[Dev] Documenting Feathercoin Specific Software settings - Part 17
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Travis experiment was not fully completed for this release, regressed later
Auto build system.
Travis CI is a hosted, distributed continuous integration service used to build and test projects hosted at GitHub. Travis CI automatically detects when a commit has been made and pushed to a GitHub repository that is using Travis CI, and each time this happens, it will try to build the project and run tests.
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+# errata: +# - A travis bug causes caches to trample eachother when using the same +# compiler key (which we don't use anyway). This is worked around for now by +# replacing the "compilers" with a build name prefixed by the no-op ":" +# command. See: https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/4393 +# - sudo/dist/group are set so as to get Blue Box VMs, necessary for [loopback] +# IPv6 support + +sudo: required +dist: precise +group: legacy + +os: linux +language: cpp +compiler: gcc +env: + global: + - MAKEJOBS=-j3 + - RUN_TESTS=false + - CCACHE_SIZE=100M + - CCACHE_TEMPDIR=/tmp/.ccache-temp + - CCACHE_COMPRESS=1 + - BASE_OUTDIR=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/out + - SDK_URL=https://bitcoincore.org/depends-sources/sdks +cache: + apt: true + directories: + - depends/built + - depends/sdk-sources + - $HOME/.ccache +matrix: + fast_finish: true + include: + - compiler: ": ARM" + env: HOST=arm-linux-gnueabihf PACKAGES="g++-arm-linux-gnueabihf" DEP_OPTS="NO_QT=1" GOAL="install" BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-glibc-back-compat" + - compiler: ": feathercoind" + env: HOST=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu PACKAGES="bc" DEP_OPTS="NO_QT=1 NO_UPNP=1 DEBUG=1" RUN_TESTS=true GOAL="install" BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-glibc-back-compat CPPFLAGS=-DDEBUG_LOCKORDER" + - compiler: ": No wallet" + env: HOST=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu DEP_OPTS="NO_WALLET=1" RUN_TESTS=true GOAL="install" BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-glibc-back-compat" + - compiler: ": 32-bit + dash" + env: HOST=i686-pc-linux-gnu PACKAGES="g++-multilib bc" RUN_TESTS=true GOAL="install" BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-glibc-back-compat" USE_SHELL="/bin/dash" + - compiler: ": Cross-Mac" + env: HOST=x86_64-apple-darwin11 PACKAGES="gcc-multilib g++-multilib cmake libcap-dev libz-dev libbz2-dev" OSX_SDK=10.7 GOAL="deploy" + - compiler: ": Win64" + env: HOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32 PACKAGES="nsis gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64 g++-mingw-w64-x86-64 binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64 mingw-w64-dev wine bc" RUN_TESTS=true GOAL="deploy" BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-gui" MAKEJOBS="-j2" + - compiler: ": Win32" + env: HOST=i686-w64-mingw32 PACKAGES="nsis gcc-mingw-w64-i686 g++-mingw-w64-i686 binutils-mingw-w64-i686 mingw-w64-dev wine bc" RUN_TESTS=true GOAL="deploy" BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-gui" MAKEJOBS="-j2" + exclude: + - compiler: gcc +install: + - if [ -n "$PACKAGES" ]; then travis_retry sudo apt-get update; fi + - if [ -n "$PACKAGES" ]; then travis_retry sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends --no-upgrade -qq $PACKAGES; fi +before_script: + - unset CC; unset CXX + - mkdir -p depends/SDKs depends/sdk-sources + - if [ -n "$OSX_SDK" -a ! -f depends/sdk-sources/MacOSX${OSX_SDK}.sdk.tar.gz ]; then curl --location --fail $SDK_URL/MacOSX${OSX_SDK}.sdk.tar.gz -o depends/sdk-sources/MacOSX${OSX_SDK}.sdk.tar.gz; fi + - if [ -n "$OSX_SDK" -a -f depends/sdk-sources/MacOSX${OSX_SDK}.sdk.tar.gz ]; then tar -C depends/SDKs -xf depends/sdk-sources/MacOSX${OSX_SDK}.sdk.tar.gz; fi + - make $MAKEJOBS -C depends HOST=$HOST $DEP_OPTS +script: + - if [ -n "$USE_SHELL" ]; then export CONFIG_SHELL="$USE_SHELL"; fi + - OUTDIR=$BASE_OUTDIR/$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST/$TRAVIS_JOB_NUMBER-$HOST + - BITCOIN_CONFIG_ALL="--disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/depends/$HOST --bindir=$OUTDIR/bin --libdir=$OUTDIR/lib" + - depends/$HOST/native/bin/ccache --max-size=$CCACHE_SIZE + - if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" != "false" ]; then export CCACHE_READONLY=1; fi + - test -n "$USE_SHELL" && eval '"$USE_SHELL" -c "./autogen.sh"' || ./autogen.sh + - ./configure --cache-file=config.cache $BITCOIN_CONFIG_ALL $BITCOIN_CONFIG || ( cat config.log && false) + - make distdir PACKAGE=bitcoin VERSION=$HOST + - cd bitcoin-$HOST + - ./configure --cache-file=../config.cache $BITCOIN_CONFIG_ALL $BITCOIN_CONFIG || ( cat config.log && false) + - make $MAKEJOBS $GOAL || ( echo "Build failure. Verbose build follows." && make $GOAL V=1 ; false ) + - export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/depends/$HOST/lib + - if [ "$RUN_TESTS" = "true" ]; then make check; fi + - if [ "$RUN_TESTS" = "true" ]; then qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.sh; fi +after_script: + - if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" != "false" ]; then (echo "Upload goes here. Something like: scp -r $BASE_OUTDIR server" || echo "upload failed"); fi
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First Travis File :: commit
Update Unix example build for zxing with additional switch settings which improve build (success) consistency
https://github.com/FeatherCoin/Feathercoin/commit/ca94836e07dcb539313e8e290231b4066d0d7fd3
doc/README.md
+ export CXXFLAGS="-fPIC" - cmake -G 'Unix Makefiles' .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release + cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fPIC D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=1" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=11 -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED=ON ..
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modified search messages for bdb :: commit
https://github.com/FeatherCoin/Feathercoin/commit/a496d3dbe96c230b56da086c2bb955fd50182d9e
m4/bitcoin_find_bdb48.m4
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Auto build experiment
https://github.com/FeatherCoin/Feathercoin/commit/6518cb10d39cf28aa059ed1eafed65a4b8b408ed
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-# command. See: https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/4393 +# command. See: https://github.com/travis-ci/casher/issues/6 -# - sudo/dist/group are set so as to get Blue Box VMs, necessary for [loopback] -# IPv6 support - -sudo: required -dist: precise -group: legacy
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- - make distdir PACKAGE=bitcoin VERSION=$HOST + - make distdir PACKAGE=feathercoin VERSION=$HOST - - cd bitcoin-$HOST + - cd feathercoin-$HOST
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Auto build experiment, removed for this release
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Document rationalization / review
https://github.com/FeatherCoin/Feathercoin/commit/8539b0336cf89368af9316efec75e6312659e6eb
contrib/debian/manpages/feathercoin-cli.1
+.TH BITCOIND "1" "January 2011" "feathercoin-cli 0.9.6" +.SH NAME +feathercoin-cli \- peer-to-peer network based digital currency +.SH SYNOPSIS +feathercoin-cli [options] <command> [params] +.TP +feathercoin-cli [options] help <command> \- Get help for a command +.SH DESCRIPTION +This manual page documents the feathercoin-cli program. Feathercoin is a peer-to-peer digital currency based on Bitcoin. Peer-to-peer (P2P) means that there is no central authority to issue new money or keep track of transactions. Instead, these tasks are managed collectively by the nodes of the network. Advantages: + +Feathercoins can be sent easily through the Internet, without having to trust middlemen. Transactions are designed to be irreversible. Be safe from instability caused by fractional reserve banking and central banks. The limited inflation of the Feathercoins system’s money supply is distributed evenly (by CPU and GPU power) throughout the network, not monopolized by banks. + +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +\fB\-conf=\fR<file> +Specify configuration file (default: feathercoin.conf) +.TP +\fB\-gen\fR +Generate coins +.TP +\fB\-gen\fR=\fI0\fR +Don't generate coins +.TP +\fB\-min\fR +Start minimized +.TP +\fB\-datadir=\fR<dir> +Specify data directory +.TP +\fB\-proxy=\fR<ip:port> +Connect