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We recommend all users to upgrade to v1.0.1, especially if they're intending to stake with a genesis validator.

Since this release affects lockfiles, users should be especially cautious that there is no other lighthouse vc process running on the same host when upgrading to this release. Running two validator clients at the same time, with the same keys can lead to slashing.

Summary

• Changes to flock-based lockfiles which alleviates the need for users to run with --delete-lockfiles after an abrupt shutdown.
• Adds the --eth1-endpoints flags which alllows for redundant eth1 nodes.
• Adds the --metrics flag (and other related flags) to lighthouse vc, allowing for Prometheus metrics.
  • Example dashboard found here: https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse-metrics/blob/master/dashboards/ValidatorClient.json

All Changes

• Fallback nodes for eth1 access (#1918)
• Disable snappy in LevelDB to fix build issues (#1983)
• Log better error message (#1981)
• Use OS file locks in validator client (#1958)
• Sync metrics (#1975)
• Add metrics to VC (#1954)
• Fix #1964: remove mainnet warnings which no longer apply (#1970)
• Update ENR construction and mainnet bootnodes (#1968)
• FAQ/Doc updates (#1966)
• Update docs whenever unstable changes (#1969)
• Status race condition (#1967)

DockerHub

• sigp/lighthouse:v1.0.1

Binaries

See pre-built binaries documentation.