Expose (json) log format, hide and deprecate obsolete options#7842
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The `json` log format is documented in the guide but did not, until now, appear in the `--help` text. Take the opportunity to clean up the options and docs: * prefer `--el=<url>` throughout (`--web3-url` remains as an availble and equivalent name but no longer appears in `--help`) * expose `--era` option that is used to distribute historical/archived blocks on the beacon network * document when options were obsoleted and provide migration docs where reasonable * If `jwt.hex` exists in the data directory, use it when starting the node - when running Nimbus as both execution and beacon client sharing a data directory, this "just works" since one of them will write while the other reads the file. * Simplify JWT implmenentation by hardcoding some of the JSON messages * Add a search bar to the docs (didn't we have one before??) * Use the unified binary in the execution client docs * Note that you can now stake more than 32 ETH per validator * Remove obsolete gitcoin donation link * Remove BETA tag for validator client metrics - no significant changes are currently planned
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Companion to status-im/nimbus-eth2#7842, bumps eth2
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* CLI and logging updates Companion to status-im/nimbus-eth2#7842, bumps eth2 * bump * lint * lint * docs * nph
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jsonlog format is documented in the guide but did not, until now, appear in the--helptext.Take the opportunity to clean up the options and docs:
--el=<url>throughout (--web3-urlremains as an availble and equivalent name but no longer appears in--help)--eraoption that is used to distribute historical/archived blocks on the beacon networkjwt.hexexists in the data directory, use it when starting the node - when running Nimbus as both execution and beacon client sharing a data directory, this "just works" since one of them will write while the other reads the file.