through socks4 proxy +.TP +\fB\-addnode=\fR<ip> +Add a node to connect to +.TP +\fB\-connect=\fR<ip> +Connect only to the specified node +.TP +\fB\-paytxfee=\fR<amt> +Fee per KB to add to transactions you send +.TP +\fB\-server\fR +Accept command line and JSON\-RPC commands +.TP +\fB\-daemon\fR +Run in the background as a daemon and accept commands +.TP +\fB\-testnet\fR +Use the test network +.TP +\fB\-rpcuser=\fR<user> +Username for JSON\-RPC connections +.TP +\fB\-rpcpassword=\fR<pw> +Password for JSON\-RPC connections +.TP +\fB\-rpcport=\fR<port> +Listen for JSON\-RPC connections on <port> +.TP +\fB\-rpcallowip=\fR<ip> +Allow JSON\-RPC connections from specified IP address +.TP +\fB\-rpcconnect=\fR<ip> +Send commands to node running on <ip> +.PP +SSL options: (see the Feathercoin Wiki for SSL setup instructions) +.TP +\fB\-rpcssl\fR=\fI1\fR +Use OpenSSL (https) for JSON\-RPC connections +.TP +\fB\-rpcsslcertificatchainfile=\fR<file.cert> +Server certificate file (default: server.cert) +.TP +\fB\-rpcsslprivatekeyfile=\fR<file.pem> +Server private key (default: server.pem) +.TP +\fB\-rpcsslciphers=\fR<ciphers> +Acceptable ciphers (default: TLSv1 +HIGH:\:!SSLv2:\:!aNULL:\:!eNULL:\:!AH:\:!3DES:\:@STRENGTH) +.TP +\-? +This help message +.SH COMMANDS +.TP +\fBbackupwallet 'destination'\fR +Safely copies *wallet.dat* to 'destination', which can be a directory or a path with filename. +.TP +\fBgetaccount 'feathercoinaddress'\fR +Returns the account associated with the given address. +.TP +\fBsetaccount 'feathercoinaddress' ['account']\fR +Sets the ['account'] associated with the given address. ['account'] may be omitted to remove an address from ['account']. +.TP +\fBgetaccountaddress 'account'\fR +Returns a new feathercoin address for 'account'. +.TP +\fBgetaddressesbyaccount 'account'\fR +Returns the list of addresses associated with the given 'account'. +.TP +\fBgetbalance 'account'\fR +Returns the server's available balance, or the balance for 'account'. +.TP +\fBgetblockcount\fR +Returns the number of blocks in the longest block chain. +.TP +\fBgetblocknumber\fR +Returns the block number of the latest block in the longest block chain. +.TP +\fBgetconnectioncount\fR +Returns the number of connections to other nodes. +.TP +\fBgetdifficulty\fR +Returns the proof-of-work difficulty as a multiple of the minimum difficulty. +.TP +\fBgetgenerate\fR +Returns boolean true if server is trying to generate feathercoins, false otherwise. +.TP +\fBsetgenerate 'generate' ['genproclimit']\fR +Generation is limited to ['genproclimit'] processors, \-1 is unlimited. +.TP +\fBgethashespersec\fR +Returns a recent hashes per second performance measurement while generating. +.TP +\fBgetinfo\fR +Returns an object containing server information. +.TP +\fBgetnewaddress 'account'\fR +Returns a new feathercoin address for receiving payments. If 'account' is specified (recommended), it is added to the address book so payments received with the address will be credited to 'account'. +.TP +\fBgetreceivedbyaccount 'account' ['minconf=1']\fR +Returns the total amount received by addresses associated with 'account' in transactions with at least ['minconf'] confirmations. +.TP +\fBgetreceivedbyaddress 'feathercoinaddress' ['minconf=1']\fR +Returns the total amount received by 'feathercoinaddress' in transactions with at least ['minconf'] confirmations. +.TP +\fBgettransaction 'txid'\fR +Returns information about a specific transaction, given hexadecimal transaction ID. +.TP +\fBgetwork 'data'\fR +If 'data' is specified, tries to solve the block and returns true if it was successful. If 'data' is not specified, returns formatted hash 'data' to work on: + + "midstate" : precomputed hash state after hashing the first half of the data. + "data" : block data. + "hash1" : formatted hash buffer for second hash. + "target" : little endian hash target. +.TP +\fBhelp 'command'\fR +List commands, or get help for a command. +.TP +\fBlistaccounts ['minconf=1']\fR +List accounts and their current balances. + *note: requires feathercoin 0.3.20 or later. +.TP +\fBlistreceivedbyaccount ['minconf=1'] ['includeempty=false']\fR +['minconf'] is the minimum number of confirmations before payments are included. ['includeempty'] whether to