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4.8 KiB
117 lines
4.8 KiB
(note: this is a temporary file, to be added-to by anybody, and deleted at |
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release time) |
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Building this from |
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$ git shortlog --no-merges v0.6.3.. |
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How to Upgrade |
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If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait |
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until it has completely shut down (which might take a few minutes for older |
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versions), then run the installer (on Windows) or just copy over |
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/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac) or bitcoind/bitcoin-qt (on Linux). |
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If you were running on Linux with a version that might have been compiled |
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with a different version of Berkeley DB (for example, if you were using an |
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Ubuntu PPA version), then run the old version again with the -detachdb |
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argument and shut it down; if you do not, then the new version will not |
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be able to read the database files and will exit with an error. |
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Incompatible Changes |
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* Replaced the 'getmemorypool' RPC command with 'getblocktemplate/submitblock' |
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and 'getrawmempool' commands. |
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* Remove deprecated RPC 'getblocknumber' |
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Bitcoin Improvement Proposals implemented |
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BIP 22 - 'getblocktemplate', 'submitblock' RPCs |
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BIP 34 - block version 2, height in coinbase |
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BIP 35 - 'mempool' message, extended 'getdata' message behavior |
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Core bitcoin handling and blockchain database |
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* Reduced CPU usage, by eliminating some redundant hash calculations |
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* Cache signature verifications, to eliminate redundant signature checks |
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* Transactions with zero-value outputs are considered non-standard |
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* Mining: when creating new blocks, sort 'paid' area by fee-per-kb |
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* Database: better validation of on-disk stored data |
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* Database: minor optimizations and reliability improvements |
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* -loadblock=FILE will import an external block file |
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* Additional DoS (denial-of-service) prevention measures |
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* New blockchain checkpoint at block 193,000 |
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* (Windows only): enable ASLR and DEP for bitcoind.exe |
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JSON-RPC API |
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* Internal HTTP server is now thread-per-connection, rather than |
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a single-threaded queue that would stall on network I/O. |
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* Internal HTTP server supports HTTP/1.1, pipelined requests and |
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connection keep-alive. |
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* Support JSON-RPC 2.0 batches, to encapsulate multiple JSON-RPC requests |
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within a single HTTP request. |
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* IPv6 support |
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* Added raw transaction API. See https://gist.github.com/2839617 |
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* Added 'getrawmempool', to list contents of TX memory pool |
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* Added 'getpeerinfo', to list data about each connected network peer |
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* Added 'listaddressgroupings' for better coin control |
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* Rework gettransaction, getblock calls. 'gettransaction' responds for |
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non-wallet TXs now. |
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* Remove deprecated RPC 'getblocknumber' |
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* Remove superceded RPC 'getmemorypool' (see BIP 22, above) |
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* listtransactions output now displays "smart" times for transactions, |
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and 'blocktime' and 'timereceived' fields were added |
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P2P networking |
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* IPv6 support |
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* Tor hidden service support (see doc/Tor.txt) |
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* Attempts to fix "stuck blockchain download" problems |
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* Replace BDB database "addr.dat" with internally-managed "peers.dat" |
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file containing peer address data. |
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* Lower default send buffer from 10MB to 1MB |
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* proxy: SOCKS5 by default |
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* Support connecting by hostnames passed to proxy |
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* Add -seednode connections, and use this instead of DNS seeds when proxied |
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* Added -externalip and -discover |
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* Add -onlynet to connect only to a given network (IPv4, IPv6, or Tor) |
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* Separate listening sockets, -bind=<addr> |
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Qt GUI |
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* Add UI RPC console / debug window |
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* Re-Enable URI handling on Windows, add safety checks and tray-notifications |
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* Harmonize the use of ellipsis ("...") to be used in menus, but not on buttons |
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* Add 2 labels to the overviewpage that display Wallet and Transaction status (obsolete or current) |
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* Extend the optionsdialog (e.g. language selection) and re-work it to a tabbed UI |
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* Merge sign/verify message into a single window with tabbed UI |
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* Ensure a changed bitcoin unit immediately updates all GUI elements that use units |
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* Update QR Code dialog |
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* Improve error reporting at startup |
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* Fine-grained UI updates for a much smoother UI during block downloads |
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* Remove autocorrection of 0/i in addresses in UI |
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* Reorganize tray icon menu into more logical order |
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* Persistently poll for balance change when number of blocks changed |
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* Much better translations |
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* Override progress bar design on platforms with segmented progress bars to assist with readability |
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* Added 'immature balance' display on the overview page |
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* (Windows only): enable ASLR and DEP for bitcoin-qt.exe |
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* (Windows only): add meta-data to bitcoin-qt.exe (e.g. description and version) |
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Internal codebase |
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* Additional unit tests |
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* Compile warning fixes |
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Miscellaneous |
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* Reopen debug.log upon SIGHUP |
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* Bash programmable completion for bitcoind(1) |
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* On supported OSes, each thread is given a useful name
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