Release v1.16.0-rc.0

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Features

• track timings of various stages of block import (#6439) (@g11tech)
• add retry functionality in the api for builder publish (#6387) (@g11tech)
• allow blob archival for bigger time periods (#6393) (@g11tech)
• rename prover CLI start command as proxy and make it default (#6428) (@jeluard)
• schedule deneb on gnosis (#6423) (@nflaig)
• add new panels to validator client dashboard (#6415) (@nflaig)
• manually use identify protocol (#6400) (@wemeetagain)
• schedule deneb on mainnet (#6411) (@g11tech)
• emit slashing events (#6391) (@jeluard)
• add ERC-55 support to ExecutionAddress (#6355) (@jeluard)
• allow to execute lodestar script inside docker container (#6392) (@nflaig)
• add builder selection executionalways (#6370) (@nflaig)
• blob sidecars can be filtered by indices (#6337) (@jeluard)
• add down-scoring for metadata ssz size error (#6366) (@matthewkeil)
• allow builder boost factor to be configured via proposer config file (#6357) (@g11tech)

Bug Fixes

• earliest permissable slot for beacon_attestation topic post deneb (#6198) (@tuyennhv)
• reduce verbosity of gossip block errors (#6430) (@nflaig)
• publish blobs sooner than later (#6431) (@g11tech)
• fix regression in getCurrentSlotAround (#6407) (@wemeetagain)
• correct error message if produceBlockV3 request fails (#6405) (@nflaig)
• parse --blindedLocal flag value as boolean (#6403) (@nflaig)
• increase e2e env startup timeout (#6396) (@nazarhussain)
• getAttestationsForBlock performance issue (#6367) (@tuyennhv)
• log errors setting agent version as debug (#6374) (@matthewkeil)
• skip useWorker mode for gossipsub e2e tests (#6368) (@tuyennhv)
• add block_id schema validation to getBlobSidecars (#6377) (@nflaig)
• stabilize unknown block sync e2e test (#6364) (@tuyennhv)
• ignore stale keystore lockfiles (#6363) (@nflaig)
• ignore forkchoice invalidations if latestValidHash not found (#6361) (@g11tech)

Refactoring

• reuse utils added in block production race refactor (#6422) (@nflaig)
• update the block production race (#6241) (@nazarhussain)

Continuous Integration

• lint yarn lockfiles to analyze and detect security issues (#6424) (@nflaig)

Tests

• split sim tests to multiple jobs (#6437) (@nazarhussain)
• add a work around for range sync issue during sim tests (#6436) (@nazarhussain)
• temporarily reduce the sync committee participation limit for sim tests (#6433) (@nazarhussain)
• add support to dump raw simulation data for debugging (#6429) (@nazarhussain)
• support .env.test to reuse env variables across the tests (#6408) (@nazarhussain)
• fix code coverage (#6410) (@nazarhussain)
• flaky unit tests (#6398) (@nazarhussain)

Maintenance

• remove unused eslint disable directives (#6444) (@nflaig)
• remove not yet relevant prover options (#6440) (@jeluard)
• fix prover README typos (#6426) (@jeluard)
• improve type safety of CLI args (#6438) (@nflaig)
• fixed incorrect link (#6427) (@jeluard)
• upgrade eslint and fix the warnings (#6420) (@nazarhussain)
• update broken links to lodestar docs (#6417) (@krauspt)
• upgrade bls (#6413) (@jeluard)
• remove npm badge from README (#6412) (@nflaig)
• bump gossipsub (#6399) (@wemeetagain)
• improve the sim tests logs (#6394) (@nazarhussain)
• upgrade geth and nethermind for sim tests (#6395) (@nazarhussain)
• fix failing sim tests (#6389) (@nazarhussain)
• update funding.yml link (#6385) (@philknows)
• improve browser support (#6384) (@jeluard)
• update holesky.ts to include Lodestar bootnode (#6383) (@philknows)
• update chainsafe dependencies (#6380) (@wemeetagain)
• align vitest config filenames (#6369) (@jeluard)
• merge v1.15 stable back to unstable (#6372) (@philknows)
• align test scripts (#6339) (@jeluard)
• deps: bump browserify-sign from 4.2.1 to 4.2.2 (#6071) (@dependabot[bot])

Documentation

• initialize FAQs page with Kubernetes unknown args error (#6416) (@philknows)
• pin dependencies, update icons, and formatting fixes (#6425) (@nflaig)
• reflect vitest migration (#6247) (@jeluard)
• update link to erigon jwt setup (#6375) (@activescott)
• add comment to RequestErrorCode.SSZ_OVER_MAX_SIZE (#6373) (@matthewkeil)