[ANN] Tendermint KMS v0.5: cosmos-sdk v0.33.0 support, double signing detection, peer ID verification, chain registry

Tendermint KMS v0.5.0 has been released! https://crates.io/crates/tmkms/0.5.0 More release info here: github.com/tendermint/kms tmkms v0.5.0 by tarcieri on 08:14PM - 13 Mar 19 UTC 1 commits changed 3 files with 23 additions and 2 deletions . This release includes support for cosmos-sdk v0.33.0 , the version to be used to launch Cosmos Hub ! Note that Tendermint KMS is still alpha quality and has NOT been audited, however an audit is scheduled in the next few weeks. All of that said, this release is intended for use on the Cosmos Hub and has been tested on the gaia-13001 testnet. It includes the following new features since the previous release: Chain registry in `tmkms.toml` The `tmkms.toml` now has a new mandatory `[[chain]]` section describing known blockchain networks and key serialization preferences to those networks. Add the following to your `tmkms.toml` for `cosmoshub-1`: ``` [[chain]] id = "cosmoshub-1" key_format = { type = "bech32", account_key_prefix = "cosmospub", consensus_key_prefix = "cosmosvalconspub" } state_file = "/path/to/cosmoshub-1_priv_validator_state.json" ``` Initial double…

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NOTE: If you’re presently on 0.5.0-alpha1, there is no urgency in upgrading, aside from peer ID verification support. If things are stable and you don’t want to make the switch now, it can wait.