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Dash Core version 0.14.0.2

Release is now available from:

https://www.dash.org/downloads/#wallets

This is a new minor version release, bringing various bugfixes.

Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:

https://github.com/dashpay/dash/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/Dash-Qt (on Mac) or dashd/dash-qt (on Linux). If you upgrade after DIP0003 activation and you were using version < 0.13 you will have to reindex (start with -reindex-chainstate or -reindex) to make sure your wallet has all the new data synced. Upgrading from version 0.13 should not require any additional actions.

Downgrade warning

Downgrade to a version < 0.14.0.0

Downgrading to a version smaller than 0.14 is not supported anymore as DIP8 has activated on mainnet and testnet.

Downgrade to versions 0.14.0.0 - 0.14.0.1

Downgrading to older 0.14 releases is fully supported but is not recommended unless you have some serious issues with version 0.14.0.2.

Notable changes

Performance improvements

Slow startup times were observed in older versions. This was due to sub-optimal handling of old deterministic masternode lists which caused the loading of too many lists into memory. This should be fixed now.

Fixed excessive memory use

Multiple issues were found which caused excessive use of memory in some situations, especially when a full reindex was performed, causing the node to crash even when enough RAM was available. This should be fixed now.

Fixed out-of-sync masternode list UI

The masternode tab, which shows the masternode list, was not always up-to-date as it missed some internal updates. This should be fixed now.

0.14.0.2 Change log

See detailed set of changes.

  • d2ff63e8d Use std::unique_ptr for mnList in CSimplifiedMNList (#3014)
  • 321bbf5af Fix excessive memory use when flushing chainstate and EvoDB (#3008)
  • 0410259dd Fix 2 common Travis failures which happen when Travis has network issues (#3003)
  • 8d763c144 Only load signingActiveQuorumCount + 1 quorums into cache (#3002)
  • 2dc1b06ec Remove skipped denom from the list on tx commit (#2997)
  • dff2c851d Update manpages for 0.14.0.2 (#2999)
  • 46c4f5844 Use Travis stages instead of custom timeouts (#2948)
  • 49c37b82a Back off for 1m when connecting to quorum masternodes (#2975)
  • c1f756fd9 Multiple speed optimizations for deterministic MN list handling (#2972)
  • 11699f540 Process/keep messages/connections from PoSe-banned MNs (#2967)
  • c5415e746 Fix UI masternode list (#2966)
  • fb6f0e04d Bump version to 0.14.0.2 and copy release notes (#2991)

Credits

Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:

  • Alexander Block (codablock)
  • UdjinM6

As well as everyone that submitted issues and reviewed pull requests.

Older releases

Dash was previously known as Darkcoin.

Darkcoin tree 0.8.x was a fork of Litecoin tree 0.8, original name was XCoin which was first released on Jan/18/2014.

Darkcoin tree 0.9.x was the open source implementation of masternodes based on the 0.8.x tree and was first released on Mar/13/2014.

Darkcoin tree 0.10.x used to be the closed source implementation of Darksend which was released open source on Sep/25/2014.

Dash Core tree 0.11.x was a fork of Bitcoin Core tree 0.9, Darkcoin was rebranded to Dash.

Dash Core tree 0.12.0.x was a fork of Bitcoin Core tree 0.10.

Dash Core tree 0.12.1.x was a fork of Bitcoin Core tree 0.12.

These release are considered obsolete. Old release notes can be found here: