Update dev branch

First instance of !112 (closed)

incoporates the changes from https://gitlab.com/fathom/assess/commit/df53a37189ab2d183ed1ec44b7acf440e8bdfb8b into development.

merge request into development. Strangely, this updates causes my stealStake.js test to fail, even the relevant code has (as i see it) not have been touched. So before merging this one in, it'd be good if someone else can review it.