What's Changed

• A relay server written on Rust. by @sergey-shandar in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3497
• chore: enable manual start of btc integration test workflow by @pavitthrap in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3521
• Chore/merge develop to next 2023 02 09 by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3564
• [sBTC] Feat: Peg-in operation wire format by @netrome in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3486
• sBTC: Add burn ops RPC for PegIn by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3511
• [eng quality] remove extern crate references by @pavitthrap in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3544
• [sBTC] Feat: Peg out request & fulfillment wire formats & RPC by @netrome in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3577
• Fix: Transaction receipts for runtime errors in contract publish by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3587
• Chore/reorder imports by @pavitthrap in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3556
• [eng quality] pre-commit hook docs by @pavitthrap in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3586
• Improved Atlas shutdown and crash tolerance (#3082) by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3086
• feat: add vm_error to analysis failure receipts by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3593
• Feat/expr-comments by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3600
• Consistent use of none in docs by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3605
• Feat/3596 by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3597
• docs: consistent markdown formatting by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3615
• fix/ updated mempool sync protocol tests by @pavitthrap in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3607
• :truck: Rename burn_chain_tip to burnchain_tip by @r0zar in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3598
• Chore: Merge master -> develop by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3627
• Merge: PR #3598 burnchain naming to develop by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3626
• CI/Build: Speedup unit tests by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3632
• Feat: Add peer-pub-key command to stacks-inspect by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3633
• feat: Add Atlas configuration via Stacks.toml by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3618
• [sBTC] Add stx_address method to PegOutRequestOp by @netrome in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3649
• Update documentation of stx-get-balance by @friedger in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3622
• chore: update atlas config by @lgalabru in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3612
• Chore/merge docs balance by @pavitthrap in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3661
• Chore - adding 2.4.0.0.0 to changelog by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3724
• remove bns test directory by @pavitthrap in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3728
• Chore: merge master into develop by @pavitthrap in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3730
• Refactor u32::max_value() with u32::MAX by @Acaccia in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3735
• Update github action CI workflow by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3199
• Chore: replace u32::max_value() with u32::MAX by @pavitthrap in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3739
• hardcode the dockerhub org by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3741
• Update docs-pr base image by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3744
• update to openapi.yaml by @pavitthrap in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3736
• Chore: rstest improvements by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3731
• Reduce test flakiness in CI by @pavitthrap in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3743
• Removing unused release_notes dir in favor of CHANGELOG.md by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3764
• Chore/update libraries by @pavitthrap in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3758
• Fix/terminate node gracefully by @pavitthrap in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3751
• Add RPC endpoint to fetch contract constant by @Acaccia in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3759
• chore: added burnchain sync percentage by @pavitthrap in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3754
• Fix/utxo lookup by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3738
• Feat: ignore logging errors rather than panicking by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3784
• The new version of Regex (1.9.0) is not compatible with 1.8 by @sergey-shandar in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3779
• docs: use rustfmt instead of cargo fmt in pre-commit by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3799
• workaround to failing actions for "no space left" by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3785
• Chore: Merge master to develop by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3805
• ci: use nextest for unit tests, disable grcov collation and codecov o… by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3811
• Refactor: PoX lock handling into separate workspace member by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3793
• Add prom metrics for last mined block by @pavitthrap in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3791
• Feat/stackerdb messages by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3551
• Fix: Parsing of config mixes connect_timeout and handshake_timeout by @Acaccia in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3774
• Fuzz Testing: Clarity value sanitization and serialization by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3780
• Move blockstack-core into a separate folder (develop branch) by @sergey-shandar in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3814
• minor compiler fix by @jo-tm in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3818
• Workspace level profiles by @sergey-shandar in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3838
• Add txid to contract deploy logs by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3816
• Feat/stackerdb discovery by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3552
• Feat/stackerdb chunk db by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3558
• Feat/stackerdb sync by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3560
• Chore/stacks signer cli cleanup by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3885
• Feat/stackerdb config by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3846
• Feat/stackerdb event observer by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3870
• Feat/stackerdb rpc by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3848
• Adding more default bootstrap nodes by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3899
• Merge develop into next by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3897
• cherry-picking docker login env var commit by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3905
• revert change to xenon bootstrap node list by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3901
• ci: Fix CI failing when we don't have DockerHub credentials by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3909
• docs: Fix pre-commit hook, and simplify/parallelize using xargs by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3872
• [Signer] add generate-files cli option and update README accordingly by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3920
• Implement full DkgSign over StackerDB by @xoloki in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3911
• Chore/merge master to develop by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3893
• Send Signer results over a channel by @xoloki in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3923
• Add 'sudo apt-get update' to the build image step in bitcoin-tests.yml by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3953
