CKB Dev Log 2023-12-27

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Happy Holidays from all of us at Team CKB! 🌟 

Updates

Features

• CKB Command Line Interface
  • CKB-CLI v1.6.0 Release
• Bytes Crate Sample in CKB-VM
  • A new sample demonstrating the use of the Bytes crate in CKB-VM before the next hardfork: Bytes Crate Sample
  • This temporary workaround addresses the issue of using certain crates like Bytes and log in CKB-VM, pending the introduction of the RISC-V A extension in the upcoming hardfork.
• Multisig Example Using CKB-Auth
  • Add MultiSig examples ckb-auth-examples#2

Improvements

• CKB-x64-Simulator Library Upgrade
  • The supporting library in ckb-x64-simulator has been upgraded to v0.112.0, preparing it for the hardfork changes
  • chore: update ckb to 0.112 ckb-x64-simulator#8
• Debugging Enhancements in CKB and CKB-VM
  • chore: Split machine running logic from run into detailed_run method #4263
  • chore: Add useful information to certain Error variants ckb-vm#393
• Fuzz Testing for CKB-VM
  • Reintroduction and constant execution of fuzz tests for CKB-VM

Fixes

• Light Client Issues
  • fix: resolve empty filter related message bug #4270
  • fix: resolve update script block number error ckb-light-client#165
  • fix: ban peers when do reorg after client restart ckb-light-client#166
• Memory Loading Issue in CKB-Auth
  • Fix bug: When using dynamic linking, auth will be loaded repeatedly. ckb-auth#27

In Pipeline…

• Raw Secp256r1 in CKB-Auth
  • Work is underway on implementing raw secp256r1 in ckb-auth, allowing data of arbitrary length to be used as the signing message
• Aarch64 Fuzzing Tests for CKB-VM
• Rust Contract Maintenance
  • Replacing ckb-standalone-types with ckb-gen-types in ckb-std for more consistent maintenance
  • refactor: Replace ckb-standalone-types with ckb-gen-types ckb-std#71

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See you in 2024!