commit 4dd81df7e771997d69a898d35ac3e3e1b3899ec1 parent 9ee767b7b9fcb07b98f775e495db048e0c38c2a7 Author: thomasv <thomasv@gitorious> Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 16:31:35 +0100 release notes Diffstat:
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diff --git a/client/RELEASE-NOTES b/client/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ + +Version 0.31 +------------ + +version 0.31 fixes a vulnerability in the key generation function. +Unfortunately, this means that wallets created prior to 0.31 are +incompatible with newer versions. We apologize for the +inconvenience. We try to keep this kind of upgrades as rare as +possible. + +If you use an older wallet, you will see a message asking you to +create a new wallet and to move your balance to the new wallet. + +Here are the steps that you need to follow: +* create a new wallet: electrum.py -w my_new_wallet.dat +* copy a receiving address from the new wallet +* open your old wallet: +* move your entire balance to the new address. + +Note that you may keep your current seed. For this, all you need to do +is to create the new wallet using the wallet recovery procedure. You +will not recover your old wallet with the new software, but you will +get a new wallet instead. +