* separate modules for consensus snapshot chunks
* bulk of authority warp logic
* finish authority warp implementation
* squash warnings and enable authority snapshot mode
* test harness for PoA
* fiddle with harness
* epoch generation proof fixes
* update constructor code
* store epoch transition proof after block commit
* basic snap and restore test
* use keyvaluedb in state restoration
* decompress chunks
* fix encoding issues
* fixed-to-contract-to-contract test
* implement ancient block import
* restore genesis transition in PoW snapshot
* add format version method to snapshot components
* supported version numbers in snapshot_components
* allow returning of ancient epoch transitions
* genesis hash mismatch check
* remove commented code
* fixed naming of rlp modules
* RlpStream cleanup
* appending short rlp lists (0...55 bytes) is 25% faster
* RlpStream does not use bytes module, nor trait Stream
* removed unused code from rlp module
* compiling ethcore-util with new rlp serialization
* compiling parity with new rlp serialization
* fixed compiling ethcore-light with new rlp serialization
* fixed compiling ethsync with new rlp serialization
* removed redundant comment, print
* removed redundant double-space
* replace usage of WriteBytesExt with ByteOrder
* state backend trait mirroring state_db API
* minimal state backend trait
make state module public
* fix json tests
* return errors on database corruption
* fix tests, json tests
* fix remainder of build
* add Backend bound on state
* Return 0 instead of error with out of gas on estimate_gas
* Fix stuff up.
* Another estimate gas fix.
* Alter balance to maximum possible rather than GP=0.
* Only increase to amount strictly necessary.
* Improvements and optimisations to estimate_gas.
- Introduce proper error type
- Avoid building costly traces
* Fix tests.
* Actually fix testsActually fix tests
* The front-end for each hard-fork, also EIP-160.
* Address EIP161 a/c
* Include EIP-161b
* EIP-161 part d.
* Fix test build.
* Fix one test, add another.
* Fix use of bloom & renaming.
* Initial groundwork for EIP-155
* Fix minor bug.
* Fix all tests finally.
* Rest of EIP-155.
* Add tests for EIP-155 algorithm.
Update transaction tests validation.
* Minor reformat.
* Address grumbles.
* Remove unused code.
* Fix SUICIDE gas mechanism and add consensus tests.
* Remove commented code.
* Set Frontier hardfork block number
* Fix warning.
* Transaction tests,
* no longer export action_params
* remove transaction, header, receipt re-rexports from common
* remove env_info and builtins re-exports from common
* remove everything but util export from common
* replace common usages with util, remove module
* add a prelude module for ethcore-bigint
* Address renamed to H160 at bigint library level
* moved uint specific test from util to bigint library
* naming
* unifing hashes in progress
* unifing hashes
* cleanup redundant unwraps in tests
* Removing util/crypto in progress.
* fixed compiling
* signature cleanup in progress
* new module - ethcrypto used by ethstore and ethcore-network
* fixed compiling
* fixed compiling
* fixed merge
