* checks for duplicate validator instances using gossip (cherry picked from commit8cd5eb9863
) # Conflicts: # core/src/cluster_info.rs * pushes node-instance along with version early in gossip (cherry picked from commit542198180a
) * removes RwLock on ClusterInfo.instance (cherry picked from commit895d7d6a65
) # Conflicts: # core/src/cluster_info.rs * std::process::exit to kill all threads (cherry picked from commit1d267eae6b
) * removes backport merge conflicts Co-authored-by: behzad nouri <behzadnouri@gmail.com>