* Light client mode to unlock dynamic state sync

* revert version to pass ci (?)

* fix simulator go.mod

Fix: typos

* Bump avlanachego dep to v1.9.6 and bump version to v0.4.8 for release

* Fix simulator go mod

* Add requirement that Subnet-evm upgrade is enabled at genesis

* Add test for nil

* remove err

* modify comment

* add one more comment

* test  improvements

* fix comment

* fix comment

* timestamp

* fix existing test:

* fix one more existing test

* fix spacing

* clean up

* address comments

* use commmon big 0

* address comments

* Check before upgrade bytes

* comment tests until new NetworkUpgrade is added

* skip instead of comment out

* add config flag

* add unit test to test override

* lint

* remove skips

* lint

* unify to one test

* fix typo

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* Add release checklist template

* Update .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release_checklist.md

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* Update .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release_checklist.md

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* Bump avalanchego dep to v1.9.7 and start v0.4.9 release cycle

* Update compatibility.json and README

* sync changes from coreth-0.11.6

* remove diff patch

* revert format changes

* nits (#441)

* Simplify e2e tests

* Add TODOs

* WIP

* Replace GetSubnetIDF

* Bump avalanchego to v1.9.6-rc.0

* Working on tests

* Light client mode to unlock dynamic state sync

* revert version to pass ci (?)

* fix simulator go.mod

* Set env variable using os setenv

* Needed renames to run all solidity precompile tests

* Cleanup

* E2E test GH Action

* Remove simualtor from GH Actions

* Re-add simulator to GH Actions

* nits

* Modify run script to support running a network and running simulator

* Fix GH Actions file

* Bump avalanchego to v1.9.6-rc.2

* go mod tidy

* Fix run script

* Reduce ctx timeout for starting new subnet to 15s

* Set data dir from github action

* Update run script

* Create separate load test for ginkgo

* Refactor scripts

* Fix up env variables in run single node script

* WIP

* Add install_cli.sh script

* Create 1 script to start a non-staking network of nodes in a subshell

* Fix run script to run 5 node non-staking network and add simple load script

* Fix load test

* go mod update to ago v1.9.7

* Fix allowed geth imports for simulator

* Populate constants to fix blst warning

* load constants in run ginkgo

* Update run simulator name check

* Update data dir

* Add plugin dir env variable

* Update github action and env var used in install avago script

* Filter out both precompile and load test from unit test script

* Add comment about skipping load test in unit test script

* Fix lint geth allowed pkgs

* Address nits

* Remove unused DATA_DIRs var from run script

* Add TODO to update run script to allow running N nodes instead of just one

* Update READMEs

* Break down simulator

* Cleanup

* Update cmd/simulator/README.md

* Update cmd/simulator/README.md

* Update cmd/simulator/README.md

* Update contract-examples/README.md

* Address review comments

* Address PR comments

* nil timestamp in genesis should be upgradeable

* add assert

- re-ordering of imports

* fix allow list comments

* cleaner sentences

* use preallocated big nums

* infer allow list role type

* add nil checks

* add unit test

* use non nil config

* use non-nil configs

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* base warp backend

* add signature caching

* add docs

* error handling

* pr fixes

* hash unsigned message for key

* quick pr fixes and merge

* save signature instead of whole msg

* use avaGO cache

* rename warpBackend and docs

* fix nits

* Update plugin/evm/warp_backend.go

* Update plugin/evm/warp_backend.go

* fix pr nits

* pr fixes and testing

* type check for caching

* fix imports

* use memdb and remove extra test

* remove unused

* fix imports

* saving message in db and pr fixes

* update copyright

* update backend variable naming

* add comment about saving db vs cache

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* add documentation guidelines

* fix

* build with avago v1.9.8

* add indirect deps

* build fix

* another build fix

* try to fix lint job

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* base warp backend

* add signature caching

* add docs

* error handling

* pr fixes

* basic signature request

* hash unsigned message for key

* implement new Request and RequestHandler interfaces

* signature handler impl without constructing one

* fix import

* quick pr fixes and merge

* quick pr fixes and merge

* save signature instead of whole msg

* use avaGO cache

* rename warpBackend and docs

* fix nits

* Update plugin/evm/warp_backend.go

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* Update plugin/evm/warp_backend.go

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* fix pr nits

* pr fixes and testing

* type check for caching

* handlers and request before tests

* fix imports

* signature handler with stats and test

* use memdb and remove extra test

* remove unused

* fix imports

* fix imports

* nit

* update license year

* use require noError

* saving message in db and pr fixes

* create noop signature handler and refactor code handler

* get signature endpoint

* add api arg to evm client

* Update sync/handlers/handler.go

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* update backend return value

* refactor handlers to network handler

* change constructor of handler stats

* pr cleanups

* warp api

* initialize warp backend

* build fix

* wip

* warp api follows eth api pattern

* cleanup and comments

* clean up response

* fix warp client return type

* nits for get-signature-endpoint (#502)

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* resolve merge conflict

* warp: Group packages for symmetry w/ sync

* more reshuffle

* more shuffle

* pr comments

* fix

* update to []byte

* update svc return type

* rename arg

* fix type

* add stats pkg

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