• Do not enable developer-mode by default in clarity by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3955
• Cleanup stacks-signer by adding thiserror and documentation by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3883
• Chore/merge master into develop by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3966
• Feat/stacks signer by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3850
• Fix developer mode issue by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3978
• Chore/clarity fix clippy by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3946
• fix: lower warning about mempool nonce caching to debug! by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3964
• fix: avoid cloning double reference & remove unnecessary clone by @bestmike007 in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3853
• chore: remove top-level re-exports through use by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3900
• Chore/libstackerdb fix clippy by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3949
• Replace stacks-sbtc dependency with wsts by @xoloki in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3984
• Enable signer tracing by @xoloki in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3986
• updating startup scripts by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3873
• [Chore] Merge develop to next by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3994
• Hotfix: Ignore logging errors (from PR #3784) by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3956
• Update wsts and p256k1 libs in stacks-signer by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3997
• chore: Run cargo fmt with imports_granularity="Module" by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3907
• Feat/dkg contract interaction by @soju-drinker in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3989
• Chore/stacks common fix clippy by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3947
• Create SECURITY.md in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3746
• Address clippy complaints in pox-locking repo by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3950
• Bugfixes for signer when testing CLI through mainnet develop node by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3982
• fix: fix trait handler and cut release by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4011
• Nakamoto: Nakamoto blocks and block headers, append_block by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3933
• Trigger DKG on coordinator startup and put all stacks node communications on an exponential backoff by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3988
• Nakamoto staging blocks by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3992
• Initial implementation of mockamoto stack-node mode by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4001
• [Refactor] HTTP RPC System Refactor by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3987
• Enable clippy in CI by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4026
• Hot fix: Address issue in print by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4038
• BNS tests: migrate to clarinet-sdk by @hugocaillard in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4031
• Add new docker tag to address repo name change by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4051
• chore: Add alias for cargo fmt with custom config by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4068
• Feat/nakamoto coordinator by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4009
• Feat: reload from config for up-to-date satoshis_per_byte by @tippenein in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4061
• chore: fix profile-sqlite for stackslib by @bestmike007 in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3854
• Chore: Merge develop to next by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4074
• Feat: Add TenureChange transaction type by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3974
• [Node] side-car script to get sat/vbyte fee estimations by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4077
• docs: fix invalid example in docs by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4044
• Improve error description of ft-mint? by @friedger in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4017
• chore: fix compiler warnings by @bestmike007 in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3852
• fix: Address warning messages and errors in cargo build and cargo build by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4083
• Fix: duplicate events by @tippenein in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4076
• Bugfix/nakamoto coordinator reward set prepare phase calcs by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4095
• Add sidecar scripts for fee estimation and stacks block delay detection by @AshtonStephens in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4080
• Update README.md with latest layer language by @cuevasm in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4019
• chore: Update wsts to v5.0.0 by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4102
• Nakamoto: Validate stacker signature of a Nakamoto Block by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4039
• updating invalid FQDNs to stacks.org by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4032
• Feat: Mockamoto + coordinator integration by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4098
• Ci/faster tests by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4079
• Merge master into develop by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4124
• Merge develop into next by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4127
• Fix: Use VRFProof::consensus_serialize() by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4121
• Fix: RPC endpoints should default to proof=1 by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4139
• fix: handle epochs 2.5 and 3.0 correctly by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4138
• Test: fix httpcore test for defaulting in proof query string by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4140
• fix: set maxburncap to 1BTC in sendrawtransaction (new in Bitcoin 25.0) by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4142
• Fix stackerdb tests by @xoloki in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4136
• use bitcoin 25.0 for tests by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4141
• Merge develop into next by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4151
• Feat/remove sbtc ops by @soju-drinker in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4112
• Run rust fmt by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4154
• Fix mempool admission for Nakamoto Blocks by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4149
• Implement PoX-4 Locking via Special Contract-Call Handler by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4106
• Feat/tenure change validation by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4114
• use pull_request to trigger ci runs by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4161
• use pull_request to trigger ci runs by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4162
• Fix next compiler error by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4159
• Nakamoto-Neon: Add nakamoto_node by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4133
• use pull_request to trigger ci runs by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4160
• Get/Set aggregate public key from Clarity by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4165
• Nakamoto-Node: Support for interim block mining by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4187
• Enable FIRE coordinator for stacks-signer by @xoloki in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4174
• change the wording around the signature description by @tippenein in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4144
• Nakamoto Fixes: IssueBlockCommit and Reward Maturity Lookups by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4205
• Fix: RBF-mechanism should check bitcoin RPC by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4206
