Venus Newsletter

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Learn about Venus

• Venus Announcements: https://filecoinproject.slack.com/archives/C0283DTH1NK

• Venus Discussion: https://github.com/filecoin-project/venus/discussions

• Venus Issue: https://github.com/filecoin-project/venus/issues

• Venus releases：https://github.com/filecoin-project/venus/releases

• Incubation Center: https://filecoinproject.slack.com/archives/C028MN42KEE

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From 2021-02-22 to 2021-02-28

Dev Repo

1. venus-miner now can call sealer API with proof data.Venus-miner will not measure the location of the data.venus-miner #2
2. venus-sealer integrates the latest storage-fsm modifications in lotus, and remove the fil-blst sub-module.(venus-sealer #5f043df,#36f7b0)
3. venus-messager project is launched. Code structure is initially established.
4. Update related parameters to adapt to spec-actors V3 on mainnet. venus #4343
5. The node can automatically find the startup file when it starts the calibration network. No need to set anything manually.venus #4349
6. Remove the fil-blst sub-module and merely rely on the ffi.venus #4351
7. Fix display process of Chain List command and error reporting.venus #4344,#4350
8. Fix the failure of calling StateCall API.venus #4345
9. Fix a synchronization error caused by the failure of block incoming identification.venus #4348

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From 2021-03-01 to 2021-03-07

Dev Repo

1. Venues implemented multisig-related API. For the security, private key could be saved not in local wallet but in remote wallet to limit the access to API. venus #4357
2. Venus implemented the test of multisig-related API for the compatibility with lotus API access. venus #4357
3. Venus supported multiple miners to simultaneously select messages. Joint mining programs could be supported through the API for message selection to maximize the quantity of packaged messages. venus#4358
4. venus-messager linked up with remote wallet, scanning wallet address regularly and maintaining messages sent by the addresses and the related nonce. venus-messager #4

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From 2021-03-08 to 2021-03-14

Dev Repo

1. venus-sealer data storage transferred storage badger to SQLite structured storage through key-value pair. venus-sealer #1
2. venus-wallet encrypted private keys saved on the database to enhance the security. venus-wallet #4
3. venus-wallet fixed the error of unlocked wallet, optimized the structure of several projects to enhance the readability. venus-wallet #5
4. venues-messager completed series of features such as message receiving, message storage and message push. venus-messager #11,#12,#16
5. venus-messager monitored message exchanges on chain, maintained the status of received message and saved them in the local database. venus-messager #8, #10,#13

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From 2021-03-15 to 2021-03-21

Releases by Last Week

• venus-miner supported joint mining of different Sector_Size of miners.
• venus-wallet supported to configure signature software features.
• venus-messager completed general functional testing, fixed series of errors and added new APIs.
• venus-sealer docked messager components and modified APIs for message push and message waiting.
• venus fixed the panic error in offline mode and optimized the logic of reminding and handling of wallet unlocking.

Dev Repo by Last Week

1. venus-miner fixed Bugs: start to calculate the number of miners in the team of joint mining(distributed mining pool) who have Wincount during each rewards period. If not, awaiting the the next period to avoid continuous empty blocks in the private network.venus-miner #14
2. venus-miner supported the vesting of block rewards from different Sector_Size of miners.(venus-miner #512aadda)
3. venus fixed the panic error in offline mode.(venus #836ac79)
4. venus defaulted to random p2p ports to prevent them from not being enable due to port occupancy. And at the same time, it can also fix the ports by configuration.venus #4365
5. venus recorded wallet status, optimized content assist when the wallet was repeatedly unlocked, added the wallet status to avoid repeated unlocking and also added one API command to check wallet status.venus #4365
6. venus-messager fixed the errors of SQLite database in database locking under concurrency and slow data writing.venus-messager #25
7. venus-messager optimized the logic of message status update to implement a more secure status update and guarantee a normal operation in case of reconnecting, rebooting and chain fork.venus-messager #14、#18、#21、#28、#25
8. venus-messager modified the triggering logic of message push to check push notification message after a status update and restructured the codes of message push.venus-messager #22、#25
9. venus-messager added series of message API, wallet address query, message push, message waiting, message query and artificial restoration for wallet address and message status.venus-messager #23、#24、#27、#20
10. venus-sealer docked messager system, added the client side and configuration of messager. All the APIs for message push, message waiting and message query were replaced with related APIs of messager.venus-sealer #2

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From 2021-03-22 to 2021-03-28

Releases by Last Week

• venus supported Nerpa network. The system would be directly connected to Nerpa network after assigning -network=nerpa during the first boot.
• Venus fixed the slow testnet synchronization.
• Venus daemon checked file validation during the boot.
• Messager sorted all message according to the expiration date and supported the configuration of message push amount specified to wallet addresses.
• Messager correctly handled the existed message status after removing the wallet.
• Sealer init command sent message to have access to the messager system.
• Wallet instruction.
• venus-miner supported the access to multiple wallets.

Dev Repo by Last Week

1. messager modified the message ID type from UUID to string to improve the compatibility and support the migration from the original cid to messager system.venus-messager #29
2. After messager wallet deleted all addresses, the signed message was guaranteed to be on chain and the unsigned message entered terminated state.venus-messager #30
3. messager sorted all message according to the expiration date.venus-messager #31
4. messager supported to control the message push amount according to each address and fixed golangci-lint warning.venus-messager #33
5. messager supported MySQL storage.venus-messager #32
6. completed wallet documentation.venus-docs #55
7. The compatibility of Sealer was modified with the change of the message ID type from UUID to string and UUID was still the generation type.venus-sealer #6
8. Sealer init command had access to the messager system to create the miner and worker message being pushed to messager.venus-sealer #7
9. venus supported Nerpa network.venus #4369
10. venus checked the file existence during boots. If the file was in-existent, the validated file would be downloaded to avoid synchronization error.venus #4372
11. venus fixed the slow synchronization due to the NameError of the network.venus #4372

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From 2021-03-29 to 2021-04-04

Releases by Last Week

• completed the initially authorized version of the shared modules (venus, venus-miner, venus-messager and optional venus-wallet) and had access to venus-messager module.
• slashfilter had access to MySQL as the preparation for the module of venus cluster, at the same time fixed the slow testnet synchronization and supported the input of wallet password during the boot.
• sealer supported Nerpa network, added PreCommitChallengeDelay, fixed the error of waiting for the completed synchronization and the invalid port assignment.
• venus-messager supported multipoint push and a more flexible configuration item.
• venus-miner supported nerpa network.

Dev Repo by Last Week

1. auth service module supported the authorization for other modules and at the same time monitored the request information. venus-auth
2. venus slashfilter supported to check the MySQL storage and guarantee the slashfilter in operation in the cluster mode. venus #4378
3. venus fixed the slow synchronization. venus #4379
4. venus supported command input during the boot for cluster maintenance.venus #4377
5. venus-messager supported the entire meta parameter configuration. venus-messager #37
6. venus-messager supported message push to multiple nodes. venus-messager #41
7. venus-messager had access to token based authentication. venus-messager #43
8. messager updated README to introduce the features of project support. venus-messager #38
9. venus-miner supported the nerpa network mining. venus-miner #21
10. venus-sealer supported nerpa network to configure PreCommitChallengeDelay. venus-sealer #8
11. fixed the error of waiting for the completed synchronization and the invalid port assignment on venus-sealer. venus-sealer #9, venus-sealer #11

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From 2021-04-05 to 2021-04-11

Releases by Last Week

• Venus loaded balancing deployment scenarios to avoid single-node failure;
• Venus-auth developed interface instructions, completed usage documentation and added unit testing;
• venus-sealer and venus-messager used venus-auth to verift tokens;
• venus-message found out Bugs and fixed them. The bounded multiple venus-wallets could be correctly differentiated even with the same wallet addresses;
• Venus-miner added the mining status command of each miner;
• Venus tested the distributed cluster solution and passed the feature of joint mining on calibration and nerpa network.

