Release bdk_chain 0.23.0

[ValuedMammal]

Summary

This release of bdk_chain v.0.23.0 introduces a new option to persist and cache derived script pubkeys, improving performance on KeychainTxOutIndex startup, the tx_graph module now tracks and persists the first_seen timestamp for transactions which is useful for transaction ordering. The bdk_core crate added convenient is_empty methods to types TxUpdate, {Sync,Scan}Response, making it easier to check for no-op updates.

Commit

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Changelog

• feat!(chain): implement first_seen tracking by @uvuvuwu in feat!(chain): implement first_seen tracking #1950
• fix(docs): merge_chains outdated documentation by @oleonardolima in fix(docs): merge_chains outdated documentation #1806
• chore: Update rust-version to 1.86.0 by @ValuedMammal in chore: Update rust-version to 1.86.0 #1955
• Add zizmor github actions security analysis workflow by @notmandatory in Add zizmor github actions security analysis workflow #1813
• chore: create and apply rustfmt.toml by @luisschwab in chore: create and apply rustfmt.toml #1946
• Add is_empty methods to TxUpdate and {}_Response types by @evanlinjin in Add is_empty methods to TxUpdate and {}_Response types #1961
• fix(chain): persist first_seen by @LagginTimes in fix(chain): persist first_seen #1966
• Persist spks derived from KeychainTxOutIndex by @evanlinjin in Persist spks derived from KeychainTxOutIndex #1963

Checklist

Release numbering must follow Semantic Versioning. These steps assume the current master development version is 0.23.0-alpha.0.

On the day of the release

• Ensure all milestone issues and PRs closed, archive them on the project board.
• Switch to the master branch. git switch master
• Make sure that your local master is up-to-date with upstream. git pull
• Create a new PR branch called release_0_23_0.
• Create a new Draft release page and release notes comparing the HEAD commit with the previous tag chain-0.22.0
• Determine which crates need a major release bump and which need a minor/patch release by looking at the git log.
  cargo-semver-checks can also help with this. cargo semver-checks --baseline-rev chain-0.22.0
• Bump the release_0_23_0 branch to the next version.
  • Bump the modified crate versions in the Cargo.toml files [update this list with only changed crates].
    • bdk_core
    • bdk_chain
    • bdk_bitcoind_rpc
    • bdk_electrum
    • bdk_esplora
    • bdk_file_store
    • bdk_testenv
  • For crates that changed update their CHANGELOG.md files, see keep a changelog.
  • The commit message should be: [update this list with only changed crates]

    Bump bdk_chain version to 0.23.0
    
    bdk_core to 0.6.0
    bdk_bitcoind_rpc to 0.20.0
    bdk_electrum to 0.23.0
    bdk_esplora to 0.22.0
    bdk_file_store to 0.21.0
    bdk_testenv to 0.13.0
    

• Create PR and merge the release_0_23_0 branch to master.
  • Title PR "Release bdk_chain v0.23.0". chore: bump bdk_chain to 0.23.0 #1970
• Wait for CI to finish one last time.

Tag and publish the new release:

• Add a tag to the HEAD commit of the master branch.
  • git tag <tagname> --sign --edit
  • The tag name should be chain-0.23.0
  • The title of the tag message should be "Release chain-0.23.0".
  • In the body of the tag message put a copy of the Summary and Changelog for the release.
  • Make sure the tag is signed by using the explicit --sign flag.
• Verify the new tag git tag -v chain-0.23.0
• Add similar tags for other crates that changed versions [update this list with only changed crates].
  • core-0.6.0
  • chain-0.23.0
  • bitcoind_rpc-0.20.0
  • electrum-0.23.0
  • esplora-0.22.0
  • file_store-0.21.0
  • testenv-0.13.0
• Push the new tags to the bitcoindevkit/bdk repo. git push --tags
• Publish all of the updated crates to crates.io [update this list with only changed crates].
  (Note: must publish in dependency order) cargo publish -p <package>
  • bdk_core
  • bdk_chain
  • bdk_bitcoind_rpc
  • bdk_electrum
  • bdk_esplora
  • bdk_file_store
  • bdk_testenv
• Finish creating the Release on GitHub.
  • Set the title to Release chain-0.23.0.
  • In the release notes body put the Summary and Changelog.
  • Use the "Generate release notes" button to add details from included PRs.
  • This is the latest release, check the "Set as the latest release" box.
• Make sure the new release shows up on crates.io and that the docs are built correctly on docs.rs.
• Announce the releases using the Summary on Discord and social media. 🎉