Matilda-Clerke

7311: add GetReceiptsFromPeerTask

1

## PR description This PR adds the GetReceiptsFromPeerTask PeerTask for all places the existing related EthTask is used and sets up addition and removal of peers for PeerManager

## PR description Add the GetHeadersFromPeerTask PeerTask and implement usages

Update sync pipelines to continue from era1 import

3

## PR description Update FAST sync and derivatives to sync after previously importing blocks from era1 files ## Fixed Issue(s) https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/issues/7935

## PR description Use eth/69 in unit tests ## Fixed Issue(s) https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/issues/8728

[History Expiry] Return null when block data isn't found

9

## PR description Fix unwanted error responses and exceptions by simply returning null when block data isn't found ## Fixed Issue(s) https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/issues/8831

As a caller of Besu's RPC endpoints, I want Besu to return sensible results when queried for blocks which have been pruned. 1. Investigate the appropriate response (empty vs error...

History expiry docs

2

Write first draft of documentation describing history expiry features, including - offline prune subcommand - online prune subcommand - ability to resync without pre-merge blocks - database garbage collection flags...

## PR description This PR adds SyncTransactionReceipt (similar to SyncBlockBody) to allow us to perform sync operations without fully parsing and duplicating the backing data. (PoC branch at https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/9416)

Add SimpleNoCopyRlpEncoder

2

## PR description Adds a simple RLP encoder which doesn't rely on copying Bytes to form its output. This will be used in a coming PR related to sync improvements...