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Bitcoin version 0.7.1 is now available from:
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.7.1/
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This is a bug-fix minor release.
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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/v0.7.1 # .tar.gz
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https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/zipball/v0.7.1 # .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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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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KNOWN ISSUES
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Mac OSX 10.5 is no longer supported.
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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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Explanation of -detachdb (and the new "stop true" RPC command):
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The Berkeley DB database library stores data in both ".dat" and
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"log" files, so the database is always in a consistent state,
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even in case of power failure or other sudden shutdown. The
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format of the ".dat" files is portable between different
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versions of Berkeley DB, but the "log" files are not-- even minor
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version differences may have incompatible "log" files. The
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-detachdb option moves any pending changes from the "log" files
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to the "blkindex.dat" file for maximum compatibility, but makes
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shutdown much slower. Note that the "wallet.dat" file is always
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detached, and versions prior to 0.6.0 detached all databases
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at shutdown.
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New features
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* Added a boolean argument to the RPC 'stop' command, if true sets
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-detachdb to create standalone database .dat files before shutting down.
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* -salvagewallet command-line option, which moves any existing wallet.dat
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to wallet.{timestamp}.dat and then attempts to salvage public/private
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keys and master encryption keys (if the wallet is encrypted) into
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a new wallet.dat. This should only be used if your wallet becomes
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corrupted, and is not intended to replace regular wallet backups.
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* Import $DataDir/bootstrap.dat automatically, if it exists.
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Dependency changes
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* Qt 4.8.2 for Windows builds
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* openssl 1.0.1c
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Bug fixes
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* Clicking on a bitcoin: URI on Windows should now launch Bitcoin-Qt properly.
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* When running -testnet, use RPC port 19998 by default.
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* Better detection and handling of corrupt wallet.dat and blkindex.dat files.
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Previous versions would crash with a DB_RUNRECOVERY exception, this
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version detects most problems and tells you how to recover if it
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cannot recover itself.
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* Fixed an uninitialized variable bug that could cause transactions to
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be reported out of order.
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* Fixed a bug that could cause occasional crashes on exit.
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* Warn the user that they need to create fresh wallet backups after they
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encrypt their wallet.
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----------------------------------------------------
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Thanks to everybody who contributed to this release:
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Gavin Andresen
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Jeff Garzik
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Luke Dashjr
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Mark Friedenbach
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Matt Corallo
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Philip Kaufmann
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Pieter Wuille
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Rune K. Svendsen
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Virgil Dupras
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Wladimir J. van der Laan
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fanquake
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kjj2
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xanatos
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