Dev Repo by Last Week

1. Venus-auth added CLI operations, documentation supplements and covered unit testing. venus-auth #11
2. Venus had access to venus-auth. venus #4383、#4387
3. Spec-actors v3 upgrade. venus #4386
4. Venus loaded balance deployment. venus-docs #61
5. Venus-miner displayed the mining status. venus-miner #22
6. Venus-message added labels for process control and modified commands on the command line. venus-messager #44
7. Venus-message fixed the bugs and completed the differentiation of same wallet addresses from multiple wallets. venus-messager #47
8. Venus-message could configure the types of printed logs by the configuration profiles. venus-messager #49

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From 2021-04-12 to 2021-04-18

Releases by Last Week

• New versions of Venus, Venus miner, Venus sealer, Venus auth, Venus messenger and Venus wallet have been released in GitHub, and a complete distributed mine pool can be deployed;
• API of venus MinerCreateBlock supported external signature, code refactoring and unification for local wallet and logic optimization for remote wallet server;
• Venus-miner added APIs to check mining daily repos and refactor the codes from retrieving from venus connection to from configuration;
• Venus-messager recorded the wrong gas estimation, added command to manually tab error message and optimize output format of list command;
• Fixed and optimized multiple languages of front-end database of venus-docs;
• Added MySQL support based on the factor that the storage of venus-auth was on badger;
• Sealer optimized SQL statement and fixed the error push message of windows post.

Dev Repo by Last Week

1. API of venus MinerCreateBlock supported external signature. venus #4393
2. Venus refactored wallet code and unified the logic of wallet processing. venus #4397
3. Venus-messager restored the reason of gas estimation failure to database and added command to manually tab error message.venus-messager #53
4. Venus-messager modified the format of OCD command of msg list and wallet list. venus-messager #56
5. Venus-messager fixed the failure of creating wallet client. venus-messager #61
6. Venus-miner recorded the BR status after the joint miners won the right of mining blocks. venus-miner #x
7. Venus-messager added API of message checking. venus-messager #60
8. Venus-miner retrieved venus RPC API from configured files. venus-miner #26
9. Fixed and optimized multiple languages of front-end database of venus-docs; Supported to display single document without bilingual interface. venus-docs #62
10. Added MySQL support based on the factor that the storage of venus-auth was on badger. venus-auth #16
11. Venus-sealer optimized SQL statement to accelerate the query speed. venus-sealer #18
12. Venus-sealer fixed the message push code of windows post. venus-sealer #19

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From 2021-04-19 to 2021-04-25

Releases by Last Week

• Released Distributed Mining Pool v1.0.x. Supported integral mining systems(except storage deals).
• Venus Docs: standardized the usage of Venus Docs, and gradually improved development documentation.
• Command optimizing: optimized partial parameter commands and command lag issues.

Dev Repo by Last Week

1. venus-miner supported storing miner’s information in MySQL. venus-miner #28
2. Optimized the query speed of venus-sealer sector list. venus-sealer #26
3. Supported external wallet to sign a PR, when Lotus involved in Venus creates a block. lotus #6062
4. venus added instruction set compatibility. venus #4400
5. The results returned by sealer will be checked by venus-sealer. If the message status is error, this sector will be removed. venus-sealer #28
6. The return result of the query message command of venus-messager can be output in table style. Added a new command to query the error message. venus-messager #66
7. venus-messager added a command: view the compiled version. venus-messager #67
8. venus-messager added a command: query messages that have not been on chain for a long time. venus-messager #71
9. venus-messager supported the compatible API: StateAccountkey. venus-messager #72
10. venus-auth supported MySQL v5.7 and adds fields perm and extra to the database. venus-auth #20
11. venus-auth added command: query compiled version. venus-auth #22
12. Updated deployment document of the Venus Distributed Mining Pool Cluster. venus-docs #69

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From 2021-04-26 to 2021-05-09

Releases by Last Week

1. The 1st distributed mining pool of Venus has been lanuched on Filecoin mainnet with venus shared moduler. Currently, several miners have already had the access to the pool.
2. venus released version 0.9.6: unifiedgoproxy, added commands of message pool management and optimized the decoding of all reflection parameters in the execution function of the virtual machine;
3. venus-messager released version 1.0.5: added thefunction of dynamically reading the config files, deleted the discard codes and optimized the usage of command lines and the process of message broadcast;
4. Released related documents about venus cluster deployment and replacing the lotus clusters to venus ones;
5. Upgraded the policy logic validation to spec-actor-v4.

Dev Repo by Last Week

1. venus-messager closed the API after deleted the wallet. venus-messager #80
2. Command lines of venus-messager added commands of increasing bulk of tagged error messages. Msg list supported paged queries; venus-messager #82
3. venus-messager updated the storage and the reference of venus-wallet and venus-auth and replaced gorpxy to goproxy.io; venus-messager #83
4. venus-messager removed wallet caches; venus-messager #84
5. venus-messager broadcast messages according to addresses; venus-messager #89
6. venus-messager closed the API after completed node usage; venus-messager #90
7. Fixed the code migration of the storage of venus-wallet and venus-auth; venus-wallet #25、venus-auth #25
8. Upgraded the policy logic validation to spec-actor-v4; venus-wallet #27
9. venus-docs added features of deploying related documents. Code view added features of copying shortcuts; venus-docs #86、#91
10. venus optimized the decoding of all reflection parameters in the execution function of the virtual machine; venus-venus #4420
11. Fixed venus bug: the message in the same wallet would be split and packaged to different sectors in a regular period; venus-venus #4428
12. venus updated the reference of venus-wallet and venus-auth and replaced gorpxy to goproxy.io; venus-venus #4431
13. venus added command line of message selection; venus-venus #4432
14. venus added APIs of message broadcast in the message pool; venus-venus #4434

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From 2021-05-10 to 2021-05-16

Releases by Last Week

• Venus project audited and fixed most of the problems.
• Proceeded the deployment and implementation of Venus cluster and passed the validation.
• Added code annotation to help developers understand related codes.
• Fixed the bug occurred during deployment.

Dev Repo by Last Week

1. venus-messager asked the external API to add timeout handling. venus-messager #97
2. venus-messager verified whether the name of the token wallet is consistent with the wallet requested to be used. (venus-messager #93)
3. venus-messager fixed the error command of mark-bad. (venus-messager #95)
4. venus-messager fixed the error of null message query. (venus-messager commit-8e12b2b104bc5ec6b65a67d4602decae31c94bc1)
5. venus added the code annotation of apych and multisign. (venus #4439)
6. venus-wallet added code optimization and code annotation. (venus-wallet #30、#31)
7. venus added maxfee project in the configuration document. (venus #4441)
8. venus-miner fixed the display error of daily mining report. (venus-miner commit-1777d3ce07e53debce479ec8626c68ba9871b955)

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From 2021-05-17 to 2021-05-23

Releases by Last Week

• Fixed the problems during Venus Project Audition Round 2.
• The new node has been accessed in the first Venus distributed cluster and running smoothly. Currently, there are seven nodes in total in Venus distributed cluster.
• venus-minder added the new feature to check sync status and input the status via daily devo repo.
• Reshaped venus API layer and added the feature of API permission management supported by CLI operations.

