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## Issue Addressed
NA
## Proposed Changes
Add the Holesky network config as per 36e4ff2d51/custom_config_data.
Since the genesis state is ~190MB, I've opted to *not* include it in the binary and instead download it at runtime (see #4564 for context). To download this file we have:
- A hard-coded URL for a SigP-hosted S3 bucket with the Holesky genesis state. Assuming this download works correctly, users will be none the wiser that the state wasn't included in the binary (apart from some additional logs)
- If the user provides a `--checkpoint-sync-url` flag, then LH will download the genesis state from that server rather than our S3 bucket.
- If the user provides a `--genesis-state-url` flag, then LH will download the genesis state from that server regardless of the S3 bucket or `--checkpoint-sync-url` flag.
- Whenever a genesis state is downloaded it is checked against a checksum baked into the binary.
- A genesis state will never be downloaded if it's already included in the binary.
- There is a `--genesis-state-url-timeout` flag to tweak the timeout for downloading the genesis state file.
## Log Output
Example of log output when a state is downloaded:
```bash
Aug 23 05:40:13.424 INFO Logging to file path: "/Users/paul/.lighthouse/holesky/beacon/logs/beacon.log"
Aug 23 05:40:13.425 INFO Lighthouse started version: Lighthouse/v4.3.0-bd9931f+
Aug 23 05:40:13.425 INFO Configured for network name: holesky
Aug 23 05:40:13.426 INFO Data directory initialised datadir: /Users/paul/.lighthouse/holesky
Aug 23 05:40:13.427 INFO Deposit contract address: 0x4242424242424242424242424242424242424242, deploy_block: 0
Aug 23 05:40:13.427 INFO Downloading genesis state info: this may take some time on testnets with large validator counts, timeout: 60s, server: https://sigp-public-genesis-states.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/
Aug 23 05:40:29.895 INFO Starting from known genesis state service: beacon
```
Example of log output when there are no URLs specified:
```
Aug 23 06:29:51.645 INFO Logging to file path: "/Users/paul/.lighthouse/goerli/beacon/logs/beacon.log"
Aug 23 06:29:51.646 INFO Lighthouse started version: Lighthouse/v4.3.0-666a39c+
Aug 23 06:29:51.646 INFO Configured for network name: goerli
Aug 23 06:29:51.647 INFO Data directory initialised datadir: /Users/paul/.lighthouse/goerli
Aug 23 06:29:51.647 INFO Deposit contract address: 0xff50ed3d0ec03ac01d4c79aad74928bff48a7b2b, deploy_block: 4367322
The genesis state is not present in the binary and there are no known download URLs. Please use --checkpoint-sync-url or --genesis-state-url.
```
## Additional Info
I tested the `--genesis-state-url` flag with all 9 Goerli checkpoint sync servers on https://eth-clients.github.io/checkpoint-sync-endpoints/ and they all worked 🎉
My IDE eagerly formatted some `Cargo.toml`. I've disabled it but I don't see the value in spending time reverting the changes that are already there.
I also added the `GenesisStateBytes` enum to avoid an unnecessary clone on the genesis state bytes baked into the binary. This is not a huge deal on Mainnet, but will become more relevant when testing with big genesis states.
When we do a fresh checkpoint sync we're downloading the genesis state to check the `genesis_validators_root` against the finalised state we receive. This is not *entirely* pointless, since we verify the checksum when we download the genesis state so we are actually guaranteeing that the finalised state is on the same network. There might be a smarter/less-download-y way to go about this, but I've run out of cycles to figure that out. Perhaps we can grab it in the next release?
Lighthouse: Ethereum consensus client
An open-source Ethereum consensus client, written in Rust and maintained by Sigma Prime.
Overview
Lighthouse is:
- Ready for use on Ethereum consensus mainnet.
- Fully open-source, licensed under Apache 2.0.
- Security-focused. Fuzzing techniques have been continuously applied and several external security reviews have been performed.
- Built in Rust, a modern language providing unique safety guarantees and excellent performance (comparable to C++).
- Funded by various organisations, including Sigma Prime, the Ethereum Foundation, ConsenSys, the Decentralization Foundation and private individuals.
- Actively involved in the specification and security analysis of the Ethereum proof-of-stake consensus specification.
Staking Deposit Contract
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0x00000000219ab540356cBB839Cbe05303d7705Fa
as the canonical staking deposit contract address.
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