What improvements did rusty-kaspa v1.1.0 (RC1) introduce?

Rusty-kaspa v1.1.0 (RC1) delivers significant utility updates and performance gains across the node software. Key additions include the VSPC API (v2) — a simplified, unified flow for integration use cases — improvements to the initial block download (IBD) process, a RocksDB Preset System with native support for HDD archive nodes, a beta in-house RK Stratum Bridge, and performance optimizations that meaningfully reduce storage usage and speed up header and pruning processing. Understanding releases like this matters because each version shapes how reliably and efficiently the Kaspa network runs for everyone — from miners to wallet users.