• pox-4: remove pox-reject by @friedger in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4163
• PoX-4 signer key read/write with base Rust tests by @MarvinJanssen in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4209
• Update CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md by @cuevasm in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4181
• Fix: commit burn out selection in nakamoto-node by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4212
• Update wsts version to 6.0 and use Packet::verify function by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4227
• Fix fee estimate by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4224
• Fix: nakamoto-node shouldn't respawn prometheus thread by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4226
• Feat/async block proposal by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4228
• Feat/stackerdb miners contract by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4188
• Process coordinator messages to duplicate state between multiple coor… by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4186
• Improve revoke delegate stx by @friedger in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4157
• develop: update default testnet hiro bootstrap node by @CharlieC3 in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4237
• master: update default testnet hiro bootstrap node by @CharlieC3 in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4238
• Feat/stacks signer block proposal by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4130
• Feat: new miner improvements by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4250
• Merge master to develop by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4251
• Nakamoto: remove stacker signature fields from tenure change payload by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4260
• Make DKG fully robust against non-participation by @xoloki in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4236
• Chore/update wsts version 7 by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4267
• Feat: add an endpoint for listing which nodes host a stackerdb replica by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4270
• Add pox-4.clar to Clarinet.toml by @friedger in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4194
• Fix pox4 delegate-stack-extend by @zone117x in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4279
• Chore/Additional PoX-4 Rust Tests by @setzeus in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4245
• Enable approval or rejection of a block via signature by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4249
• .signers StackerDB contract and PoX 4 signer key changes by @MarvinJanssen in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4263
• Select stacks-signer coordinator dynamically by @8marz8 in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4276
• Bugfix/signer signature hash by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4294
• Mutation testing - pr differences by @ASuciuX in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4178
• Use GITHUB_OUTPUT envvar instead of set-output command as the latter is deprecated by @arunsathiya in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4217
• feat: default to .signers boot contract in signer config by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4266
• feat: include stacks-signer binary in CI images by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4268
• Make signer_signature_hash infallible and use it instead of the entire block when passing around data in stackerdb by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4300
• Nakamoto: Add stacker/signer bit vector and event by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4269
• Release/2.4.0.1.0 RC1 by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4262
• Add /status endpoint to signer by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4280
• fix: modify test_simple_signer to fix intermittent failure by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4306
• Mutants run on PR differences by @ASuciuX in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4303
• Target specific binaries for release builds by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4312
• [clarity] Cast aggregated public key vote by @friedger in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4239
• Chore/merge 2.4.0.1.0 to develop by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4317
• feat: add signer-key to synthetic pox events by @zone117x in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4329
• fix: incorrect arg index in synthetic event by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4332
• Updated Vote Print Statement by @setzeus in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4324
• Merge develop to next by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4334
• Nakamoto Tenure Inventories by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4232
• Miners handle signers block responses from the stacker db instance by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4281
• Feat/signers write transactions to stackerdb by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4301
• Fix flaky block-proposal test by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4337
• Use serial to ensure tests do not clash by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4340
• Use the same slot id for retrieving the proposed block by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4344
• Reward set calculation and RPC endpoint by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4311
• Hotfix/stackerdb stale view by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4345
• Chore/merge master to develop 20240206 by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4347
• Feat: trigger stackerdb refresh when .signers is written by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4330
• chore: Remove unused variables by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4339
• fix: fix #4351 by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4353
• feat: require signatures to prove control of signer-key in pox by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4277
• Update wsts dependency to get malicious DkgPrivateShares handling by @xoloki in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4326
• feat: add signer CLI function to generate signature by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4319
• fix: buids on various archs/platforms by @zone117x in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4331
• fix: builds on various archs/platforms re: PR 4331 by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4335
• Paging in StackerDB and update to .signers by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4323
• Hotfix/masked result by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4361
• test: Add replay-block command by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4359
• [CI] fix error in release step that generates checksums by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4374
• Fix(Nakamoto): Block evaluation issues in next by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4372
• chore: Enable "fat" link-time optimizations for release builds by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4365
• Chore: ed25519 dalek update in next by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4382
• Update wsts workspace dependency to v8.1 by @xoloki in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4381
• Separate Nakamoto DB for staging blocks by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4373
• Nakamoto Inventory State Machine by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4366
• chore: Drop support for old x86_64 CPUs by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4364
• chore: Use hashbrown in most workspace members by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4389
• chore: Use jemalloc global allocator on supported platforms by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4367
