Node Public Interfaces Team Weekly Update - 2021-08-13

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The update from the last week is here: #4652

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Brief Summary

• nearcore 1.21.0-rc is ready to be released on Monday (2021-08-16 UPD: 2021-08-23)! (Indexer Framework users will need to recompile their indexers based on the new commit hash before Wednesday to avoid their indexer stuck; as usual, we will test it with Indexer for Explorer and post our release recommendations on Monday)
  feat: prepare for 1.21.0 release #4673
• Explorer is getting through its self-identification, so if you want to share your feedback, feel free to join the conversation here: [2021 UX Reevaluation] – User Research near-explorer#668
• Explorer got Chinese and Vietnamese translations!
  Kudos to @think-in-universe for providing the initial internationalization implementation, and @IsQiao with @that86 for contributing the translations and follow-up improvements!
• Indexer for Explorer 0.8.0 was released with circulating supply aggregation over time and some other quality of life improvements!
  Kudos to @telezhnaya for acquiring all the knowledge and putting the implementation in place, and thanks @khorolets for maintaining the releases!

Results

• indexer-for-explorer

  • Added the sorting column for account_changes table (@telezhnaya)
    Do we miss some balance changes? near-indexer-for-explorer#77
  • Finished the solution to compute historical circulating supply, it's available in aggregated__circulating_supply table on mainnet (@telezhnaya)
    feat: compute circulating supply and store it in DB near-indexer-for-explorer#136
  • Released indexer-for-explorer 0.8.0 🎉 (@telezhnaya, @khorolets)
    https://github.com/near/near-indexer-for-explorer/releases/tag/0.8.0
  • Added a checklist to contributing guide (@telezhnaya)
    docs: add the checklist to CONTRIBUTING.md near-indexer-for-explorer#149

• explorer

  • 🇨🇳 Chinese translation of Explorer UI is contributed by @think-in-universe and @IsQiao, and it is now live in production!
    feat(frontend): Internalization (i18n) of Explorer near-explorer#679
  • 🇻🇳 Vietnamese translation of Explorer UI is contributed by @that83, and it is now live in production!
    feat(frontend): NEAR Explorer translation for Vietnamese Users near-explorer#700
  • Exposed API endpoint to view fees burned yesterday and in the last 7 days (@shelegdmitriy)
    feat(frontend): Implement v2 of API endpoint to view fees near-explorer#698
  • Load transaction count on account details page asynchronously to cut the initial page load time (@shelegdmitriy)
    Fix loading transactions on heavy accounts near-explorer#703

• nearcore

  • Expunged rocksdb from near-jsonrpc-primitives dependency tree to get 2x-3x wins in compilation time for near-jsonrpc-client crate (@miraclx)
    refactor(chain): expunge rocksdb from near-jsonrpc-primitives dependency tree #4651

Challenges & Blockers

• Explorer is getting through its self-identification, so if you want to share your feedback, feel free to join the conversation here: [2021 UX Reevaluation] – User Research near-explorer#668

Action Items

• explorer
  • Merge Validators and Proposals and Pools into single tab (@shelegdmitriy) [release eta 2021-08-16]
    feat(frontend): Expose whole pools list near-explorer#661
  • Update to Next.js 11 (@shelegdmitriy)
    refactor(frontend): Upgrade to Next.js 11 near-explorer#695
• docs
  • Update JSON RPC docs with error structs and possible reasons (@khorolets)
• indexer
  • Implement PoC of indexer as a service (@khorolets)
• nearcore
  • Investigating core crates reused across the ecosystem (crypto, primitives, ..) to identify and prune heavy dependencies, extract some into specialized crates and finally, having them lightweight enough for publishing. (@miraclx)
  • Engineer providers for the new near-api-rs crate (@miraclx)