Dev Repo by Last Week

1. Code update and upgrade of venus-sealer: optimized the process of data packaging involved state machine and the entire packaging process. venus-sealer #45
2. Configured loop detection on venus-miner to synchronize node status. venus-miner #40
3. Venus added the feature to verify the length of return message. venus #4415
4. Venus added the new feature as the protection of private keys. venus #4427
5. Deleted repo documents when venus failed to initialize itself. venus #4446
6. venus adopted 32 random bytes as the private key of jwt token. venus #4447
7. Reshaped venus API layer and added the feature of API permission management supported by CLI operations. venus #4448
8. venus-messager replaced go-jsoprc with gin to support long links. venus-messager #99

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From 2021-05-24 to 2021-05-30

Releases by Last Week

• Venus Project Audition came to an end. All issues were completed and most suggestions were revised.
• Reshaped part of the Venus project to avoid extranet enabling from miners to enhance the security.
• Added gateway components; Independent projects would be absorbed into Github filecoin-project with the unified invocation of signatures, messages and chain data and access path.
• Bilingualized all venus documents.
• Added several miners who operated venus.

Dev Repo by Last Week

1. venus-auth added automatic initialization and verification test for venus database, unit test coverage and API flexibility optimization. venus-auth #29
2. venus added the protection for wallet password and private key. venus #4427
3. venus added unit test modification with the feature of adding permission. venus #4448
4. Supported the invocation of venus-gateway API. venus-miner #43
5. Had access to gateway; Added the configuration of gas fee according to the wallet addresses; The adding route has been modified from scanning wallet to adding wallet address. venus-messager #102
6. venus-messager deleted wallet and wallet address list. venus-messager #102
7. Developed Gateway project to bridge the API invocation from miners. venus-gateway

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From 2021-05-31 to 2021-06-06

Releases by Last Week

• Completed the module development of venus-gateway. Other related modules had access to venus-gateway and passed the test.
• Prepared for the upgrades on Venus and spec-actor v5.
• Refactored codes of venus-messager and streamlined the management process of wallet address.

Dev Repo by Last Week

1. Ordered the message of venus-messager cli query in time. Reset the command line of venus-messager address. venus-messager #105
2. Reset the command line of venus-messager address. venus-messager #107
3. Added text field "from_user" to the messages list of venus-messager. venus-messager #102
4. venus-messager fixed part of the text filed "updated_at" that SQL’s not updated. venus-messager #102
5. venus-messager added API "WalletHas". venus-messager #102
6. venus estimated gas fee in batches. venus #4370
7. Set the upgrade tipset of Nerpa network. venus #4457
8. venus-wallet had access to the modules of venus-gateway. venus-wallet #33
9. Asynchronousy processing signed messages. venus-wallet #34

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From 2021-06-07 to 2021-06-13

Releases by Last Week

• All the modules of Venus have the access to venus-gateway and completed the code refactoring.
• Upon spec-actor v5, the development of Venus v0.9.7-rc1 has been finished and the version has also been published.
• All Venus clusters on the mainnet have been updated and the test on calibration network has been finished.
• Optimized the structure and the content of venus-docs (venus.filecoin.io) and venus README.

Dev Repo by Last Week

1. The command lines of venus-messager were added with commands about setting loglevel. venus-messager #109
2. Venus-messager modified the filed type of configuration files and the errors of cost set-up. venus-messager #112
3. Venus updated the wallet with securer digital signature and memory protection. venus #4427
4. Venus fixed “ erroneous use of quantity API parameters estimation”. venus #4461
5. Venus added the operation of interopnet. venus #4462
6. Venus mpool updated the codes. venus #4463
7. Venus udpated README. venus #4465
8. Venus added proof-params srs-inner-product.json. venus commit
9. Venus-miner commanded miner pool list from venus-auth and called for signature and the calculation on the right of block release. venus-miner #42、#43
10. Venus-miner split and managed miner list and SlashFilter (to verify the block validity). venus-miner #44
11. Venus-miner updated spec-actor v5. venus-miner #47
12. Venus-docs optimized the most-updated documents about how to have access to venus mining pool. venus-docs #112
13. Venus docs updated Home documents. venus-docs #113

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From 2022-02-21 to 2022-02-27

Summary

• The V15 of the Mainnet was upgraded and the modules of Venus were released as scheduled.

  • Please follow the Chinese & English Channel of slack Venus in real-time so that you can know the process at the first time;

• venus-cluster is expected to open source in the week when the Mainnet is upgraded.

  • As the first open-source version (DEV), the community is welcome to provide valuable optimization suggestions;

• The Venus Virtual Meetup in February ended successfully.

  • @Fatman13 , the core contributor from the Venus community, explained some key points of venus-cluster to the community;

Venus cluster data（epoch: 1,568,881 - 1,589,040）

Note: this group of data only includes the data of nodes that have informed Venus community about the use of Venus program in the main network; Welcome storage providers to provide their own Venus node data to Venus team and community;

Nodes：82

Storage Power：317.11 PiB

Latest week power growth：3.55 PiB

Wincounts of last week：1958

Releases

• The function test and upgrade simulation of various modules of Venus at Mainnet V15 has successfully passed the latest network upgrade.
• venus-cluster implements the sector encapsulation of verified data.

Dev Repo

1. Results displayed by the venus optimized command: `venus miner proving deadlines' shows the start time of the new wdpost. opt: cmd: output deadlines open time venus#4797
2. venus update CI: improve the processing of 'git push action'. ci: update git workflow venus#4799
3. venus attempts to access FVM. https://github.com/filecoin-project/venus/commits/feat/fvm
4. venus introduces venus-common-utils / api-info into venus-shared. Feat/dtynn/introduce dial args venus#4804
5. venus-miner processing: when a block is created, no message is returned from the message pool. ipfs-force-community/sophon-miner@e8e0bb0
6. venus-gateway optimized Ci and make commands. Feat/improve makefile ipfs-force-community/sophon-gateway#40
7. venus-docs added the description document of the upgrade process of Mainnet V15. add guide for upgrade nv15 venus-docs#278
8. venus-cluster integrates venus-market. feat: integrate venus-market ipfs-force-community/damocles#54
9. venus-cluster unifies the format of 'multiaddr' by venus-sector-manger and venus-worker. Feat/dtynn/accept multiaddr ipfs-force-community/damocles#55
10. The local implementation of piecestore is removed from venus-cluster. chore: mv piecestore from modules/impl/ to pkg/ ipfs-force-community/damocles#56

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From 2022-02-28 to 2022-03-06

Summary

• venus-cluster (the new venus-sealer) has been open-source and released v0.1.0 now.

  • Compared with venus-sealer, the advantages of venus-cluster include but are not limited to simplifying logic, optimizing process, isolating exceptions, reducing deployment complexity, and improving the flexibility of functional component replacement;

  • Released deployment documents, description documents, and config analysis documents;

  • The outsourcing scheme of the C2 stage has been realized, and relevant documents are being sorted out;

  • Before users are familiar with the venus-cluster, we will maintain it and venus-sealer for a period of time;

Venus cluster data（epoch: 1,589,041 - 1,609,200）

Note: this group of data only includes the data of nodes that have informed Venus community about the use of Venus program in the main network; Welcome storage providers to provide their own Venus node data to Venus team and community;

Nodes：82

Storage Power：317.54 PiB

Latest week power growth：4.43 PiB

Wincounts of last week：2022

Releases

• venus-cluster is open-source now, C2 outsourcing scheme is implemented, and relevant materials and documents are being sorted out.
• Problem repair and redundant code optimization in venus, venus-market, and venus-sealer.