• fix: ignore timing out runloop test by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4404
• feat: allow signer-key authorizations instead of signature by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4377
• chore: Fix lots of clippy::perf warnings by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4336
• Process successful .signers-voting results by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4360
• Fix: only report codecov status after ci by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4409
• trigger ci workflow when merge queue requests it by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4416
• Feat/signers cast dkg vote by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4287
• Drop User Burn Support by @8marz8 in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4378
• Mutants/add skip attribute to timeout functions by @ASuciuX in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4385
• chore(clarity): Replace Vec::new() and vec![] by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4408
• chore(stacks-common): Improvements to Vec allocation and operations by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4425
• chore: Remove imports already included by std::prelude by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4390
• Move Checksum Generation to Composite by @BowTiedDevOps in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4384
• Mutants Optimisations: big-packages, timeout multiplier, stacks-signer case by @ASuciuX in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4380
• Update ci trigger to enable merge queue in next by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4438
• Check Multiple Tests' Success at Once by @BowTiedDevOps in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4401
• Add property-based tests for signers-voting contract functions by @moodmosaic in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4403
• Round up thresholds by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4455
• Additional 'set-signer-key-authorization' Checks by @setzeus in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4432
• Move signer transaction to global location and utilize in both miner and signer by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4436
• Fix signer id use in stackerdb by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4451
• Chore: Remove unnecessary sha2-asm dependency by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4435
• PoX-4 Clarunit Setup & Initial Tests by @setzeus in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4231
• Fix race condition in stacks signer client tests by @netrome in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4473
• Fix signer nonces by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4480
• chore(clarity): Allocate HashMaps with capacity when possible by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4462
• Ctrl-C graceful shutdown during burnchain initialization by @8marz8 in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4474
• Fix: manually calculate current reward cycle ID in /v2/pox_info by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4468
• fix: resolve DNS/hostnames for signer node_host config by @zone117x in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4475
• Fix get-vote response type by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4467
• Feat/block proposal authorization password for v2/block_proposal endpoint by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4471
• CI: Replace Rustfmt Action by @BowTiedDevOps in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4478
• CI: do not fail CI if the codecov upload fails by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4485
• Remove self signer by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4469
• fix: expected reward cycle in integration test for pox info by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4488
• feat: Validate amount with signer key authorizations by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4461
• feat: gate target-cpu=native with portable feature by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4489
• fix: use testnet consts when generating xenon config by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4499
• chore: Optimize TupleData::from_data() by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4458
• Including rewardSet in new block event by @8marz8 in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4430
• feat: store signer state in sqlite by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4348
• If data already exists in a stackerdb slot, update version number by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4507
• feat: add signer-key to stack-increase event by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4508
• update signer logging to include reward cycle to differentiate curren… by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4505
• Have miners abort signing a block if the burn tip changes by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4510
• chore: add more logging to the event receiver by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4503
• Feat: use block proposal struct for miner -> signers communication by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4511
• feat: add a parity check and filter events sent to the signer instances by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4512
• chore: OptimizeTraitsResolver by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4500
• fix: try not deleting accepted blocks from signerDB by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4514
• feat: signer does not treat repeated proposals as new by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4515
• Bugfix/cleanup outdated signers by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4513
• Minor changes / clean up by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4516
• [CI] Dry x86-64-v3 builds/default images to use glibc by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4460
• feat: add const to determine whether to rotate coordinator by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4517
• chore: ensure all http/1.1 requests are properly structured by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4518
• Add property tests for PoX-4 read-only functions by @BowTiedRadone in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4470
• fix: add reward cycle to signerdb by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4525
• fix: stacked_amt: u128 should serialize as string by @zone117x in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4522
• Move the Creation of Source Binaries to Composite by @BowTiedDevOps in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4497
• feat: burn op definition and storage for vote-for-agg-key by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4376
• feat: add pox_stx_threshold amount to /new_block event data by @zone117x in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4524
• Rename 'get'/'put' Methods in Clarity by @ASuciuX in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4521
• fix: correct deserialization size check by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4537
• feat: include signer bitvec in nakamoto block event by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4526
• fix: add wsts::Point validation to vote-for-aggregate-key burn op by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4536
• refactor: replace u32::max_value() with u32::MAX by @va-an in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4529
• fix:modified typo "environment" by @zhaichuankai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4439
• Bugfix/do not unconditionally attempt block post submit failure by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4495
• Add cycle-id ranges to synthetic pox events by @zone117x in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4414
• Fix/remove needless asserts by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4539
• test: upgrade core-contract-tests dependencies by @hugocaillard in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4528
