*This is a draft!*

0.12.0 Release notes
====================


Dash Core version 0.11.2 is now available from:

  https://dashpay.io/downloads

Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:

  https://github.com/dashpay/dash/issues


How to Upgrade
--------------

If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely
shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the
installer (on Windows) or just copy over /Applications/Dash-Qt (on Mac) or
dashd/dash-qt (on Linux).

** This new version uses transaction indexing by default, you will need to reindex 
the blockchain. To do so, start the client with --reindex. **


Downgrade warning
------------------

Because release 0.12.0 and later makes use of headers-first synchronization and
parallel block download (see further), the block files and databases are not
backwards-compatible with pre-0.12 versions of Dash Core or other software:

* Blocks will be stored on disk out of order (in the order they are
received, really), which makes it incompatible with some tools or
other programs. Reindexing using earlier versions will also not work
anymore as a result of this.

* The block index database will now hold headers for which no block is
stored on disk, which earlier versions won't support.

If you want to be able to downgrade smoothly, make a backup of your entire data
directory. Without this your node will need start syncing (or importing from
bootstrap.dat) anew afterwards. It is possible that the data from a completely
synchronised 0.10 node may be usable in older versions as-is, but this is not
supported and may break as soon as the older version attempts to reindex.

This does not affect wallet forward or backward compatibility.


0.12.0 changelog
----------------

Switched to Bitcoin Core version 0.10
https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.10.0
Implemented decentralized budget system
Removed reference node
Implemented new decentralized masternode payment consensus system
Improved speed of DS
New masternode payment/winners/budgets syncing strategy
Platform indepentant masternode ranking system
Masternode broadcasts, pings and winners now use the inventory system


Credits
--------

Thanks to who contributed to this release, at least:

eduffield
UdjinM6
Crowning
moli
flare
thelazier
adios
poiuty 
scratchy 
moocowmoo
the-baker
BrainShutdown
Lukas_Jackson
Sub-Ether
italx
yidakee
TanteStefana
coingun
tungfa
MangledBlue
AjM
Lariondos
elbereth
minersday
qwizzie
TaoOfSatoshi
dark-sailor
AlexMomo
snogcel

As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/dash/).