include addresses that haven't received any payments. Returns an array of objects containing: + + "account" : the account of the receiving address. + "amount" : total amount received by the address. + "confirmations" : number of confirmations of the most recent transaction included. +.TP +\fBlistreceivedbyaddress ['minconf=1'] ['includeempty=false']\fR +['minconf'] is the minimum number of confirmations before payments are included. ['includeempty'] whether to include addresses that haven't received any payments. Returns an array of objects containing: + + "address" : receiving address. + "account" : the account of the receiving address. + "amount" : total amount received by the address. + "confirmations" : number of confirmations of the most recent transaction included. +.TP +\fBlisttransactions 'account' ['count=10']\fR +Returns a list of the last ['count'] transactions for 'account' \- for all accounts if 'account' is not specified or is "*". Each entry in the list may contain: + + "category" : will be generate, send, receive, or move. + "amount" : amount of transaction. + "fee" : Fee (if any) paid (only for send transactions). + "confirmations" : number of confirmations (only for generate/send/receive). + "txid" : transaction ID (only for generate/send/receive). + "otheraccount" : account funds were moved to or from (only for move). + "message" : message associated with transaction (only for send). + "to" : message-to associated with transaction (only for send). + + *note: requires feathercoin 0.3.20 or later. +.TP +\fBmove <'fromaccount'> <'toaccount'> <'amount'> ['minconf=1'] ['comment']\fR +Moves funds between accounts. +.TP +\fBsendfrom* <'account'> <'feathercoinaddress'> <'amount'> ['minconf=1'] ['comment'] ['comment-to']\fR +Sends amount from account's balance to 'feathercoinaddress'. This method will fail if there is less than amount feathercoins with ['minconf'] confirmations in the account's balance (unless account is the empty-string-named default account; it behaves like the *sendtoaddress* method). Returns transaction ID on success. +.TP +\fBsendtoaddress 'feathercoinaddress' 'amount' ['comment'] ['comment-to']\fR +Sends amount from the server's available balance to 'feathercoinaddress'. amount is a real and is rounded to the nearest 0.01. Returns transaction id on success. +.TP +\fBstop\fR +Stops the feathercoin server. +.TP +\fBvalidateaddress 'feathercoinaddress'\fR +Checks that 'feathercoinaddress' looks like a proper feathercoin address. Returns an object containing: + + "isvalid" : true or false. + "ismine" : true if the address is in the server's wallet. + "address" : feathercoinaddress. + + *note: ismine and address are only returned if the address is valid. + +.SH "SEE ALSO" +feathercoin.conf(5) +.SH AUTHOR +This manual page was written by Micah Anderson <[email protected]> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. + +On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL. +
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Fixed URI tests :: commit
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src/qt/test/uritests.cpp
+ uri.setUrl(QString("feathercoin:175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W?req-dontexist=")); + uri.setUrl(QString("feathercoin:175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W?dontexist=")); + uri.setUrl(QString("feathercoin:175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W?label=Wikipedia Example Address")); + uri.setUrl(QString("feathercoin:175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W?amount=0.001")); + uri.setUrl(QString("feathercoin:175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W?amount=1.001")); + uri.setUrl(QString("feathercoin:175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W?amount=100&label=Wikipedia Example")); + uri.setUrl(QString("feathercoin:175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W?message=Wikipedia Example Address")); + QVERIFY(GUIUtil::parseBitcoinURI("feathercoin://175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W?message=Wikipedia Example Address", &rv)); + uri.setUrl(QString("feathercoin:175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W?req-message=Wikipedia Example Address")); + uri.setUrl(QString("feathercoin:175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W?amount=1,000&label=Wikipedia Example")); + uri.setUrl(QString("feathercoin:175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W?amount=1,000.0&label=Wikipedia Example"));