• feat: return any value type from execute_contract_allow_private by @hugocaillard in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4520
• fix: remove --reward-cycle from stacks-signer run by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4542
• Fixes discovered while bringing up the pre-launch testnet by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4527
• Signers-Voting Chore(s): Round Up & Round-Data Getter by @setzeus in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4496
• docs: add correct repo for cloning instructions by @kenrogers in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4494
• fix: isolate event-dispatcher serialization code by @zone117x in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4545
• Feat/signers subscribe to burn blocks by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4549
• Chore: Remove Boxing of SymbolicExpressions by @ASuciuX in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4530
• Chore/fix clippy perf warnings by @ASuciuX in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4567
• fix: target-cpu=native flag working again by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4498
• Remove extra retry call in signer by @8marz8 in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4491
• Update StackStxOp to include signer key by @8marz8 in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4412
• Feat: Miner acts as signer set coordinator during block signing by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4481
• Disable Microblocks in Epoch 2.5 by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4561
• fix: handle burn chain flapping by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4563
• Add affirmation overrides config option and add default xenon ones ne… by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4560
• Merge develop into next by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4575
• 2.5: PoX missed-slot updates by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4576
• Feat/nakamoto block downloader by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4476
• feat: make nakamoto mode the default by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4577
• Feat/nakamoto block download API by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4394
• fix: allow nakamoto-neon mode by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4578
• feat: add config parameters for burn block start by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4556
• Chore/fix clippy nursery warning by @ASuciuX in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4572
• Feat: Set activation height for 2.5 in xenon (mainline) testnet by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4588
• create release only requires a tag by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4590
• adding missing flag to cargo.toml by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4592
• fix: core contract tests corrupted package.json by @hugocaillard in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4594
• Track functions using mutants from PR #4483 by @ASuciuX in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4593
• fix: generating stacking signatures from b58 addresses by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4600
• Fix/4609 by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4611
• feat: Nakamoto signer persisting its party shares to enable restart by @netrome in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4570
• Feat/signers get round info and use it to determine if a vote has failed by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4569
• feat: add flag to output signer key signature in JSON by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4580
• 2.5: Tuple performance improvements by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4614
• chore: Add release-lite profile for low-RAM environments by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4599
• Chore: Merge next to develop by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4631
• Migrate Epoch 2.4 chainstate to Epoch 2.5 without a genesis sync by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4606
• fix: update prepare offset of start-end cycle ids by @janniks in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4637
• Chore: Merge master to develop by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4655
• [pox-4] Stack Aggregation Increase Update by @setzeus in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4644
• feat: set 2.5 activation height at bitcoin block 839,444 by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4633
• Chore/remove portable by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4664
• Feat: add affirmation map overrides to xenon default config for epoch 2.5 by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4667
• Feat(pox-4): return an err on improper agg-incr invocations by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4670
• fix: fix delegate stack increase events by @janniks in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4665
• update release workflow to tag the correct commit by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4671
• Hotfix/distinct burnchain ops by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4673
• Address PR comments for changelog by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4676
• fix: default 2.5 xenon affirmation overrides, allow config setting to… by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4677
• feat: add signer startup logging by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4679
• Add missing stacks-signer binary to release docker images by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4682
• Feat: Consensus hash updates to tip selection by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4680
• update bitcoin activation height by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4687
• fix: activation height for 2.5 is 840_360 by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4688
• oops, also fix peer version by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4689
• Fix: validate epochs must special case 2.5 by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4690
• chore: changelog entry for 2.5.0.0.2 by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4691
• Update SortitionDB epochs on connect by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4692
• fix: .expect_result must try, regression from 2.4.0.1.0 by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4700
• Update CHANGELOG.md by @saralab in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4702

New Contributors

• @r0zar made their first contribution in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3598
• @xoloki made their first contribution in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3911
• @soju-drinker made their first contribution in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3989
• @tippenein made their first contribution in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4061
• @AshtonStephens made their first contribution in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4080
• @cuevasm made their first contribution in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4019
• @MarvinJanssen made their first contribution in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4209
• @ASuciuX made their first contribution in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4178
• @arunsathiya made their first contribution in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4217
• @BowTiedDevOps made their first contribution in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4384
• @va-an made their first contribution in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4529
• @zhaichuankai made their first contribution in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4439
• @kenrogers made their first contribution in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4494
• @saralab made their first contribution in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4702

Full Changelog: https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/compare/2.4.0.0.0...2.5.0.0.3