Dev Repo

1. venus-cluster: unify addresses into the multi-address format. Feat/dtynn/accept multiaddr ipfs-force-community/damocles#55
2. venus-cluster: realize the outsourcing scheme of the C2 stage. Feat/support c2 proxy plugin ipfs-force-community/damocles#58
3. venus-cluster: added relevant commands of actor. Cmd: Manipulate the miner actor ipfs-force-community/damocles#59
4. venus-cluster: when pushing a message, the deadline is used as the component factor of the message ID to prevent the same message ID from causing faults when the ‘DeclareFaults’ are executed multiple times on the same group of sectors. Poster: append di info as a factor when constructing msg id ipfs-force-community/damocles#60
5. venus-cluster: code refactoring and optimization. Refactor/dtynn/config fields naming and file example ipfs-force-community/damocles#61 Refactor/dtynn/reorg config of sector manager ipfs-force-community/damocles#62
6. venus: fixed the problem that ‘StateRoot’ could not be found in function 'GetActorAfter'. fix: api: GetActerAfter venus#4805
7. venus: fixed the problem that the same miner has multiple blocks in the same Tipset. fix: make sure tipst Do NOT include more than one blocks mined by a miner venus#4806
8. venus: upgraded image-spec dependency. chore: dep: upgrade deps venus#4808
9. venus: optimization of output logs. chore: optimization of the log venus#4809
10. venus-devtool: remove duplicate code related to API authorization. chore: remove duplicate code venus#4811
11. venus-devtool: added subcommand to automatically generate mock-api. chore: venus-shared: more mock api venus#4814
12. venus-sealer: repair of lotus/venus conversion tool. fix : convert tool  venus-sealer#195
13. venus-market: fixed the problem that the API permission proxy was not set. add api permission verify ipfs-force-community/droplet#104

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From 2022-03-07 to 2022-03-13

Summary

• Promote the function improvement of venus-cluster.
  • Improving support for existing data migration of old nodes;
  • Promote support for snapdeal;
  • For more information, see the Dev Repo;
• Promote compatibility with FVM.
  • Follow up support for FVM M0 phased implementation;

Venus cluster data（epoch: 1,609,201 - 1,629,360）

Note: this group of data only includes the data of nodes that have informed Venus community about the use of Venus program in the main network; Welcome storage providers to provide their own Venus node data to Venus team and community;

Nodes：82

Storage Power：318.51 PiB

Latest week power growth：2.89 PiB

Wincounts of last week：2004

Releases

• Fix and optimize user feedback after upgrading to Network V15.
• Optimize the community test feedback of venus-cluster, and make it compatible with the existing data of the node.

Dev Repo

1. venus reconstructs the API 'updatedealpiecesstatus', and the order will contain the status of the pieces. refactor market api for UpdateDealPiecesStatus venus#4823
2. venus fixed an occasional failure when importing a snapshot. fix: snapshot: import snapshot may fail for different snapshots venus#4826
3. Implement the first version of venus-cluster and public use documents. docs: introduction of venus-clsuter ipfs-force-community/damocles#57
4. venus-cluster fixed the lack of 'SafeConfig' in dependency injection. fix: missing type: *modules.SafeConfig error in command util chain head ipfs-force-community/damocles#63
5. The file path name generated by venus-cluster in the sector seal process is consistent with that of lotus. refactor: keep sector identifier in path compatible with lotus ipfs-force-community/damocles#65
6. venus-cluster implements the processing API related to snapdeal. feat: impl snap related processors ipfs-force-community/damocles#68
7. A description of how to configure 'proofs features' has been added to the use document of venus-cluster. Fix/dtynn/enable proofs features and fix docs ipfs-force-community/damocles#69
8. venus-cluster added a command tool to import and verify the directory of existing sectors. Feat/dtynn/attach exist store ipfs-force-community/damocles#73
9. venus-cluster manages the data types of different versions caused by 'specs-actors'. Opt: tidy specs-actors ref version ipfs-force-community/damocles#71
10. venus-sealer fixed the problem that the pieces in the verification sector may be added repeatedly. fix: seal sector: add piece idempotent venus-sealer#196
11. venus-sealer fixed the accidental error that the sector state has been stuck in the 'FinalizeReplicaUpdate' stage. fix: snap deal : FinalizeReplicaUpdateFailed  venus-sealer#197
12. venus-sealer abstracts the error logging function of the state machine into a function.feat: seal: log instead of raising an error in plan venus-sealer#198
13. Some modules of Venus increase the inspection of test coverage. support check coverage ipfs-force-community/sophon-messager#187 add ci converage check ipfs-force-community/sophon-auth#68 add ci for check test coverage ipfs-force-community/droplet#109
14. venus-docs added the introduction and use documents of venus-cluster. add cluster doc venus-docs#285

[Joss-Hua]

From 2022-03-14 to 2022-03-20

Summary

• The release timeline of venus v1.4.0 has been released, which will be the minimum version supporting V16 Skyr in Venus.
  • The earliest release date depends on when the first candidate code is ready for v1.4.0;
  • This release includes consensus-breaking changes and necessary improvements for the Network v16 Skyr (FVM M1) upgrade.
  • We recommend all venus users to join the testnets' testings as soon as the first release candidate is published;
  • This upgrade will switch Venus to use FVM with built-in actors v8 (rust) with the new gas models.

Venus cluster data（epoch: 1,629,361 - 1,649,520）

Note: this group of data only includes the data of nodes that have informed Venus community about the use of Venus program in the main network; Welcome storage providers to provide their own Venus node data to Venus team and community;

Nodes：82

Storage Power：314.83 PiB

Latest week power growth：979.45 TiB

Wincounts of last week：2010

Releases

• Improve and optimize the function of venus-cluster;
• venus-market supported the offline deals;
• venus follows up for FVM‘s update;

Dev Repo

1. venus reconstructed the CI for automatic deployment and removed the original compilation process. refactor： refractor ci and test/build venus#4831
2. venus provides a new API for importing 'published deal' data into the node database of venus-market. new method for import published deal venus#4832
3. The VM of Venus is implemented by FVM. Feat/fvm venus#4833
4. venus-cluster will skip the ‘AddPiece' stage of CC sector and generate the default tree-d file. Opt: skip AP for cc sector ipfs-force-community/damocles#72
5. venus-cluster allows venus-worker to configure multiple paths to store sector persistent files. Use this field ` [attached] '. Feat/dtynn/support multiple attached stores ipfs-force-community/damocles#74
6. venus-market implements the API 'MarketImportPublishedDeal', which is used to import the data of the offline deals. feat implement MarketImportPublishedDeal api ipfs-force-community/droplet#113
7. venus-market supports multi-directory mount when the storage mode of 'piece store' is a file system. https://github.com/filecoin-project/venus-market/tree/feat/support_multi_piece_store
8. venus-auth supports multiple SPs sharing the same token. feat: supporting share token for miners ipfs-force-community/sophon-auth#69
9. venus-docs synchronizes the venus-market V2’s deployment document to venus.filecoin.io. Display market V2 doc venus-docs#288

[Joss-Hua]

From 2022-03-21 to 2022-03-27

Summary

• The Venus Meetup in March 2022 was held successfully.
  • VenusHub met with the community for the first time. It is a long-term community driven project that integrates resources and information to continuously support the Venus community;
  • After venus-cluster opened its repo, Venus discussed its characteristics, operation, advantages, and planning face-to-face with the community for the first time;
  • The video record has been uploaded to Youtube - Force Web3 Community;

Venus cluster data（epoch: 1,649,521 - 1,669,680）

Note: this group of data only includes the data of nodes that have informed Venus community about the use of Venus program in the main network; Welcome storage providers to provide their own Venus node data to Venus team and community;

Nodes：82

Storage Power：304.32 PiB

Latest week power growth：468.53 TiB

Wincounts of last week：1957

Releases

• The function of venus-cluster is continuously optimized and iterated.
• venus-auth supports binding multiple nodes.