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doc_install/release-notes-0.9.6.md
+Feathercoin Core version 0.9.6 is now available + + +This is a new major version release, bringing both new features and +bug fixes. + +Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github: + + https://github.com/Feathercoin/Feathercoin/issues + + +Fixes: + +- Automated build tests fixed - Feathercoin v0.9.6 now includes automated unit tests from Bitcoin v0.9 +- Fixed Miniupnpc > 1.6 - There was a bug in the code that didn’t agree with versions of miniupnpc greater than version 1.6 +- Fixed “Ambiguous Overload” build error from chainparams.cpp when building with C + +11 support +- Fixed buffer overflow bug in Coins.cpp +- Refreshed MacOS DMG background -updated icon size and position +- Fixed a build issue with MacOS build and the Multi-Sig QT page +- Fixed a C++11 build error “C++11 requires a space between literal and identifier” on main.cpp, wallet.cpp, walletmodel.cpp + +Enhancements: + +- Feathercoin-cli manpage added +- updated feathercoind, feathercoin-qt, feathercoin.conf manpages + + + +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). On Windows and MAC uninstall all earlier versions of Feathercoin, + then run the installer on Windows or just copy over /Applications/Feathercoin-Qt (on Mac) + +On Linux: +- If you previously have installed a packaged Version of Feathercoin, use yur packagee manager to + update Feathercoin. For Debian and Ubuntu based systems this is typically issued by the command + 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade feathercoin' run as root. + +- If you are running a self compiled version of feathercoind or feathercoin-qt either: + - get the sources from https://github.com/Feathercoin/Feathercoin and compile them yourself + + or + - download the pre-compiled packages for your distribution from https://software.opensuse.org/package/feathercoin + look for unstable packages, as the feathercoin package currently is not officially certified by the distributions + - install the package using your package manager. + - optional: add the repository and public key of the repository to the list of trusted repositrories to get + automated updates in the future. + + + +If you are upgrading from version 0.7.2 or earlier, the first time you run +0.9.x your blockchain files will be re-indexed, which will take anywhere from +30 minutes to several hours, depending on the speed of your machine. + +On Windows, do not forget to uninstall all earlier versions of the Feathercoin +client first, especially if you are switching to the 64-bit version. + +Windows 64-bit installer +------------------------- + +New in 0.9.x is the Windows 64-bit version of the client. There have been +frequent reports of users running out of virtual memory on 32-bit systems +during the initial sync. Because of this it is recommended to install the +64-bit version if your system supports it. + +NOTE: Release candidate 2 Windows binaries are not code-signed; use PGP +and the SHA256SUMS.asc file to make sure your binaries are correct. +In the final 0.9.x release, Windows setup.exe binaries will be code-signed. + +OSX 10.5 / 32-bit no longer supported +------------------------------------- + +0.9.x drops support for older Macs. The minimum requirements are now: +* A 64-bit-capable CPU (see http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3696); +* Mac OS 10.6 or later (see https://support.apple.com/kb/ht1633). + +Downgrading warnings +-------------------- + +The 'chainstate' for this release is not always compatible with previous +releases, so if you run 0.9 and then decide to switch back to a +0.8.x release you might get a blockchain validation error when starting the +old release (due to 'pruned outputs' being omitted from the index of +unspent transaction outputs). + +Running the old release with the -reindex option will rebuild the chainstate +data structures and correct the problem. + +Also, the first time you run a 0.8.x release on a 0.9 wallet