v1.25.0

Consensus changes

• new operation and API to enable recurrent transfers
• new operation and API to convert Hive to HBD + https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/hive/-/merge_requests/215 + https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/hive/-/issues/129
• expire old governance votes + https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/hive/-/merge_requests/172 + https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/hive/-/merge_requests/174 + https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/hive/-/merge_requests/181 + https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/hive/-/merge_requests/195 + https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/hive/-/merge_requests/213
• changes to curation window and curation rewards calculation + https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/hive/-/merge_requests/204
• only pay interest on HBD held in savings account + https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/hive/-/merge_requests/203
• don't allow voting on expired proposals
• allow shortening the end date of a proposal
• re-allow vote operation for already paid posts
• hardfork 25 set trigger at June 30, 2021 at 14:00 UTC

New command-line options

• added account-history-rocksdb-dump-balance-history option to account-history-rocksdb to create a CSV file recording account balance changes

Bug fixes

• fix condenser_api.get_key_references not returning keys for claimed accounts
• fix duplicate operations in get_account_history due to operations being flushed to history db at wrong time
• fix duplicate operations in get_account_history due to reversion of last irreversible block on startup
• fix #139 enum_virtual_ops gives also non-virtual ops
• fix #96 get_account_history not returning expected number of operations
• restore use of the unlinked_index cache which holds blocks that aren't currently linkable to the head block + https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/hive/-/merge_requests/226
• remove unavailable item from active sync requests, fix node stuck issue
• account history operation filter needs to be 64bit not just in filter enum
• fix libreadline static link with cli_wallet + https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/hive/-/issues/143
• remove shared_memory.bin when --force-replay flag is specified
• fix rounding errors in proposal payouts and maintenance window timings
• fix for recently introduced replay problem caused by empty recovery account
• fix unstable behavior related to --exit-after-replay flag
• fix crash when node started with account-history-rocksdb plugin configured without a blockchain directory created
• fix get open orders cli_wallet command threw an exception when casting asset type
• fix chain-id related problem causing to fail testnet configuration when custom chain-id has been passed through hived commandline
• fix for bug in new recurring transfers operation
• Fixed issue #162: hived crash when invoked with --resync-blockchain and block_log/sharedmem files do not exist
  
• Fixed assertion failure during early block evaluation (caused by improper Last Irreversible Block update)

New API calls

• new network node API calls: get_info, add_node, set_allowed_peers, get_connected_peers

Miscellaneous changes

• allow the timestamps printed in log messages to be formatted in several different ways
• improve error message on bad call to fc::static_variant::get<> method
• extension in 'update_proposal' is internally created
• get_config.cpp is fully generated in cmake, by reflecting config.hpp + https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/hive/-/merge_requests/192
• change database_api.is_known_transaction method signature to match account_history_api.get_transaction
• locking account also clears memo_key (this will clear memo_key for hive.fund)
• python_tests/cli_wallet can now run just one or selected tests matching given substring with --test-filter substring
• added mechanism and macros to allow tests to require concrete assertion
• Add proposal_id to the proposal_pay virtual operation
• reduce block_log locking and add get_block_range api call
• add changed_recovery_account vop after an account recovery is executed
• add new virtual operations useful for financial accounting
• changed method of tests <=> wallet_cli communication
• governance vote expiration is set to 5 days for testnet
• when connecting to peers, always send Hive chain id
• simplify fc logging syntax

Miscellaneous code and documentation cleanup

• support compilation under Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, tested with boost 1.71 and boost 1.65
• gcc-10 compiler fixes
• remove deprecated LOW_MEMORY_NODE and CLEAR_VOTES settings
• remove deprecated STORE_COMMENT_CONTENT setting
• remove deprecated MIRA support
• remove redundant -std compiler options from cmake, refactor to one location
• If '--force-replay' flag is used, then --replay-blockchain flag is implied
• encapsulate state object members
• add new group of replay-based tests. snapshot and vops tests
• sps_remove_threshold renamed to current_remove_threshold and placed in dgpo
• removed condenser_api::api_comment_object and condenser_api::discussion datatypes
• Minor improvements to docs, scripts and configs

The merge to master containing all changes since the last official update is here: https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/hive/-/merge_requests/262/diffs