* Refactor updater to use ethabi-derive
* Grumble: do_call type alias
* Empty commit to trigger test re-run
* migration to ethabi-5.0
* migration to ethabi-5.0 in progress
* use ethabi_deriven to generate TransactAcl contract
* use ethabi_deriven to generate Registry contract
* hash-fetch uses ethabi_derive, removed retain cycle from updater, fixed#7720
* node-filter crate uses ethabi_derive to generate peer_set contract interface
* use LruCache in node-filter instead of HashMap
* validator_set engine uses ethabi_derive
* ethcore does not depend on native_contracts
* miner does no depend on native_contracts
* secret_store does not use native_contracts (in progress)
* removed native-contracts
* ethcore and updater does not depend on futures
* updated ethereum-types
* fixed all warnings caused by using new version of ethereum-types
* updated ethabi_derive && ethabi_contract to get rid of warnings
* removed another retain cycle in updater, fixed following minor version on update
* moved contracts out of native_contracts res
* updated ethabi_contract
* fixed failing test
* fixed failing test
* there is no need to create two contracts of the same kind any more
* simplify updater::ReleaseTrack conversion into u8 and add several tests for it
* applied review suggestions
* applied review suggestions
* Move miner away from ethcore.
* Fix ethcore to use miner/transaction.
* Fix tests and warnings.
* fixed incorrect merge of the test in the documentation
* kvdb-rocksdb: update to RocksDB 5.8.8
* kvdb-rocksdb: tune RocksDB options
* Switch to level-style compaction
* Increase default block size (16K), and use bigger blocks for HDDs (64K)
* Increase default file size base (64MB SSDs, 256MB HDDs)
* Create a single block cache shared across all column families
* Tune compaction settings using RocksDB helper functions, taking into account
memory budget spread across all columns
* Configure backgrounds jobs based on the number of CPUs
* Set some default recommended settings
* ethcore: remove unused config blockchain.db_cache_size
* parity: increase default value for db_cache_size
* kvdb-rocksdb: enable compression on all levels
* kvdb-rocksdb: set global db_write_bufer_size
* kvdb-rocksdb: reduce db_write_bufer_size to force earlier flushing
* kvdb-rocksdb: use master branch for rust-rocksdb dependency
* separate migration from util and make its dependencies into libs:
* snappy
* kvdb
* error
* common
* renamed common -> macros
* util error does not depend on snappy module
* ethsync does not depend on util nor ethcore_error
* nibbleslice and nibblevec merged with patricia_trie crate
* removed unused dependencies from util
* util journaldb traits does not need to be public
* util_error
* fixed ethcore compile error
* ignore .swo files
* Update chain.rs
* rpc: transaction/receipt requests made async
* rpc: light client fetches transaction and uncle by hash/index
* on_demand: request type for transaction index
* serve transaction index requests in light protocol
* add a test for transaction index serving
* fetch transaction and receipts by hash on light client
* fix decoding tests
* light: more lenient cost table parsing (backwards compatible)
* fix tests and warnings
* LES -> PIP
* Update provider.rs
* proper doc comments for public functions
* move common forks and parameters to common params
* port specs over to new format
* fix RPC tests
* parity-machine skeleton
* remove block type
* extract out ethereum-specific methods into EthereumMachine
* beginning to integrate Machine into engines. dealing with stale transitions in Ethash
* initial porting to machine
* move block reward back into engine
* abstract block reward logic
* move last hash and DAO HF logic into machine
* begin making engine function parameters generic
* abstract epoch verifier and ethash block reward logic
* instantiate special ethereummachine for ethash in spec
* optional full verification in verify_block_family
* re-instate tx_filter in a way that works for all engines
* fix warnings
* fix most tests, further generalize engine trait
* uncomment nullengine, get ethcore tests compiling
* fix warnings
* update a bunch of specs
* re-enable engine signer, validator set, and transition handler
* migrate basic_authority engine
* move last hashes into executedblock
* port tendermint
* make all ethcore tests pass
* json-tests compilation
* fix RPC tests: change in gas limit for new block changed PoW hash
* fix minor grumbles
* validate chainspecs
* fix broken import
* fix transaction verification for pre-homestead
