Release v1.5.0-alpha.9

[jtraglia]

Planned release date: Thursday 2024/10/31 after ACDC 145

• [ ] testgen
• [x] version bump #3981
• [x] #3754
• [ ] #3800
• [x] #3884
• [x] #3893
• [ ] #3900
• [ ] #3979
• [ ] #3980
• [ ] #3984
• [ ] #3990
• [ ] #3996

work-in-progress release notes

v1.5.0-alpha.9 -- Ampharos -- is the alpha release for the coming Electra upgrade.

PR showing full diff can be found here: #3982

Electra

• Uncouple blob limits per block across CL and EL #3800
• Separate type for unaggregated network attestations #3900
• Update validator spec to handle execution requests #3976
• Fix validator fields in get_validator_from_deposit #3978
• Fix withdrawals bug and add more tests #3979
• Rename index vars in get_attesting_indices #3996

EIP-7594 (PeerDAS)

• Rebase eip7594 onto Electra #3893
• Specify data column sidecar verification functions to run #3963

Testing, repo, etc

• Encode zero-length hex-strings with quotes #3754
• Avoid generating empty transactions in tests #3884
• Fix blob transaction serialization to use RLP #3904
• Move deposit contract rules to its own Makefile #3940
• Add new check_mods function for generators #3970
• In README, move outdated specs to new section #3973
• Fix invalid file references in markdown files #3975
• Fix all pytest warnings #3989
• Upgrade pylint & split config files #3991
• Add test to check that pending deposits are sorted at fork #3995