyspend signature by @0xEclair in fix: missing sighashtype when finalizing taproot keyspend signature #2006
• Add address field (rpc client & server) by @lindlof in Add address field (rpc client & server) #1969
• schnorr: correct rfc reference in docs by @wydengyre in schnorr: correct rfc reference in docs #2016
• blockchain, integration, mining, main: Rolling merkle root calculation by @kcalvinalvin in blockchain, integration, mining, main: Rolling merkle root calculation #1979
• schnorr: bip-340 compliant verification by @wydengyre in schnorr: bip-340 compliant verification #2018
• txscript/engine: add execution StepCallback by @halseth in txscript/engine: add execution StepCallback #1980
• schnorr: bip-340 compliant signing by @wydengyre in schnorr: bip-340 compliant signing #2022
• main, wire, blockchain, indexers, ffldb: Add pruning by @kcalvinalvin in main, wire, blockchain, indexers, ffldb: Add pruning #1971
• chainhash: add support to legacy-marshaled hashes by @Beerosagos in chainhash: add support to legacy-marshaled hashes #2025
• rpcclient: catch shutdown signal when sending RPC requests by @yyforyongyu in rpcclient: catch shutdown signal when sending RPC requests #2028
• integration: add test to check prune status by @kcalvinalvin in integration: add test to check prune status #2043
• fix: typos in sighash.go by @kevinheavey in fix: typos in sighash.go #2047
• Update LICENSE by @davidcardenasus in Update LICENSE #2045
• blockchain: export CheckSerializedHeight by @Crypt-iQ in blockchain: export CheckSerializedHeight #2051
• fix: default forward port by @0xEclair in fix: default forward port #2038
• Added tests for FutureGetBestBlockHashResult.Receive by @ClaytonNorthey92 in Added tests for FutureGetBestBlockHashResult.Receive #2048
• Added test for client.GetChainTxStatsAsync() in rpcclient. by @ClaytonNorthey92 in Added test for client.GetChainTxStatsAsync() in rpcclient. #2049
• added tests for GetBestBlockHashAsync by @ClaytonNorthey92 in added tests for GetBestBlockHashAsync #2057
• blockchain, btcjson: Implement getchaintips rpc call by @kcalvinalvin in blockchain, btcjson: Implement getchaintips rpc call #1918
• Fix typos by @xiaolou86 in Fix typos #2064
• Fix typos on signature.go by @EvanTedesco in Fix typos on signature.go #2065
• schnorr: simplify some signing math by @wydengyre in schnorr: simplify some signing math #2042
• Correct comments in singature.go by @jcvernaleo in Correct comments in singature.go #2067
• blockchain: Add ancestor optimization to finding Ancestor by @kcalvinalvin in blockchain: Add ancestor optimization to finding Ancestor #1688
• Update petertodd seed DNS to .net by @petertodd in Update petertodd seed DNS to .net #2069
• wire, netsync: change isSyncCandidate behavior by @kcalvinalvin in wire, netsync: change isSyncCandidate behavior #2035
• make: add install and release-install goals by @guggero in make: add install and release-install goals #1890
• chainhash, wire, btcutil, main: Memory efficient txhash by @kcalvinalvin in chainhash, wire, btcutil, main: Memory efficient txhash #1978
• blockchain, cmd, netsync, main: Add utxocache by @kcalvinalvin in blockchain, cmd, netsync, main: Add utxocache #1955
• btcutil: update to chaincfg/chainhash/v1.1.0 by @Roasbeef in btcutil: update to chaincfg/chainhash/v1.1.0 #2072
• fix: enhance code comments by @threewebcode in fix: enhance code comments #2074
• multi: update main package and btcutil to chainhash/v1.1.0, use optimized dsha256 by @Roasbeef in multi: update main package and btcutil to chainhash/v1.1.0, use optimized dsha256  #2075
• doc: correct comments by @bodhi-crypo in doc: correct comments #2076
• rpctest: integration test harness fixes by @guggero in rpctest: integration test harness fixes #2071
• btcutil: reuse serialized tx during TxHash by @Roasbeef in btcutil: reuse serialized tx during TxHash #2081
• wire: only borrow/return binaryFreeList buffers at the message level by @Roasbeef in wire: only borrow/return binaryFreeList buffers at the message level #2073
• build: create btcd v0.24 release branch by @Roasbeef in build: create btcd v0.24 release branch  #2082

New Contributors

• @guiand888 made their first contribution in Update Docker documentation towards building your own image #1925
• @hxw made their first contribution in Fix memory leak in connmanager #1576
• @jagottsicher made their first contribution in Update mining.md #1938
• @hristog made their first contribution in docs: Update Go version as per the Readme. #1944
• @martonp made their first contribution in Export MakeScritpNum, AsSmallInt, and IsSmallInt #1956
• @LindenWang01 made their first contribution in chainhash: JSON Unmarshal hash from appropriate string. #1952
• @ziggie1984 made their first contribution in psbt: add verification method for utxo data #1964
• @hieblmi made their first contribution in txscript: fix typos #1957
• @GeorgeTsagk made their first contribution in Add wire.Outpoint parser from string #1879
• @cuishuang made their first contribution in multi: remove repetitive the #1998
• @C-Otto made their first contribution in btcutil: format BTC amounts with trailing zeroes #1996
• @0xEclair made their first contribution in fix: missing sighashtype when finalizing taproot keyspend signature #2006
• @wydengyre made their first contribution in schnorr: correct rfc reference in docs #2016
• @Beerosagos made their first contribution in chainhash: add support to legacy-marshaled hashes #2025
• @kevinheavey made their first contribution in fix: typos in sighash.go #2047
• @davidcardenasus made their first contribution in Update LICENSE #2045
• @ClaytonNorthey92 made their first contribution in Added tests for FutureGetBestBlockHashResult.Receive #2048
• @xiaolou86 made their first contribution in Fix typos #2064
• @EvanTedesco made their first contribution in Fix typos on signature.go #2065
• @petertodd made their first contribution in Update petertodd seed DNS to .net #2069
• @threewebcode made their first contribution in fix: enhance code comments #2074
• @bodhi-crypo made their first contribution in doc: correct comments #2076

Full Changelog: v0.23.4...v0.24.0

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