it will rescan +the blockchain for missing spent coins, which will take a long time (tens +of minutes on a typical machine). + +Rebranding to Feathercoin Core +--------------------------- + +To reduce confusion between Feathercoin-the-network and Feathercoin-the-software we +have renamed the reference client to Feathercoin Core. + + +OP_RETURN and data in the block chain +------------------------------------- +On OP_RETURN: There was been some confusion and misunderstanding in +the community, regarding the OP_RETURN feature in 0.9 and data in the +blockchain. This change is not an endorsement of storing data in the +blockchain. The OP_RETURN change creates a provably-prunable output, +to avoid data storage schemes -- some of which were already deployed -- +that were storing arbitrary data such as images as forever-unspendable +TX outputs, bloating bitcoin's UTXO database. + +Storing arbitrary data in the blockchain is still a bad idea; it is less +costly and far more efficient to store non-currency data elsewhere. + +Autotools build system +----------------------- + +For 0.9.x we switched to an autotools-based build system instead of individual +(q)makefiles. + +Using the standard "./autogen.sh; ./configure; make" to build Feathercoin-Qt and +bitcoind makes it easier for experienced open source developers to contribute +to the project. + +Be sure to check doc/build-*.md for your platform before building from source. + +Feathercoin-cli +------------- + +Another change in the 0.9 release is moving away from the bitcoind executable +functioning both as a server and as a RPC client. The RPC client functionality +("tell the running bitcoin daemon to do THIS") was split into a separate +executable, 'bitcoin-cli'. The RPC client code will eventually be removed from +bitcoind, but will be kept for backwards compatibility for a release or two. + +`walletpassphrase` RPC +----------------------- + +The behavior of the `walletpassphrase` RPC when the wallet is already unlocked +has changed between 0.8 and 0.9. + +The 0.8 behavior of `walletpassphrase` is to fail when the wallet is already unlocked: + + > walletpassphrase 1000 + walletunlocktime = now + 1000 + > walletpassphrase 10 + Error: Wallet is already unlocked (old unlock time stays) + +The new behavior of `walletpassphrase` is to set a new unlock time overriding +the old one: + + > walletpassphrase 1000 + walletunlocktime = now + 1000 + > walletpassphrase 10 + walletunlocktime = now + 10 (overriding the old unlock time) + +Transaction malleability-related fixes +-------------------------------------- + +This release contains a few fixes for transaction ID (TXID) malleability +issues: + +- -nospendzeroconfchange command-line option, to avoid spending + zero-confirmation change +- IsStandard() transaction rules tightened to prevent relaying and mining of + mutated transactions +- Additional information in listtransactions/gettransaction output to + report wallet transactions that conflict with each other because + they spend the same outputs. +- Bug fixes to the getbalance/listaccounts RPC commands, which would report + incorrect balances for double-spent (or mutated) transactions. +- New option: -zapwallettxes to rebuild the wallet's transaction information + +Transaction Fees +---------------- + +This release drops the default fee required to relay transactions across the +network and for miners to consider the transaction in their blocks to +0.01mBTC per kilobyte. + +Note that getting a transaction relayed across the network does NOT guarantee +that the transaction will be accepted by a miner; by default, miners fill +their blocks with 50 kilobytes of high-priority transactions, and then with +700 kilobytes of the highest-fee-per-kilobyte transactions. + +The minimum relay/mining fee-per-kilobyte may be changed with the +minrelaytxfee option. Note that previous releases incorrectly used +the mintxfee setting to determine which low-priority transactions should +be considered for inclusion in blocks. + +The wallet code still uses a default fee for low-priority transactions of +0.1mBTC per kilobyte. During periods of heavy transaction volume, even this +fee may not be enough to get transactions confirmed quickly; the mintxfee +option may be