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Bitcoin Core version 0.12.1 is now available from:
https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.12.1/
This is a new major version release, bringing new features and other improvements.
Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues
Upgrading and downgrading
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/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac) or bitcoind/bitcoin-qt (on Linux).
Downgrade warning
Downgrade to a version < 0.12.0
Because release 0.12.0 and later will obfuscate the chainstate on every fresh sync or reindex, the chainstate is not backwards-compatible with pre-0.12 versions of Bitcoin Core or other software.
If you want to downgrade after you have done a reindex with 0.12.0 or later, you will need to reindex when you first start Bitcoin Core version 0.11 or earlier.
Notable changes
The p2p alert system is off by default. To turn on, use -alert with startup configuration.
0.12.1 Change log
Detailed release notes follow. This overview includes changes that affect behavior, not code moves, refactors and string updates. For convenience in locating the code changes and accompanying discussion, both the pull request and git merge commit are mentioned.
RPC and REST
Configuration and command-line options
Block and transaction handling
P2P protocol and network code
Validation
Build system
Wallet
GUI
Tests and QA
Miscellaneous
Credits
Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:
As well as everyone that helped translating on Transifex.