Version 2.16.0.0

This release is recommended

The headline feature is execution layer history expiry, so an Ethereum node fits into roughly 1 TiB.

Breaking changes

• Require Besu 25.7.0, use promoted Besu pruning parameters without -X

Changes

• Support pre-merge history expiry for all execution layer clients: ./ethd prune-history
• Geth archive node fresh sync uses path-based state scheme
• Enable Vero keymanager API
• ./ethd install can apply host-level optimizations
• ext-network.yml now is controlled by the DOCKER_EXT_NETWORK variable and no longer
  needs to be edited directly
• Remove deprecated VC parameter from Teku
• Improve Grafana dashboards
• The size of ANCIENT_DIR is shown during ./ethd space, if it is set
• ./ethd resync-execution also removes contents of ANCIENT_DIR, if it is set
• Add --trace option to ./ethd update and ./ethd keys. Please be careful, the output may include secrets.
• Update Lido exit oracles on Hoodi and Mainnet
• Remove pre-Pectra migration logic
• Update Siren and Prysm repo locations
• Update Eth Docker repo location to ethstaker organization, from eth-educators

Bug fixes

• Remove an extra https:// in default Hoodi relays
• Fix ./ethd prune-reth command
• Fix detection logic for Erigon Caplin