used to override the default. + +0.9.x Release notes +======================= + +RPC: + +- New notion of 'conflicted' transactions, reported as confirmations: -1 +- 'listreceivedbyaddress' now provides tx ids +- Add raw transaction hex to 'gettransaction' output +- Updated help and tests for 'getreceivedby(account|address)' +- In 'getblock', accept 2nd 'verbose' parameter, similar to getrawtransaction, + but defaulting to 1 for backward compatibility +- Add 'verifychain', to verify chain database at runtime +- Add 'dumpwallet' and 'importwallet' RPCs +- 'keypoolrefill' gains optional size parameter +- Add 'getbestblockhash', to return tip of best chain +- Add 'chainwork' (the total work done by all blocks since the genesis block) + to 'getblock' output +- Make RPC password resistant to timing attacks +- Clarify help messages and add examples +- Add 'getrawchangeaddress' call for raw transaction change destinations +- Reject insanely high fees by default in 'sendrawtransaction' +- Add RPC call 'decodescript' to decode a hex-encoded transaction script +- Make 'validateaddress' provide redeemScript +- Add 'getnetworkhashps' to get the calculated network hashrate +- New RPC 'ping' command to request ping, new 'pingtime' and 'pingwait' fields + in 'getpeerinfo' output +- Adding new 'addrlocal' field to 'getpeerinfo' output +- Add verbose boolean to 'getrawmempool' +- Add rpc command 'getunconfirmedbalance' to obtain total unconfirmed balance +- Explicitly ensure that wallet is unlocked in `importprivkey` +- Add check for valid keys in `importprivkey` + +Command-line options: + +- New option: -nospendzeroconfchange to never spend unconfirmed change outputs +- New option: -zapwallettxes to rebuild the wallet's transaction information +- Rename option '-tor' to '-onion' to better reflect what it does +- Add '-disablewallet' mode to let bitcoind run entirely without wallet (when + built with wallet) +- Update default '-rpcsslciphers' to include TLSv1.2 +- make '-logtimestamps' default on and rework help-message +- RPC client option: '-rpcwait', to wait for server start +- Remove '-logtodebugger' +- Allow `-noserver` with bitcoind + +Block-chain handling and storage: + +- Update leveldb to 1.15 +- Check for correct genesis (prevent cases where a datadir from the wrong + network is accidentally loaded) +- Allow txindex to be removed and add a reindex dialog +- Log aborted block database rebuilds +- Store orphan blocks in serialized form, to save memory +- Limit the number of orphan blocks in memory to 750 +- Fix non-standard disconnected transactions causing mempool orphans +- Add a new checkpoint at block 279,000 + +Wallet: + +- Bug fixes and new regression tests to correctly compute + the balance of wallets containing double-spent (or mutated) transactions +- Store key creation time. Calculate whole-wallet birthday. +- Optimize rescan to skip blocks prior to birthday +- Let user select wallet file with -wallet=foo.dat +- Consider generated coins mature at 101 instead of 120 blocks +- Improve wallet load time +- Don't count txins for priority to encourage sweeping +- Don't create empty transactions when reading a corrupted wallet +- Fix rescan to start from beginning after importprivkey +- Only create signatures with low S values + +Mining: + +- Increase default -blockmaxsize/prioritysize to 750K/50K +- 'getblocktemplate' does not require a key to create a block template +- Mining code fee policy now matches relay fee policy + +Protocol and network: + +- Drop the fee required to relay a transaction to 0.01mBTC per kilobyte +- Send tx relay flag with version +- New 'reject' P2P message (BIP 0061, see + https://gist.github.com/gavinandresen/7079034 for draft) +- Dump addresses every 15 minutes instead of 10 seconds +- Relay OP_RETURN data TxOut as standard transaction type +- Remove CENT-output free transaction rule when relaying +- Lower maximum size for free transaction creation +- Send multiple inv messages if mempool.size > MAX_INV_SZ +- Split MIN_PROTO_VERSION into INIT_PROTO_VERSION and MIN_PEER_PROTO_VERSION +- Do not treat fFromMe transaction differently when broadcasting +- Process received messages one at a time without sleeping between messages +- Improve logging of failed connections +- Bump protocol version to 70002 +- Add some additional logging to give extra network insight +- Added new DNS seed from bitcoinstats.com + +Validation: + +- Log reason for non-standard transaction rejection +- Prune provably-unspendable outputs, and adapt consistency check for it. +- Detect any sufficiently long fork and add a warning +- Call the -alertnotify script when we see a long or invalid fork +- Fix multi-block reorg transaction resurrection +- Reject non-canonically-encoded serialization sizes +- Reject dust amounts during validation +- Accept nLockTime transactions that finalize in the next block + +Build system: + +- Switch to autotools-based build system +- Build without wallet by passing `--disable-wallet` to configure, this + removes the BerkeleyDB dependency +- Upgrade gitian dependencies (libpng, libz, libupnpc, boost, openssl) to more + recent versions +- Windows 64-bit build support +- Solaris compatibility fixes +- Check integrity of gitian input source tarballs +- Enable full GCC Stack-smashing protection for all OSes + +GUI: + +- Switch to Qt 5.2.0 for Windows build +- Add payment request (BIP 0070) support +- Improve options dialog +- Show transaction fee in new send confirmation dialog +- Add total balance in overview page +- Allow user to choose data directory on first start, when data directory is + missing, or when the -choosedatadir option is passed +- Save and restore window positions +- Add vout index to transaction id in transactions details dialog +- Add network traffic graph in debug window +- Add open URI dialog +- Add Coin Control Features +- Improve receive coins workflow: make the 'Receive' tab into a form to request + payments, and move historical address list functionality to File menu. +- Rebrand to `Feathercoin Core` +- Move initialization/shutdown to a thread. This prevents "Not responding" + messages during startup. Also show a window during shutdown. +- Don't regenerate autostart link on every client startup +- Show and store message of normal bitcoin:URI +- Fix richtext detection hang issue on very old Qt versions +- OS X: Make use of the 10.8 + user notification center to display Growl-like + notifications +- OS X: Added NSHighResolutionCapable flag to Info.plist for better font + rendering on Retina displays. +- OS X: Fix bitcoin-qt startup crash when clicking dock icon +- Linux: Fix Gnome bitcoin: URI handler + +Miscellaneous: + +- Add Linux script (contrib/qos/tc.sh) to limit outgoing bandwidth +- Add '-regtest' mode, similar to testnet but private with instant block + generation with 'setgenerate' RPC. +- Add 'linearize.py' script to contrib, for creating bootstrap.dat +- Add separate bitcoin-cli client + +Credits +-------- + +Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release: + +- Andrey +- Ashley Holman +- b6393ce9-d324-4fe1-996b-acf82dbc3d53 +- bitsofproof +- Brandon Dahler +- Calvin Tam +- Christian Decker +- Christian von Roques +- Christopher Latham +- Chuck +- coblee +- constantined +- Cory Fields +- Cozz Lovan +- daniel +- Daniel Larimer +- David Hill +- Dmitry Smirnov +- Drak +- Eric Lombrozo +- fanquake +- fcicq +- Florin +- frewil +- Gavin Andresen +- Gregory Maxwell +- gubatron +- Guillermo Céspedes Tabárez +- Haakon Nilsen +- HaltingState +- Han Lin Yap +- harry +- Ian Kelling +- Jeff Garzik +- Johnathan Corgan +- Jonas Schnelli +- Josh Lehan +- Josh Triplett +- Julian Langschaedel +- Kangmo +- Lake Denman +- Luke Dashjr +- Mark Friedenbach +- Matt Corallo +- Michael Bauer +- Michael Ford +- Michagogo +- Midnight Magic +- Mike Hearn +- Nils Schneider +- Noel Tiernan +- Olivier Langlois +- patrick s +- Patrick Strateman +- paveljanik +- Peter Todd +- phantomcircuit +- phelixbtc +- Philip Kaufmann +- Pieter Wuille +- Rav3nPL +- R E Broadley +- regergregregerrge +- Robert Backhaus +- Roman Mindalev +- Rune K. Svendsen +- Ryan Niebur +- Scott Ellis +- Scott Willeke +- Sergey Kazenyuk +- Shawn Wilkinson +- Sined +- sje +- Subo1978 +- super3 +- Tamas Blummer +- theuni +- Thomas Holenstein +- Timon Rapp +- Timothy Stranex +- Tom Geller +- Torstein Husebø +- Vaclav Vobornik +- vhf / victor felder +- Vinnie Falco +- Warren Togami +- Wil Bown +- Wladimir J. van der Laan
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