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Wladimir J. van der Laan 03a7d67387 Release notes for 0.8.6
2013-12-05 13:11:26 +01:00

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(note: this is a temporary file, to be added-to by anybody, and deleted at
release time)
0.8.6 changes
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- Default block size increase for miners
(see https://gist.github.com/gavinandresen/7670433#086-accept-into-block)
- Remove the all-outputs-must-be-greater-than-CENT-to-qualify-as-free rule for relaying
(see https://gist.github.com/gavinandresen/7670433#086-relaying)
- Lower maximum size for free transaction creation
(see https://gist.github.com/gavinandresen/7670433#086-wallet)
- OSX block chain database corruption fixes
- Update leveldb to 1.13
- Use fcntl with `F_FULLSYNC` instead of fsync on OSX
- Use native Darwin memory barriers
- Replace use of mmap in leveldb for improved reliability (only on OSX)
- Fix nodes forwarding transactions with empty vins and getting banned
- Network code performance and robustness improvements
- Additional debug.log logging for diagnosis of network problems, log timestamps by default
- Fix Bitcoin-Qt startup crash when clicking dock icon on OSX
- Fix memory leaks in CKey::SetCompactSignature() and Key::SignCompact()
- Fix rare GUI crash on send
- Various small GUI, documentation and build fixes
Warning
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- There have been frequent reports of users running out of virtual memory on 32-bit systems
during the initial sync.
Hence it is recommended to use a 64-bit executable if possible.
A 64-bit executable for Windows is planned for 0.9.