0.11.2 Release notes

Darkcoin Core version 0.11.2 is now available from:

https://darkcoin.io/download

This is a new minor version release, bringing only bug fixes and updated translations. Upgrading to this release is recommended.

Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:

https://github.com/darkcoin/darkcoin/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/Darkcoin-Qt (on Mac) or darkcoind/darkcoin-qt (on Linux).

Mining and relay policy enhancements

Darkcoin Core's block templates are now for version 3 blocks only, and any mining software relying on its getblocktemplate must be updated in parallel to use libblkmaker either version 0.4.2 or any version from 0.5.1 onward. If you are solo mining, this will affect you the moment you upgrade Darkcoin Core, which must be done prior to BIP66 achieving its 951/1001 status. If you are mining with the stratum mining protocol: this does not affect you. If you are mining with the getblocktemplate protocol to a pool: this will affect you at the pool operator's discretion, which must be no later than BIP66 achieving its 951/1001 status.

BIP 66: strict DER encoding for signatures

Darkcoin Core 0.11.2 implements BIP 66, which introduces block version 3, and a new consensus rule, which prohibits non-DER signatures. Such transactions have been non-standard since Darkcoin 0.8, but were technically still permitted inside blocks. This change breaks the dependency on OpenSSL's signature parsing, and is required if implementations would want to remove all of OpenSSL from the consensus code. The same miner-voting mechanism as in BIP 34 is used: when 751 out of a sequence of 1001 blocks have version number 3 or higher, the new consensus rule becomes active for those blocks. When 951 out of a sequence of 1001 blocks have version number 3 or higher, it becomes mandatory for all blocks. Backward compatibility with current mining software is NOT provided, thus miners should read the first paragraph of "Mining and relay policy enhancements" above.

Also compare with upstream release notes. More info on BIP 66.

0.11.2 changelog

Validation:

b8e81b7 consensus: guard against openssl's new strict DER checks
60c51f1 fail immediately on an empty signature
037bfef Improve robustness of DER recoding code

Command-line options:

cd5164a Make -proxy set all network types, avoiding a connect leak.

P2P:

bb424e4 Limit the number of new addressses to accumulate

RPC:

0a94661 Disable SSLv3 (in favor of TLS) for the RPC client and server.

Build system:

f047dfa gitian: openssl-1.0.1i.tar.gz -> openssl-1.0.1k.tar.gz
5b9f78d build: Fix OSX build when using Homebrew and qt5
ffab1dd Keep symlinks when copying into .app bundle
613247f osx: fix signing to make Gatekeeper happy (again)

Miscellaneous:

25b49b5 Refactor -alertnotify code
2743529 doc: Add instructions for consistent Mac OS X build names

Credits

Thanks to who contributed to this release, at least:

Evan Duffield

As well as everyone that helped translating on Transifex.

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