Dev Repo

1. venus removed the API named ‘JwtAuthAPId’. fix: venus-shared: remove JwtAuthAPI venus#4837
2. venus-auth supports that one chain service to bind multiple nodes. feat: supporting share token for miners ipfs-force-community/sophon-auth#69
3. Make lint of venus-auth uses ’golangci-lint‘. feat: ci: golangci-ling&test-code-coverage ipfs-force-community/sophon-auth#70
4. venus-auth fixed the problem of the wrong return value of the API named ’HasMiner‘. fix: api: HasMiner returns not correct  ipfs-force-community/sophon-auth#71
5. venus-market has fixed the problem of failure to query deal according to address. storage-deals: fix list deals by maddr ipfs-force-community/droplet#114
6. venus-sealer fixed the problem of the dead loop when removing sectors. fix: dead loop on removing a sector venus-sealer#200
7. venus-miner optimizes the log output: now it will show the time consumption of each stage of mineone. Mining: Display the time-consuming of each stage of mineone ipfs-force-community/sophon-miner#77
8. venus-cluster optimizes the output of the command: adjusts the display result when the field is ’nil‘. util-sealer: fix display when the field is nil ipfs-force-community/damocles#76
9. venus-cluster implements the API named "RestoreSector" and the CLI command: ’util sealer sectors restore‘. feat: impl api RestoreSector & CLI cmd ipfs-force-community/damocles#77

[Joss-Hua]

From 2022-03-28 to 2022-04-03

Summary

• Venus participated in Filecoin Lagos and shared the theme centered on Venus and FVM.
  • Filecoin Lagos is a three-day community meeting of Filecoin Orbit Community 2022 in Africa;
  • Some great speakers are here to talk about Filecoin, IPFS, NFT Storage, Building in Web3, Filecoin ecology, and other topics;

Venus cluster data（epoch: 1,669,681 - 1,689,840）

Note: this group of data only includes the data of nodes that have informed Venus community about the use of Venus program in the main network; Welcome storage providers to provide their own Venus node data to Venus team and community;

Nodes：82

Storage Power：286.51 PiB

Latest week power growth：1.59 PiB

Wincounts of last week：1799

Releases

• A set of horizontal expansion schemes is designed for the venus-market, it has entered the development stage.
• Command-line tools are enriched for the venus-cluster, and support for snapdeal is under development.

Dev Repo

1. venus-cluster, which fixed the problem that the method "SectorState.DealsID" does not filter empty deals. fix: deal ids should only collect non-zero ones ipfs-force-community/damocles#80
2. The API associated with venus-share and venus-market adds an API called "MarketImportPublishedDeal". new method for import published deal venus#4832
3. venus-cluster, the field of "SectorState.Deals" is more reasonably named and modified to “Pieces". Use deal pieces when interacting with the chain ipfs-force-community/damocles#82
4. The API associated with venus-share and venus-market, and the parameter optimization of the function "AssignUnPackedDeals". When binding order, you need to specify ‘Sector-id’. MarketAPI: improve AssignUnPackedDeals API venus#4849
5. venus-market supports mounting multiple 'piece store'. Feat/support multi piece store ipfs-force-community/droplet#115
6. venus-market fixed the problem of trying to set the 'piece' state of garbage 'piece' in "AssignUnPackedDeals". Deal Sealing: fix try to change the status of the man-made zeroed-pieces ipfs-force-community/droplet#116
7. venus-market fixed the problem that updating the order 'piece-state' failed when using MySQL data. fix: update deal status on mysql not working ipfs-force-community/droplet#117
8. venus-auth fixed the problem that the data returned by the interface "GetUserByMiner" is incorrect when using the MySQL database. fix: GetUserByMiner on mysql ipfs-force-community/sophon-auth#72

[Joss-Hua]

From 2022-04-04 to 2022-04-10

Summary

• Release the platform called VenusHub, which is a platform that helps storage providers deploy Venus and make Filecoin more flexible through multiple projects.

  • The VenusHub is managed by the Venus team and driven by the community, aiming to continuously support different user groups in the Venus community;
  • Five projects have been planned under the platform and will be launched one after another;
  • Learn more : https://medium.com/@filecoinfoundation/announcing-the-venushub-platform-bb3834ed030c;

• Phase 2 of Venus Master has been started. Welcome to sign up now;

  • Venus Master, as one of the projects of the VenusHub platform, is open to all community participants;
  • learn more : https://medium.com/@filecoinvenus/announce-the-launch-of-venus-master-phase-2-43eb182e8745;

• Venus launched medium and twitter to improve the Chinese and English information release channels of Venus. Welcome to follow it;

  • Medium：filecoinvenus
  • Twitter：@venus_filecoin

Venus cluster data（epoch: 1,689,841 - 1,710,000）

Note: this group of data only includes the data of nodes that have informed Venus community about the use of Venus program in the main network; Welcome storage providers to provide their own Venus node data to Venus team and community;

Nodes：84

Storage Power：279.03 PiB

Latest week power growth：5.13 PiB

Wincounts of last week：1686

Releases

• Launch the VenusHub platform and launch phase 2 of the Venus Master;
• The venus modules support scenarios where multiple nodes share the same token.
• Continuous optimization of venus-cluster and release of new versions.
• The expansion plan of the venus-market continues to be promoted.

Dev Repo

1. Improve the parameters of the API "AssignUnPackedDeals". MarketAPI: improve AssignUnPackedDeals API venus#4849
2. Upgrade the dependence of venus-cluster on venus, and use the new API “AssignUnPackedDeals". MarketAPI: improve AssignUnPackedDeals API ipfs-force-community/damocles#83
3. Optimization of the logs in venus-cluster. Feat/dtynn/reduce logs for hyper ipfs-force-community/damocles#86
4. venus-cluster supports external "processor" parallel tasks, which are mainly used in the scenario of PC2 and C2 concurrency in a single GPU. Feat/dtynn/processor support multi task ipfs-force-community/damocles#90
5. venus-market supports multiple "piece store". Feat/support multi piece store ipfs-force-community/droplet#115
6. venus-market fixed the problem that updated the status information of "piece" corresponding to deal. Deal: track piece status for deal ipfs-force-community/droplet#119
7. Optimize the concurrency security of "AssignUnPackedDeals" in venus-market. fix AssignUnPackedDeals concurrency issue: the deal is repeatedly dis… ipfs-force-community/droplet#120
8. Fix the problem that the API "GetUserByMiner" of venus-auth is incorrect when using the MySQL database. fix: GetUserByMiner on mysql ipfs-force-community/sophon-auth#72
9. venus-auth optimized the client-api. refactor: combine old 'localClinet' and 'jwtClient' into 'AuthClinet' ipfs-force-community/sophon-auth#73
10. venus-gateway will manage the legitimacy of nodes more strictly when "listenmarketevent" and "listenproofevent". feat: verify miner on listen proof/market event api ipfs-force-community/sophon-gateway#44
11. The CI of venus-gateway adds hint check and test coverage upload. fix golang lint ipfs-force-community/sophon-gateway#45
12. venus-gateway refactored miner checker. feat: add miner validator interface ipfs-force-community/sophon-gateway#46

[Joss-Hua]

From 2022-04-11 to 2022-04-17

Summary

• Venus Master phase 2 application is open.

