Release - 2.0.0-alpha.1

[nivida]

Description

Added

• Length check of the PK added to the fromPrivateKey method of the Account model (No bounds on key length in method privateKeyToAccount() #2928)
• WebsocketProvider options extended with requestOptions and origins (Node >= v8.0.0 support for web3 1.0 #2938, websocket dependency updated #2995)
• changed listener added to Contract event subscriptions (change listener added to Contract events #2960)

Changed

• fsevents bumbed to v1.2.9 (pickup latest fsevents (v1.2.9) for Node 12 compat #2951)
• websocket dependency changed to github fork (websocket dependency updated #2995)

Fixed

• miner.startMining fixed (TypeError: miner.startMining is not a function #2877)
• Subscription type definitions fixed (Fix Subscription Type #2919)
• ContractOptions type definitions corrected (Fix TypeScript 'ContractOptions' interface #2939)
• Scrypt compatibility with older and newer nodejs versions fixed (implement fallback from built-in scrypt to scryptsy/scrypt packages #2952)
• Encryption of the V3Keystore fixed (convert salt to Buffer instance before encrypting #2950)
• Provider timeout fixed and Maps are used now to handle subscriptions (Providers Improvements #2955)
• stripHexPrefix fixed (stripHexPrefix fixed #2989)
• BatchRequest error handling fixed for callbacks (Error handling fixed with callbacks for BatchRequests #2993)
• reconnected event and reconnection delay option added to WebsocketProvider (Websocket provider reconnecting timeout and reconnection event added #2994)
• clearSubscriptions fixed (clearSubscriptions method in AbstractSocketProvider fixed #3007)

Compare View

v2.0.0-alpha -> v2.0.0-alpha.1

Type of change

• Release

Checklist:

• I have selected the correct base branch.
• I have performed a self-review of my own code.
• I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas.
• I have made corresponding changes to the documentation.
• My changes generate no warnings.
• I have updated or added types for all modules I've changed
• Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules.
• I ran npm run test in the root folder with success and extended the tests to cover all changes.
• I ran npm run build in the root folder and tested it in the browser and with node.
• I have tested my code with an ethereum test network.

[coveralls]

Coverage remained the same at 95.371% when pulling cb266cc on release/2.0.0-alpha.1 into 55a6a9f on 2.x.