From 6929f2a45fad8949b71340b79af4a49dec00d3f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gavin Andresen Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 11:20:04 +1000 Subject: Bump version numbers to prep for 0.8.4 release --- doc/README.md | 2 +- doc/README_windows.txt | 2 +- doc/release-notes.md | 87 +------------------------------------------------- 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 88 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/README.md b/doc/README.md index db5970f2db..f63296759e 100644 --- a/doc/README.md +++ b/doc/README.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Bitcoin 0.8.3 BETA +Bitcoin 0.8.4 BETA ==================== Copyright (c) 2009-2013 Bitcoin Developers diff --git a/doc/README_windows.txt b/doc/README_windows.txt index c968b3899f..46f6c1aed8 100644 --- a/doc/README_windows.txt +++ b/doc/README_windows.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Bitcoin 0.8.3 BETA +Bitcoin 0.8.4 BETA Copyright (c) 2009-2013 Bitcoin Developers Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index b458c7c221..33fc351860 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -1,91 +1,6 @@ (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. - -- cgit v1.2.3