Merge branch 'release' into 'master'

.gitlab-ci.yml

Makefile

README.md

benchmark/benchmark.go

cmd/conf/db_test.go

cmd/conf/gateways.go

cmd/conf/gateways_test.go

cmd/conf/metrics_test.go

cmd/conf/node.go

cmd/conf/node_test.go

cmd/conf/params.go

cmd/conf/params.yaml

cmd/conf/params_test.go

cmd/conf/paths.go

cmd/conf/paths_test.go

cmd/conf/permissioning_test.go

cmd/node.go

cmd/root.go

cmd/version.go

cmd/version_vars.go