Avail Light client v1.7.5

This is a pretty substantial release, so listing just the most relevant changes.

Node compatibility

• v1.9.x.x

Breaking changes

• Added genesis hash to identify protocols id string - peers that sample different networks (i.e. testnet, local devnets, etc.) won't be able to pollute each others DHTs

Added

• Introduced graceful shutdown for various error handling scenarios
• Introduced RPC connection retry if initial connection fails (retries for RPC failing mid-execution is currently in progress)

Changed

• Bootstrap process and P2P upload operations are now non-blocking in light clients loop
• Added filtering for non-Avail peers on Kadamlila protocol level, resolving the IPFS merge incident
• P2P network parameter changes, updates, etc.

Comprehensive list of changes between 1.7.4 and 1.7.5 can be found here.