Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/release' into hotfix/wait4conf

bindings/timeNow.go

go.mod

go.sum

keyExchange/confirm_test.go

keyExchange/exchange_test.go

keyExchange/trigger_test.go

keyExchange/utils_test.go

network/checkedRounds.go

network/ephemeral/tracker.go

network/ephemeral/tracker_test.go

network/follow.go

network/manager.go

network/message/garbled_test.go

network/message/parse/partition_test.go

network/message/sendCmix.go

network/message/sendCmix_test.go

network/message/sendE2E.go

network/message/sendUnsafe.go

single/manager_test.go

single/receiveResponse_test.go