This patch release includes fixes for stablecoin DEX error handling, RPC gas estimation, transaction pool validation, and improved consensus peer management. We recommend all node operators upgrade.

What's Changed

• fix(stablecoin-dex): propagate system errors on place_flip() by @0xrusowsky in #2654: System errors (like out-of-gas, arithmetic panics, or DB errors) from place_flip() calls were being silently swallowed. This fix ensures they are properly propagated.
• fix(evm): use TIP_FEE_MANAGER_ADDRESS as RPC simulation beneficiary by @0xrusowsky in #2672: Amends the RPC gas estimation fix from v1.1.3 — Address::ZERO didn't work as the sentinel beneficiary because genesis maps validatorTokens[Address::ZERO] to a "DONOTUSE" token, triggering liquidity errors. This switches to TIP_FEE_MANAGER_ADDRESS which correctly falls back to the default fee token.
• fix(txpool): mark system/fee payer sig errors as invalid txs by @fgimenez in #2652: Transactions with invalid system or fee payer signatures were not being correctly marked as invalid in the pool. They are now properly rejected.
• refactor(consensus): move peer tracking to self standing actor by @SuperFluffy in #2617: Prepares peer management for TIP-1017 by moving it to a standalone actor that can track finalized blocks for peer set changes.
• feat(storage): add block_number() to PrecompileStorageProvider trait by @howydev in #2667: Adds block_number() to the storage provider trait, needed by ValidatorConfigV2 to track addedAtHeight/deactivatedAtHeight.

Full Changelog: v1.1.3...v1.1.4