  • Asian applicants are actively applying;
  • Welcome ecological members from other continents to participate in Venus Master to achieve a balance between resources and capabilities;
  • Venus Master is an important part of promoting community improvement together with Venus team;

• Launch community open-testing around venus-cluster.

  • The sign in time is up to noon on April 20 CST, and the test cycle is expected to be one week;
  • One of the purposes of the test is to help participants improve the productivity of their hardware resources while completing the test;
  • The test results will generate a test report for community members' reference;

• Release venus-cluster v0.1.1.

  • This is a highly recommended version;
  • The main changes are that the external processor supports a more flexible working mode, which improves the efficiency and experience;
  • It includes multi-task concurrency and user-defined locks, etc;

Venus cluster data（epoch: 1,710,001 - 1,730,160）

Note: this group of data only includes the data of nodes that have informed Venus community about the use of Venus program in the main network; Welcome storage providers to provide their own Venus node data to Venus team and community;

Nodes：88

Storage Power：260.75 PiB

Latest week power growth：8.9 PiB

Wincounts of last week：1568

Releases

• venus-cluster already supports 'snapdeal' and is working on command optimization, will be released soon v0.2.0;
• venus-market implements the persistence scheme of "index mongo" to prepare for accessing indexer;

Dev Repo

1. venus-cluster puts the acquisition of 'ticket' to the PC1. feat(venus-worker): ask for ticket when needed ipfs-force-community/damocles#98
2. venus-cluster implements the strategy of selecting 'store' based on the remaining space, which allows configuring the maximum number of orders in the sector. Feat/dtynn/weighted persist store selection ipfs-force-community/damocles#99
3. In order to support 'snapdeal', venus-cluster has adjusted modules and the overall architecture. Feat/dtynn/preparation for snapup support ipfs-force-community/damocles#103
4. venus-cluster already supports' snapdeal '. Feat/dtynn/snapdeals ipfs-force-community/damocles#104
5. venus-market fixed the problem that 'deal' may be repeatedly allocated in the case of concurrency. fix AssignUnPackedDeals concurrency issue: the deal is repeatedly dis… ipfs-force-community/droplet#120
6. venus-market implements the scheme of writing 'index' into mongo. Feat/index to mongo ipfs-force-community/droplet#121
7. venus-market supports multiple 'piece stores'. support multi piece storage ipfs-force-community/droplet#122
8. Documents about venus-cluster have been sorted out in venus-docs, and the directory has been adjusted. update vc vm p3 venus-docs#294 update cluster cn docs venus-docs#295

[Joss-Hua]

From 2022-04-18 to 2022-04-24

Summary

• Launch phase 3 of the Storage Provider Incubator, and the application form is opening.

  • The Incubator is jointly supported by Filecoin Foundation and Venus team;
  • Continue to provide technical and economic support to Filecoin storage providers around the world using Venus;
  • This is a cost-effective way;
  • Still set up a maximum of 100FIL bouns rewards for each participant and expand the service cycle to 12 months;

• Venus Master phase 2 is under recruitment, and the rules of this phase are more suitable for most ecological participants.

  • Some application forms have been received, focusing on Asia;
  • The election of the first batch of Masters will be completed this month;
  • Ecological members from many continents are welcome to join;

• Venus Meetup April 2022 schedule has been released. This month's meetup will be held on Friday this week. Welcome to participate.

  • Since meetup introduced VenusHub to you for the first time last month, we have done a lot of work on its progress recently;
  • Introduce the update of VenusHub;
  • Introduce the rules and responsibilities of Venus Master in detail;

Venus cluster data（epoch: 1,730,161 - 1,750,320）

Note: this group of data only includes the data of nodes that have informed Venus community about the use of Venus program in the main network; Welcome storage providers to provide their own Venus node data to Venus team and community;

Nodes：90

Storage Power：269.15 PiB

Latest week power growth：9.24 PiB

Wincounts of last week：1494

Releases

• Realize the program for the horizontal expansion of venus-market.
• venus uses FVM and follows up on updates.
• Venus’s all modules has upgraded the version of the introduced library.
• Optimize venus-cluster and continuously follow up on the problems Feedback by the community.

Dev Repo

1. venus continues to follow up on the latest progress of FVM. Feat/fvm venus#4833
2. venus added the related interface of venus-market: `MarketDummyDeal'. market api: add MarketDummyDeal api venus#4853
3. venus has upgraded the version of the modules it references. Fix: compile error caused by unreachable package venus#4854
4. venus-cluster supports the separation of persistent data ’sealed_ file’ and ‘cache_ dir’ and can be stored in different directory paths, which improves scalability and flexibility. Feat/dtynn/splitted persist store ipfs-force-community/damocles#112
5. venus-cluster added a Q&A.md to record common problems and solutions of community members during deployment. doc(QA): init qa doc ipfs-force-community/damocles#113
6. venus-cluster added a description document about the size of the executable file generated by compilation. docs(QA): about compiled binary size ipfs-force-community/damocles#126
7. venus-market has upgraded the version of the referenced modules. Fix: compile error caused by unreachable packages ipfs-force-community/droplet#123
8. The implementation of venus-market expansion program, using mongo database to store transaction data. Feat/index to mongo ipfs-force-community/droplet#121 Fix/piecestoragemgr_dep ipfs-force-community/droplet#124
9. venus-sealer continues to follow lotus‘s optimization. Prep/v1.4.2 rc1 venus-sealer#201
10. venus-miner upgraded the version of the referenced modules. Fix: import unreachable packages ipfs-force-community/sophon-miner#79
11. venus-messager upgraded the version of the referenced modules. Fix compile error caused by unreachable packages ipfs-force-community/sophon-messager#190

[Joss-Hua]

From 2022-04-25 to 2022-05-08

Summary

• The chain service of Venus SP Incubator phase 3 has been running.

  • The Filecoin Mainnet chain service supported by the Incubator has started to run;
  • Participants who have applied for it please contact the Venus team in time to start accessing your node;
  • The registration is opening. Welcome to learn more or apply immediately;

• The members of group 1 of Venus Master phase 3 have been announced;

  • Masters can help members of the community such as SPs, Clients, and Developers;
  • If you have any questions, please contact them through the slack public channel;

• The results of the open-test of venus-cluster community show that compared with sealer, venus-cluster has significantly improved sealing efficiency.

  • Issue 1 test report and 4 technical reports;
  • The bilingual version of the report has been published on Medium, Wechat, Github, and other channels;

• Venus Meetup April 2022, sharing how Master helps the community.

