we need to extract this interface from the struct.
i need to also break down the interface more, to better show what parts
the caching is used, move some functions from the cache state to the
underlying.
don't merge
This PR separates ENGINE from Ethbackend. It makes it so:
1) EthBackend not a god class
2) We can abstract away engine API so that we can make it CL-like and
enable Consensus-Execution driven design
3) Objective is Json-RPC -> Engine Consensus Module -> Execution module.
Added two new flags beacon.api.port and beacon.api.addr
Now we can listen for beacon api and get beacon genesis
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Co-authored-by: Giulio <giulio.rebuffo@gmail.com>
instead of converting from ssz -> struct -> ssz, it may be better to
just stay as ssz, then use methods to read the data.
this pr explores this concept, while maintaining compatiblity with the
existing codebase.