From f01c4426f328cb310f678d3bfb7c931832a7864c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ross Nicoll Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 17:45:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Dogecoin Core 1.8.1 release notes. --- RELEASE_NOTES_1_8.1.md | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES_1_8.1.md b/RELEASE_NOTES_1_8.1.md index d2d08d9c2..42f7eed64 100644 --- a/RELEASE_NOTES_1_8.1.md +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES_1_8.1.md @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ # Dogecoin Core 1.8.1 -===================== Dogecoin Core 1.8.1 is primarily a bugfix release, bringing Dogecoin Core in line with Bitcoin 0.9.3. Dogecoin Core 1.8.1 also adds in support for printing -paper wallets, and disables connections to pre-1.8 clients. +paper wallets, and disables connections to pre-1.8 clients. This is a RECOMMENDED +upgrade due to the large number of bug fixes, but is not a required one. Paper wallet support has been developed by AndyMeows (IRC username), and can be accessed via the "File" menu. It's intended for two purposes; to generate @@ -14,3 +14,54 @@ IMPORTANT: If you are producing offline paper wallets, you should do so on a computer that's disconnected from the Internet. While the wallet generator does not save the keys it generates, this ensures there is no risk of a virus or similar capturing the key from memory or interfering with its generation. + +## Dogecoin Core Release Notes + +* Translation improvements and corrections +* Disable Transifex based translation process (not used by Dogecoin Core) +* Add checkpoints around AuxPoW switchover block (371,337) +* Disable connections from pre-1.8 Dogecoin Core clients +* Use HTTPS with dogechain.info +* Remove unreachable code introduced with AuxPoW support +* "blocknotify" option now supports %i as a format parameter, which is replaced by block height + +## Bitcoin Core Release Notes + +Full release notes for Bitcoin Core 0.9.3 are available from +https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.9.3 , but highlights are included +below: + + +* Better orphan transaction handling +* Add -maxorphantx= and -maxorphanblocks= options for control over the maximum orphan transactions and blocks +* key.cpp: fail with a friendlier message on missing ssl EC support +* Upgrade OpenSSL to 1.0.1i (see https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20140806.txt - just to be sure, no critical issues for Bitcoin Core) + +## Known Issues + +There is a known issue with quantities in JSON used by the RPC interface (https://github.com/dogecoin/dogecoin/issues/134). +This stems from the use of a floating point precision number to hold fixed precision data. +Currently looking at solutions, which primarily either involve JSON which is not compliant +to the specification, or making the RPC layer slightly incompatible with the conventional +Bitcoin API. + +This only affects values significantly below 1 Doge, however merchants may wish to round to +the nearest Doge on all transactions for now. + +## Credits + +Listed in strictly alphabetical order, using name listed in Github. This +includes those whose contributions to Bitcoin Core have been merged +into Dogecoin Core: + +* Abderraouf Adjal +* Andymeows +* Daniel Kraft +* Gavin Andresen +* langerhans +* michilumin +* nameEO +* Patrick Lodder +* Ross Nicoll +* Wladimir J. van der Laan +* Whit J