  • The recent progress of VenusHub is introduced;
  • Introduced the rules and responsibilities of Venus Master;
  • The record has been uploaded to YouTube;

Venus cluster data（epoch: 1,770,481 - 1,790,640）

Note: this group of data only includes the data of nodes that have informed Venus community about the use of Venus program in the main network; Welcome storage providers to provide their own Venus node data to Venus team and community;

Nodes：90

Storage Power：282.93 PiB

Latest week power growth：6.84 PiB

Wincounts of last week：1637

Releases

• The sub-projects of the VenusHub platform have been successfully promoted and implemented, and community members can pay attention to different projects according to their own needs.
• The Venus team is promoting a tool related to FVM: go-fvm-sdk.
• venus-cluster release v0.2.0-rc1, release v0.2.0 preparation.
• Venus continues to follow up on the network upgrade and update its support for the interopnet network.

Dev Repo

1. go-fvm-sdk introduces 'Tester' for unit testing of SDK. Feat/support sdk test ipfs-force-community/go-fvm-sdk#2
2. go-fvm-sdk modifies the library to make it work in the FVM environment. Feat/support test assert ipfs-force-community/go-fvm-sdk#3
3. venus has updated its support for interop networks. Feat/fvm venus#4833
4. venus fixed the problem that configures 'VENUS_PATH' can’t take effect. fix: cmd: remove default repo_dir value venus#4863
5. venus-cluster removes the 'mock' Implementation on the venus-worker side. Refactor/dtynn/reduce mock impls in venus worker ipfs-force-community/damocles#118
6. venus-cluster removes the direct use of the 'golang.org/x/xerrors' library. Refactor/dtynn/remove usages of xerrors ipfs-force-community/damocles#119
7. venus-cluster introduces 'lintter' & 'formatter. Chore/dtynn/introduce formatters and linters ipfs-force-community/damocles#125
8. venus-cluster fixed the problem, that during the startup cycle, the incomplete 'snapup' sector is ignored. fix(vsmgr): ignore incompleted upgrade sectors ipfs-force-community/damocles#127
9. venus-cluster and venus-worker make ' sealing_ 'thread 'is arranged in order; venus-sector-manager adjusts the relevant APIs and commands of venus-worker management. Feat/dtynn/worker management ipfs-force-community/damocles#131
10. venus-cluster implements remote 'SectorIndex' and 'SectorTracker', and then supports the complete separation of ‘Wdpost' and 'Winpost'. Feat/dtynn/proxied sealer ipfs-force-community/damocles#133
11. venus-cluster solves some issues. Feat/dtynn/small pieces of issues ipfs-force-community/damocles#135
12. venus-cluster is released of v0.2.0-rc1. Docs/dtynn/prepare for v0.2.0 ipfs-force-community/damocles#142
13. venus-cluster is released of v0.2.0-rc1.venus-cluster is fixed: correctly use the corresponding 'FeeConfig' item when submitting Batch/Aggreate. Fix/dtynn/use fee config for batch correctly ipfs-force-community/damocles#146
14. venus-cluster added some tool’s installation commands for 'make dev-env'. chore(Makefile): add more actions in command dev-env ipfs-force-community/damocles#152
15. Fix compilation failures due to dependency issues. Fix: compile error caused by unreachable packages ipfs-force-community/droplet#123 Fix: compile error caused by unreachable package venus#4854 Fix compile error caused by unreachable packages ipfs-force-community/sophon-messager#190
16. venus-market fixed dependencies and supplemental testing. Fix/piecestoragemgr_dep ipfs-force-community/droplet#124
17. venus-market fixed the problem that 'init' will fail when 'deal' is greater than 32 Gib. Fix : err init larger than 32g deal ipfs-force-community/droplet#126
18. venus-messager fixed the error when pushing messages, that is, messages with low 'nonce' cannot be added to the message pool. Fix/batch push message ipfs-force-community/sophon-messager#192

[Joss-Hua]

From 2022-05-09 to 2022-05-15

Summary

• Venus Meetup May 2022 schedule has been released.
  • The Meetup will be held at 4 PM on the 27th;
  • Will share the progress of the Venus SP Incubator, summarize the update of Venus deployment flow, authority system of Token under the architecture of Venus, etc;

Venus cluster data（epoch: 1,770,481 - 1,790,640）

Note: this group of data only includes the data of nodes that have informed Venus community about the use of Venus program in the main network; Welcome storage providers to provide their own Venus node data to Venus team and community;

Nodes：90

Storage Power：289.89 PiB

Latest week power growth：6.66 PiB

Wincounts of last week：1695

Releases

• Venus continues to follow up on the progress of FVM and NV16.
• venus-cluster optimized the command tool and fixed the issues feedback by the community.

Dev Repo

1. The script for the automatic release of venus specifies the Linux system version of the host, and updates the compiled version to v1.2.4. chore:update version venus#4871
2. venus added an API to return network parameters. feat: api: add StateGetNetworkParmas venus#4875
3. venus-share about the market.GetDealSpec, condition parameters for controlling order selection are added. feat(venus-shared): more fields defined in market.GetDealSpec venus#4885
4. venus-cluster upgrades the jons-rpc and improves the readability of the code of PoSter loop. Chore/dtynn/upgrade jsonrpc ipfs-force-community/damocles#155
5. The snap-deal configuration items of venus-cluster are richer (maximum number of retries, retry interval, amount of incidental expenses of snapup message, etc). Feat/dtynn/configurable snapup policy ipfs-force-community/damocles#157
6. venus-cluster and venus-worker adjust the input log time format. feat(log): use local time zone instead of UTC time zone for log output ipfs-force-community/damocles#159
7. The sector-manager of venus-cluster adds the processing logic of sector exception status. Feat/dtynn/detection of sector state missing ipfs-force-community/damocles#160
8. The main branch of venus-cluster added the configuration file of 'dependabot'. chore(dependabot): add config file ipfs-force-community/damocles#164
9. venus-market upgrades its dependence on venus-auth and uses a new method to construct auth-client. rename auth log to "auth_client" ipfs-force-community/droplet#130
10. venus-market supports more alternative strategies when selecting orders. Feat/dtynn/support more spec policy in assign unpacked deals ipfs-force-community/droplet#132
11. Upgrade the version of venus-auth to v1.4.0. Prep/v1.4.0 ipfs-force-community/sophon-auth#74
12. When venus-auth removes auth-client, need to pass in the log object as a parameter, and a unified log object will be created internally. refactor: refactor 'NewAuthMux' method ipfs-force-community/sophon-auth#76
13. venus-gateway has been upgraded to v1.4.0. chore:update venus/venus-auth version ipfs-force-community/sophon-gateway#48

[Joss-Hua]

From 2022-05-16 to 2022-05-22

Summary

• The Venus chain service of SP Incubator is running stably in the Filecoin Mainnet. Welcome to join the incubator.
  • The chain service supports more than 70 concurrent nodes;
  • The chain service is provided with a monitoring system, message alarm, and other services;
  • The chain service has the characteristics of high availability, load balancing, and encryption security;

Venus cluster data（epoch: 1,810,801-1,830,960）

Note: this group of data only includes the data of nodes that have informed Venus community about the use of Venus program in the main network; Welcome storage providers to provide their own Venus node data to Venus team and community;

Nodes：95

Storage Power：298.26 PiB

Latest week power growth：6.14 PiB

Wincounts of last week：1751

Releases

• Repair some issues of venus-cluster and prepare v0.3.0.
• Follow up on the version update of Mainnet V16.
• The project GO-FVM-SDK is about the FVM, memory mechanism verification.

