Karanikomoru

v1.3.0-alpha.1 -- Karanikomoru -- is an alpha pre-release containing iterative improvements to Capella and 4844 in preparation for the next wave of R&D testnets.

Note: There are a number small changes under consideration for Capella and 4844. We expect another release soon, but want to provide a stable target in the meantime.

PR showing full diff can be found here: #3116

R&D

Withdrawals

• Add Gossip Topic bls_to_execution_change #3075
• Add note about packing BLS to execution changes into a block #3081
• Withdrawals without queues #3068
• Add note to Capella validator guide about BLS to execution change #3084

Sharding and 4844

• Remove signed blobs #3062 #3083
• Fix type error in the inputs to hash_to_bls_field() #3077
• Update tx_peek_blob_versioned_hashes to match tx type from fee market update #3027
• Explicitly mention old gossip validations for block #3091
• Add block and sidecar retrival by root #3089
• Fix latest_execution_payload_header field in eip4844 state upgrade #3106
• Clarify deprecation of beacon_block gossip topic in 4844 #3090
• Rebase EIP-4844 on Capella #3052
• Make validate_blobs_sidecar a gossip condition #3108
• Refactor verify_kzg_proof() to receive bytes (used in precompile) #3097
• Testing, formatting, and name changes #3101, #3110, #3119

Light client

• Clarify where LC proofs are rooted #3065
• Document how to derive fork context for LC gossip #3063
• Fix slot checks in light client p2p spec #3086
• Testing, formatting, and name changes #3061, #3064, #3067, #3072, #3066

Testing, repo, etc

• Update remerkleable to 0.1.25 #3069
• Fix --preset-list argument and enhance error output #3111
• Minor formatting and other fixes #3071