SIMD-0313
Drop unchained merkle shreds
Feature Gate Status
Mainnet Active E821
Testnet Active E798
Devnet Active E914
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TL;DR
As the new shred format is being sent by all clients, this feature deprecates the old shred format.
Summary
As the new shred format is being sent by all clients, this feature deprecates the old shred format.
Motivation
It is inconvinient to support both formats, and upcoming consensus changes (alpenglow) expect all shreds to be of the chained variety.
Impact
Any clients still producing blocks using the old shred format will have their shreds ignored on ingest.
Backwards Compatibility
This feature is not backwards compatible.
Security Considerations
None