Dev Repo

1. The wasm file built by tinygo is added to make it run normally. Feat/insert start in build result ipfs-force-community/go-fvm-sdk#8
2. venus continues to follow up on the updates of FVM and Mainnet V16. https://github.com/filecoin-project/venus/commits/feat/fvm
3. Realize the soft deletion of venus-auth token. add cmds and soft deleteion ipfs-force-community/sophon-auth#64
4. Improve the logic that the command of venus-auth to create a token. fix: Added check for perm flag ipfs-force-community/sophon-auth#77
5. venus-messager optimizes the error message returned when the connection to the venus-gateway fails. fix: Optimize the error log output when the gateway connection fails ipfs-force-community/sophon-messager#195
6. venus-sealer continues to introduce lotus optimization. https://github.com/filecoin-project/venus-sealer/commits/prep/v1.4.2-rc1
7. venus-cluster project management: add 'dependabot' configuration file. chore(dependabot): add config file ipfs-force-community/damocles#164
8. venus-cluster project management: add template file of PRs. chore: add pr template ipfs-force-community/damocles#170
9. venus-cluster project management: add the template file of issues. Chore/dtynn/issue templates ipfs-force-community/damocles#171 Create config.yml ipfs-force-community/damocles#172
10. venus-cluster added common commands: sector life cycle related, message query, parameter download, etc. Feat/lt/sector management cmds ipfs-force-community/damocles#176

[Joss-Hua]

From 2022-05-23 to 2022-05-29

Summary

• Launch the new project "Venus Deal Accelerator" about real data storage under the VenusHub platform, and the registration channel has been opened.

  • The project helps storage providers obtain more opportunities for real data order transactions;
  • Provide participants with free and complete chain services, real orders, and necessary technical support, which means that participants do not need to install or register third-party software or run their own market modules;

• venus.filecoin.io (i.e. Venus Docs) document content structure upgrade.

  • Add, delete and modify the documents with timeliness;
  • The important documents in the current stage are presented in a high priority position so that the users of Venus can easily obtain the latest documents;
  • A layer of classification is added to the sub directories of each Tab so that new users of Venus can easily obtain the required documents;

Venus cluster data（epoch: 1,830,961 - 1,851,120）

Note: this group of data only includes the data of nodes that have informed Venus community about the use of Venus program in the main network; Welcome storage providers to provide their own Venus node data to Venus team and community;

Nodes：96

Storage Power：303.39 PiB

Latest week power growth：6.23 PiB

Wincounts of last week：1712

Releases

• venus-cluster added new sector status flow and worker status management documents and repaired some issues.
• Venus modules follow up on the Maintnet v16 update.
• venus-gateway added unit tests for core modules.

Dev Repo

1. venus continues to follow up on the updates of FVM and NV16. https://github.com/filecoin-project/venus/commits/feat/fvm
2. venus-sealer continues to introduce the optimization results of lotus. https://github.com/filecoin-project/venus-sealer/commits/prep/v1.4.2-rc1
3. venus-cluster added tests for the 'piecestore' agent. tests:add test for proxy piecestore ipfs-force-community/damocles#151
4. The external actuator of venus-cluster adds weight to randomly assigned tasks. Feat/0x5459/select external processor based on weights ipfs-force-community/damocles#179
5. venus-cluster supports compilation options FFI_ USE_ CUDA. chore: makefile of venus-worker now support env FFI_USE_CUDA ipfs-force-community/damocles#182
6. venus-cluster allows you to set the minimum quantity of filled pieces when requesting orders. Feat/dtynn/support latest market policy ipfs-force-community/damocles#183
7. venus-cluster allows you to try whether to make CC sector when the set real order is insufficient. Feat/dtynn/disable cc ipfs-force-community/damocles#184
8. venus-cluster can now configure the 'ChallengeConfidential' value of wdpost. Feat/dtynn/configurable post confidention epoch ipfs-force-community/damocles#186
9. venus-cluster has added the venus-worker task management document. docs: venus-worker management ipfs-force-community/damocles#187
10. venus-cluster has added the document for the sector task status transition of the venus-worker.docs: about states and transitions in venus-worker ipfs-force-community/damocles#190
11. Unit test of the core module of venus-gateway. https://github.com/ipfs-force-community/venus-gateway/commits/tests/add_core_test
12. venus-auth names the delete commands of the token, user, etc. uniformly. cmd: unified delete command ipfs-force-community/sophon-auth#78
13. venus-auth optimizes the command for creating users: remove the 'miner' parameter and add the 'state' parameter. opt: Cmd fmt and paras for add user ipfs-force-community/sophon-auth#79
14. venus-market adds a redirect URL for OSS object storage. feat: add redirect url for object storage ipfs-force-community/droplet#127
15. venus-market fixed the error caused by the wrong miner when issuing the order. fix: Doesn't clear older illegal addresses in deal initialization with interactive mode. ipfs-force-community/droplet#133
16. Unified handling of ‘NOT FOUND‘ problems in the process of venus-market order retrieval. feat : uniform not found error in data retrieval ipfs-force-community/droplet#134

[Joss-Hua]

From 2022-05-30 to 2022-06-05

Summary

• The Venus Deal Accelerator has received applications from storage providers in several regions in Asia.
  • Since the launch of Venus Deal Accelerator a week ago, we have received nearly 10 applications, which are currently mainly distributed in various regions of Asia;
  • The Venus Deal Accelerator is about to officially run, and some preparations are still in progress;
  • As a long-term project in the planning, participants can submit applications at any time and join the Deal Accelerator after screening;

Venus cluster data（epoch: 1,851,121 - 1,871,280）

Note: this group of data only includes the data of nodes that have informed Venus community about the use of Venus program in the main network; Welcome storage providers to provide their own Venus node data to Venus team and community;

Nodes：99

Storage Power：309.42 PiB

Latest week power growth：2.56 PiB

Wincounts of last week：1767

Releases

• Venus modules are continuously preparing for the NV16 upgrade.
• venus-cluster separates the code of the task processor into separate modules.
• The venus-gateway adds unit tests for API.

Dev Repo

1. venus continues to follow up on NV16 updates. https://github.com/filecoin-project/venus/commits/prep/v1.6.0-rc1
2. Venus released the process list for upgrading to NV16 (Chinese), so that community users can complete the upgrade work clearly and quickly in the future. Nv16研发网络升级清单 venus#4898
3. venus-sealer fixes a security vulnerability related to referencing mod. fix: security vulnerabilities in go sum venus-sealer#203
4. venus-sealer is preparing for NV16. https://github.com/filecoin-project/venus-sealer/commits/prep/v1.4.2-rc1
5. venus-cluster optimizes CI logic. Chore/dtynn/add tests in GitHub actions ipfs-force-community/damocles#201 chore(vworker): add another clippy check w/o --tests to avoid some mi… ipfs-force-community/damocles#202 fix(vworker): remove the upper bound check for elapsed in tests ipfs-force-community/damocles#203
6. venus-cluster abstracts the code related to the task processor. Feat/dtynn/vc proc core types abstractions and wrappers ipfs-force-community/damocles#204
7. venus-cluster implements a built-in task processor. Feat/dtynn/vc proc builtins ipfs-force-community/damocles#205
8. venus-market fixes the problem that the retrieval of the client cannot exit normally when the server exits. fix handle provider canncel state ipfs-force-community/droplet#135
9. venus-miner saves the list of miners requested from Venus auth. fix: command 'address update' haven't save addresses ipfs-force-community/sophon-miner#84
10. Test of API unit of venus-gateway. tests:add api test ipfs-force-community/sophon-gateway#51

[Joss-Hua]

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