Devnet Pre-release 1.3.0alpha3

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The O(1) Labs team is proud to announce that we have resolved the outstanding catchup and snark worker issues with 1.3.0alpha2. This alpha3 release includes some smaller fixes for our CI / infrastructure as well as updates for mina-archive and a new mina-rosetta docker image. Take a look at the changelog below to start testing 1.3.0alpha3!

Of the changes included in 1.3.0alpha3, we are most hopeful that the staged ledger diff optimization will help keep nodes in sync with the tip of the chain, even under higher transaction load, though investigations are ongoing for how to further improve block production and gossip performance.

If you run into any issues, please include Release: 1.3.0alpha3 in the name of any issues you create. Please report any issues you encounter here or join the Discussion!

New Features for alpha3:

• Simpler optimization for staged ledger diff application (and revert buggy PRs from alpha2) Lk86/simpler optimized staged ledger compatible #10121

Testing Improvements:

• Fix Python dependency for integration tests Debug intgtest #10095
• Fix make clean Update make clean #9952

Archive Node:

• New archive node schema for optimized balance queries

Rosetta Support:

• New docker image mina-rosetta-ubuntu which includes the mina daemon, mina-archive, and mina-rosetta along with entrypoint scripts to fill the archive database with blocks back to genesis and start all 3 daemons in tandem.
• Rosetta work has been ongoing for some time, and it has taken 26 pull requests to get all of the features supported and the kinks ironed out, but we are happy with the result. See the README for more about working with mina-rosetta.
• Those 26 PRs: Rosetta: Fast canonical lookups chain_status #9797 Rosetta: Short circuit recursive near tip #9802 Chain status pending, update queries #9811 Add indexes to archive db schema for Rosetta account query #9839 Rosetta: Removes distinct via usercommand query #9841 Add NOT NULL constraint when adding chain_status column #9848 Extend balances table for better Rosetta #9859 Rosetta account balance query using extended balances table #9871 Use chain status for block recency #9880 Report chain status gaps in missing blocks auditor #9881 Audit canonical chain statuses #9884 Rosetta, rename queries #9890 Rosetta, log Postgresql connection, locks data #9896 Exit codes for missing blocks auditor #9899 Rosetta, fix pending blocks balance query #9904 Set chain status when adding intermediate blocks #9908 Lk86/support ubuntu20.04 in Rosetta staged dockerfile #9911 Lk86/locking config and read committed #9885 Rosetta, return error if no account #9954 Rosetta, making block queries deterministic #9967 Rosetta, limit max height of block queries #9969 Rosetta: Accept compressed public keys #9965 Rosetta offline network endpoints #10019 Unsigned txn instead of pk in payload hex_bytes #10044 Lk86/resolve rosetta conflicts #9932 update integration test docs #10104

Highlighted New Features introduced in alpha1:

• This version supports both MINA_ environment variables and the old CODA_ prefix, but the 1.3.X will be the last releases to support CODA_. We recommend you take this opportunity to use MINA_ everywhere going forward (example: MINA_PRIVKEY_PASS, MINA_CLIENT_TRUSTLIST, etc.)
• Support for Debian Buster in addition to Ubuntu18.04/ Debian Stretch. Official support for 20.04 is coming soon, hopefully before 1.3.0 stable. To use the new buster-based package or images, replace stretch with buster in either the docker image tag or the debian repository setup command.

Complete Changelog since 1.3.0alpha1:

The change set is far too large for github to display, but the github comparison still shows the immense scale of 1.3.0 and why we are so excited to get it out into your hands to test.
1.3.0alpha1...1.3.0alpha3
For more information about the changes included in 1.3.0alpha1, see the previous release notes

Upgrading & Connecting to Devnet

Debian Packages:

Debian Repository:
First, set up and update the alpha Debian Repository for your platform (stretch or buster, ubuntu 20.04 coming soon)

echo "deb [trusted=yes] http://packages.o1test.net stretch alpha" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mina-alpha.list
sudo apt-get update

Then, install the package(s) that you need:
Mina Daemon: sudo apt-get install -y mina-devnet=1.3.0alpha3-f7b7dc9
Mina Archive: sudo apt-get install -y mina-archive=1.3.0alpha3-f7b7dc9
New Mina Archive Schema: create_schema.sql

Docker Images:

Mina Daemon: minaprotocol/mina-daemon:1.3.0alpha3-f7b7dc9-stretch-devnet
or for a Debian Buster image: minaprotocol/mina-daemon:1.3.0alpha3-f7b7dc9-buster-devnet
Mina Archive: minaprotocol/mina-archive:1.3.0alpha3-f7b7dc9-buster
New Mina Archive Schema: create_schema.sql
Mina Rosetta: minaprotocol/mina-rosetta-ubuntu:1.3.0alpha3-f7b7dc9-stretch
Do not worry that it is labeled "Stretch", this image is based on Ubuntu 20.04. The default entrypoint connects to mainnet, use docker run --entrypoint ./docker-devnet-start.sh for devnet.

Sandbox Node: For testing in an isolated, single-node network without snarks

As of 1.2.0, the demo functionality is built into the standard daemon container, via the environment variable RUN_DEMO=true.
Just docker run -it --name mina-demo -e RUN_DEMO=true minaprotocol/mina-daemon:1.3.0alpha3-f7b7dc9-buster-devnet and go!

Step by Step Guide:

Check out our documentation for complete instructions on using this version to connect to Devnet. Docker only Make sure to run with --peer-list-url https://storage.googleapis.com/seed-lists/devnet_seeds.txt.

If you are running the correct version on the correct network DEVNET, mina client status will show:

Chain id:     b6ee40d336f4cc3f33c1cc04dee7618eb8e556664c2b2d82ad4676b512a82418
Git SHA-1:    f7b7dc9e55687d3906dd4176d782502f7495c83f

Upgrading & Connecting to Mainnet

As this release may improve block production on mainnet, we are releasing installation instructions for mainnet early. Use alpha releases on mainnet on one block producing node only, and with caution. Please report back your results, if testing goes well and the archive node changes are ready we would like to graduate 1.3.0 to beta status very soon.

Debian Repository:
First, set up and update the alpha Debian Repository for your platform, via the same instructions shown above.
Then, install the mainnet mina daemon package:
Mina Daemon: sudo apt-get install -y mina-mainnet=1.3.0alpha3-f7b7dc9

Mainnet Docker Images:

Mina Daemon: minaprotocol/mina-daemon:1.3.0alpha3-f7b7dc9-stretch-mainnet
or for a Debian Buster image: minaprotocol/mina-daemon:1.3.0alpha3-f7b7dc9-buster-mainnet

Step by Step Guide:

Check out our documentation for complete instructions on using this version to connect to Mainnet. Docker only Make sure to run with --peer-list-url https://storage.googleapis.com/mina-seed-lists/mainnet_seeds.txt.

If you are running the correct version on the correct network MAINNET, mina client status will show:

Chain id:     5f704cc0c82e0ed70e873f0893d7e06f148524e3f0bdae2afb02e7819a0c24d1
Git SHA-1:    f7b7dc9e55687d3906dd4176d782502f7495c83f

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