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authorGavin Andresen <gavinandresen@gmail.com>2013-08-20 11:20:04 +1000
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(note: this is a temporary file, to be added-to by anybody, and deleted at
release time)
-0.8.3 changes
+0.8.4 changes
=============
-Fix a memory exhaustion attack that could crash low-memory nodes.
-
-Fix a regression that caused excessive writing of the peers.dat file.
-
-
-0.8.2 changes
-=============
-
-Fee Policy changes
-------------------
-
-The default fee for low-priority transactions is lowered from 0.0005 BTC
-(for each 1,000 bytes in the transaction; an average transaction is
-about 500 bytes) to 0.0001 BTC.
-
-Payments (transaction outputs) of 0.543 times the minimum relay fee
-(0.00005430 BTC) are now considered 'non-standard', because storing them
-costs the network more than they are worth and spending them will usually
-cost their owner more in transaction fees than they are worth.
-
-Non-standard transactions are not relayed across the network, are not included
-in blocks by most miners, and will not show up in your wallet until they are
-included in a block.
-
-The default fee policy can be overridden using the -mintxfee and -minrelaytxfee
-command-line options, but note that we intend to replace the hard-coded fees
-with code that automatically calculates and suggests appropriate fees in the
-0.9 release and note that if you set a fee policy significantly different from
-the rest of the network your transactions may never confirm.
-
-Bitcoin-Qt changes
-------------------
-
-- New icon and splash screen
-- Improve reporting of synchronization process
-- Remove hardcoded fee recommendations
-- Improve metadata of executable on MacOSX and Windows
-- Move export button to individual tabs instead of toolbar
-- Add "send coins" command to context menu in address book
-- Add "copy txid" command to copy transaction IDs from transaction overview
-- Save & restore window size and position when showing & hiding window
-- New translations: Arabic (ar), Bosnian (bs), Catalan (ca), Welsh (cy), Esperanto (eo), Interlingua (la), Latvian (lv) and many improvements to current translations
-
-MacOSX:
-
-- OSX support for click-to-pay (bitcoin:) links
-- Fix GUI disappearing problem on MacOSX (issue #1522)
-
-Linux/Unix:
-
-- Copy addresses to middle-mouse-button clipboard
-
-
-Command-line options
---------------------
-
-* `-walletnotify` will call a command on receiving transactions that affect the wallet.
-* `-alertnotify` will call a command on receiving an alert from the network.
-* `-par` now takes a negative number, to leave a certain amount of cores free.
-
-JSON-RPC API changes
---------------------
-
-* `listunspent` now lists account and address infromation.
-* `getinfo` now also returns the time adjustment estimated from your peers.
-* `getpeerinfo` now returns bytessent, bytesrecv and syncnode.
-* `gettxoutsetinfo` returns statistics about the unspent transaction output database.
-* `gettxout` returns information about a specific unspent transaction output.
-
-
-Networking changes
-------------------
-
-* Significant changes to the networking code, reducing latency and memory consumption.
-* Avoid initial block download stalling.
-* Remove IRC seeding support.
-* Performance tweaks.
-* Added testnet DNS seeds.
-
-Wallet compatibility/rescuing
------------------------------
-
-* Cases where wallets cannot be opened in another version/installation should be reduced.
-* `-salvagewallet` now works for encrypted wallets.
-