- [rpc] [\#2415](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/2415) New `/consensus_params?height=X` endpoint to query the consensus
params at any height (@scriptonist)
- [types] [\#1714](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/1714) Add Address to GenesisValidator
- [metrics] [\#2337](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/2337) `consensus.block_interval_metrics` is now gauge, not histogram (you will be able to see spikes, if any)
- [libs] [\#2286](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/2286) Panic if `autofile` or `db/fsdb` permissions change from 0600.
IMPROVEMENTS:
- [libs/db] [\#2371](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/2371) Output error instead of panic when the given `db_backend` is not initialised (@bradyjoestar)
- [mempool] [\#2399](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/2399) Make mempool cache a proper LRU (@bradyjoestar)
- [p2p] [\#2126](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/2126) Introduce PeerTransport interface to improve isolation of concerns
- [libs/common] [\#2326](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/2326) Service returns ErrNotStarted
BUG FIXES:
- [node] [\#2294](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/2294) Delay starting node until Genesis time
- [consensus] [\#2048](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/2048) Correct peer statistics for marking peer as good
- [rpc] [\#2460](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/2460) StartHTTPAndTLSServer() now passes StartTLS() errors back to the caller rather than hanging forever.
- [p2p] [\#2047](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/2047) Accept new connections asynchronously
Tendermint Core is Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) middleware that takes a state transition machine - written in any programming language -
and securely replicates it on many machines.
For protocol details, see [the specification](/docs/spec). For a consensus proof and detailed protocol analysis checkout our recent paper, "[The latest gossip on BFT consensus](https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.04938)".
For protocol details, see [the specification](/docs/spec).
For detailed analysis of the consensus protocol, including safety and liveness proofs,
see our recent paper, "[The latest gossip on BFT consensus](https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.04938)".
## A Note on Production Readiness
@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ While Tendermint is being used in production in private, permissioned
environments, we are still working actively to harden and audit it in preparation
for use in public blockchains, such as the [Cosmos Network](https://cosmos.network/).
We are also still making breaking changes to the protocol and the APIs.
Thus we tag the releases as *alpha software*.
Thus, we tag the releases as *alpha software*.
In any case, if you intend to run Tendermint in production,
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After a few seconds, all the nodes should connect to each other and
start making blocks! For more information, see the Tendermint Networks
section of [the guide to using Tendermint](./using-tendermint.md).
section of [the guide to using Tendermint](../tendermint-core/using-tendermint.md).
But wait! Steps 3, 4 and 5 are quite manual. Instead, use the `tendermint testnet` command. By default, running `tendermint testnet` will create all the
required files, but it won't populate the list of persistent peers. It will do
Because Tendermint only uses a Simple Merkle Tree, application developers are expect to use their own Merkle tree in their applications. For example, the IAVL+ Tree - an immutable self-balancing binary tree for persisting application state is used by the [Cosmos SDK](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/develop/docs/core/multistore.md)
Because Tendermint only uses a Simple Merkle Tree, application developers are expect to use their own Merkle tree in their applications. For example, the IAVL+ Tree - an immutable self-balancing binary tree for persisting application state is used by the [Cosmos SDK](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/develop/docs/sdk/core/multistore.md)
The RPC documentation is hosted [here](https://tendermint.github.io/slate) and is generated by the CI from our [Slate repo](https://github.com/tendermint/slate). To update the documentation, edit the relevant `godoc` comments in the [rpc/core directory](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/tree/develop/rpc/core).
The RPC documentation is hosted here:
NOTE: We will be moving the RPC documentation into the website in the near future. Stay tuned!
- https://tendermint.com/rpc/
To update the documentation, edit the relevant `godoc` comments in the [rpc/core directory](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/tree/develop/rpc/core).