1.4.6-RC2 release (#1027)

Additions and Improvements

• Print node address on startup. #938
• Transaction pool: price bump replacement mechanism configurable through CLI. #928 #930

Bug Fixes

• Added timeout to queries. #986
• Fixed issue where networks using onchain permissioning could stall when the bootnodes were not validators. #969
• Update getForks method to ignore ClassicForkBlock chain parameter to fix issue with ETC syncing. #1014

Known Issues

Known issues are open issues categorized as Very High or High impact.

Previously identified known issues

• Scope of logs query causing Besu to hang
• Eth/65 loses peers
• Fast sync when running Besu on cloud providers
• Privacy users with private transactions created using v1.3.4 or earlier