Merge branch 'release' into 'master'

.gitlab-ci.yml

Makefile

README.md

benchmark/benchmark.go

cmd/conf/db.go

cmd/conf/db_test.go

cmd/conf/params.go

cmd/conf/params.yaml

cmd/conf/params_test.go

cmd/conf/permissioning_test.go

cmd/node.go

cmd/root.go

cmd/sign.go

cmd/signals.go

cmd/version.go

cmd/version_vars.go

globals/user.go

globals/userDatabase.go

globals/user_test.go

go.mod