v0.4.0

Features

• [BREAKING] Introduce OutputNote::Partial variant (#698).
• [BREAKING] Added support for input notes with delayed verification of inclusion proofs (#724, #732, #759, #770, #772).
• Added new NoteFile object to represent serialized notes (#721).
• Added transaction IDs to the Block struct (#734).
• Added ability for users to set the aux field when creating a note (#752).

Enhancements

• Replaced cargo-make with just make for running tasks (#696).
• [BREAKING] Split Account struct constructor into new() and from_parts() (#699).
• Generalized build_recipient_hash procedure to build recipient hash for custom notes (#706).
• [BREAKING] Changed the encoding of inputs notes in the advice map for consumed notes (#707).
• Created additional emit events for kernel related .masm procedures (#708).
• Implemented build_recipient_hash procedure to build recipient hash for custom notes (#710).
• Removed the mock crate in favor of having mock code behind the testing flag in remaining crates (#711).
• [BREAKING] Created auth module for TransactionAuthenticator and other related objects (#714).
• Added validation for the output stack to make sure it was properly cleaned (#717).
• Made DataStore conditionally async using winter-maybe-async (#725).
• Changed note pointer from Memory note_ptr to note_index (#728).
• [BREAKING] Changed rng to mutable reference in note creation functions (#733).
• [BREAKING] Replaced ToNullifier trait with ToInputNoteCommitments, which includes the note_id for delayed note authentication (#732).
• Added Option<NoteTag>to NoteFile (#741).
• Fixed documentation and added make doc CI job (#746).
• Updated and improved .pre-commit-config.yaml file (#748).
• Created get_serial_number procedure to get the serial num of the currently processed note (#760).
• [BREAKING] Added support for conversion from Nullifier to InputNoteCommitment, commitment header return reference (#774).
• Added compute_inputs_hash procedure for hash computation of the arbitrary number of note inputs (#750).