1.0.0-rc.1

We've made huge improvements to our protocol since our last release. We now have a new version of contract API and many more improvements on the backend nodes.

What's Changed

• Develop -> Main by @volovyks in #298
• chore: release 2023-11-20 by @itegulov in #374
• release: 2023-11-20_1 by @itegulov in #378
• fix terraform code for getting sign_sk by @ppca in #607
• v0.2.0 by @volovyks in #609
• v0.2.0 by @volovyks in #610
• use BorshStorageKey for the prefix of LookupMap for pending_requests by @ppca in #608
• fix: add port to my_address so join method works by @ppca in #612
• chore(refactor): restructure project + upgrade dependencies/transitive-dependencies by @ChaoticTempest in #614
• feat: compile time binary builds for integration tests by @ChaoticTempest in #617
• fix: upgrade dependencies to fix some CVEs by @ChaoticTempest in #620
• fix: store reshared key after generation by @ppca in #615
• Use structs in sign request and response fn by @volovyks in #613
• Signed responses by @DavidM-D in #621
• chore: condense node, keys, and contract into chain-signatures by @ChaoticTempest in #623
• near-sdk dependency for contract: move to the commit with yield_resume merged by @ppca in #624
• fix: local build.rs not running on changes by @ChaoticTempest in #625
• chore: update README.md and add ARCHITECTURE.md by @ChaoticTempest in #627
• fix: potential panics when calling into contract by @ChaoticTempest in #629
• fix: Fixes cases that did not need to error early in the process by @ChaoticTempest in #634
• fix: multichain docker builds failing from crypto-shared folder getting moved by @ChaoticTempest in #632
• Signature deposit by @volovyks in #611
• fix: Added retrying on indexer failures by @ChaoticTempest in #636
• Optimize ci by @ailisp in #630
• fix: clear triples after reshare by @ChaoticTempest in #638
• fix: dockerfile multichain by @ppca in #648
• fix: use fixed IPs for dev by @ppca in #652
• chore: make GCP VMs not show colored output by @ChaoticTempest in #653
• FIX: Update Deployment documentation by @kmaus-near in #622
• add script to generate sign_sk by @ppca in #654
• Mock to test mpc when rpc is congested and slow by @ailisp in #647
• binary to spin up chain signature local cluster by @ailisp in #655
• fix: remove timed-out triple messages so we don't generate repeatedly by @ppca in #658
• Remove old comment by @volovyks in #669
• fix: contract init stuck because of secret storage loading by @ppca in #668
• Test resharing when rpc is congested by @ailisp in #667
• chore: upgrade to NEAR node version 1.40 by @ChaoticTempest in #670
• fix: RUSTSEC-2024-0344 by @ChaoticTempest in #671
• reducing latency to 1s to pass on ci by @ailisp in #674
• contract: implement sign fn with yield/resume by @ppca in #628
• feat: Added nightly test that runs at 3:00 every day by @ChaoticTempest in #676
• feat: stuck protocol monitor by @ChaoticTempest in #681
• feat: add contract testing without nodes by @ChaoticTempest in #685
• fix: Make indexer only process the block if it completes the whole block by @ChaoticTempest in #689
• mainnet partner instruction: modify script to generate near account keys by @ppca in #695
• contract: add my_derived_public_key() by @ppca in #691
• contract: remove clean_payloads() and check pending request before decrement counter by @ppca in #697
• chore: Remove unnecessary state from contract by @ChaoticTempest in #698
• chore: cleaning up message protocol for better consistency by @ChaoticTempest in #686
• We should not check if caller of "respond" is a participant by @volovyks in #694
• Cleaned up the response verification by @DavidM-D in #649
• Migrate to sha3 for the KDF by @DavidM-D in #701
• Fail on bad scalar conversions by @DavidM-D in #703
• Contract refactoring, API, README, etc by @volovyks in #706
• contract: return error rather than panic whenever possible by @ppca in #690
• use https only when connecting to GCP by @volovyks in #704
• Fix issue 679 by @ailisp in #684
• feat: add latest_block_height and is_stable to /state; only stable nodes can partake in signature generation by @ChaoticTempest in #710
• fix: script to generate near account keys has a typo by @ppca in #713
• chore: expose more state info (StateView::Joining and StateView::Resharing) by @ChaoticTempest in #715
• FEAT: mainnet test deploy by @kmaus-near in #712
• feat: contract is now upgradeable through participants voting for updates by @ChaoticTempest in #714
• change version to 1.0.0-rc.1 on develop branch by @ppca in #726
• fix: node_version() for x.x.x-rc.x by @ppca in #728
• update main branch with develop for 1.0.0-rc.1 by @ppca in #727
• merge #732 into main by @ppca in #736

Full Changelog: v0.2.0...1.0.0-rc.1