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170 lines
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Bitcoin version 0.7.0 is now available for download at:
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.7.0/
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We recommend that everybody running prior versions of bitcoind/Bitcoin-Qt
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upgrade to this release, except for users running Mac OSX 10.5.
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Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:
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https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues
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Project source code is hosted at github; you can get
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source-only tarballs/zipballs directly from there:
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https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/tarball/v0.7.0 # .tar.gz
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https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/zipball/v0.7.0 # .zip
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Ubuntu Linux users can use the "Personal Package Archive" (PPA)
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maintained by Matt Corallo to automatically keep
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bitcoin up-to-date. Just type
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sudo apt-add-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
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sudo apt-get update
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in your terminal, then install the bitcoin-qt package:
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sudo apt-get install bitcoin-qt
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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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Code:
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/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt
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(on Mac) or
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Code:
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bitcoind/bitcoin-qt
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(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 the
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PPA and are switching to the binary release), then run the old version again
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with the -detachdb argument and shut it down; if you do not, then the new
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version will not 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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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 getblock call.
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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)
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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 OS's, each thread is given a useful name
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Thanks to everybody who contributed to this release:
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Chris Moore
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Christian von Roques
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David Joel Schwartz
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Douglas Huff
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Fordy
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Gavin Andresen
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Giel van Schijndel
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Gregory Maxwell
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Jeff Garzik
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Luke Dashjr
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Matt Corallo
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Michael Ford
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Michael Hendricks
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Peter Todd
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Philip Kaufmann
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Pieter Wuille
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R E Broadley
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Ricardo M. Correia
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Rune K. Svendsen
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Scott Ellis
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Stephane Glondu
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Wladimir J. van der Laan
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cardpuncher
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coderrr
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fanquake
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grimd34th
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sje397
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xanatos
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Thanks to Sergio Lerner for reporting denial-of-service vulnerabilities fixed in this release.
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