commit ba3586dc3002050518de7e7e1344b72b2f39143f parent 451383ab7bd849508cfaf042192f4ef45d6752a0 Author: ThomasV <thomasv@electrum.org> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 08:42:45 +0200 release notes for 2.9 Diffstat:
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diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -1,9 +1,30 @@ -# Release 2.9 - Independence - * Blockchain fork detection and management: - - The SPV module will download and verify block headers from - multiple branches - - Branching points are located using binary search - - The desired branch of a fork can be selected using the network dialog +# Release 2.9 - Independence (July 27th, 2017) + * Multiple Chain Validation: Electrum will download and validate + block headers sent by servers that may follow different branches + of a fork in the Bitcoin blockchain. Instead of a linear sequence, + block headers are organized in a tree structure. Branching points + are located efficiently using binary search. The purpose of MCV is + to detect and handle blockchain forks that are invisible to the + classical SPV model. + * The desired branch of a blockchain fork can be selected using the + network dialog. Branches are identified by the hash and height of + the diverging block. Coin splitting is possible using RBF + transaction (a tutorial will be added). + * Multibit support: If the user enters a BIP39 seed (or uses a + hardware wallet), the full derivation path is configurable in the + install wizard. + * Option to send only confirmed coins + * Qt GUI: + - Network dialog uses tabs and gets updated by network events. + - The gui tabs use icons + * Kivy GUI: + - separation between network dialog and wallet settings dialog. + - option for manual server entry + - proxy configuration + * Daemon: The wallet password can be passed as parameter to the + JSONRPC API. + * Various other bugfixes and improvements. + # Release 2.8.3 * Fix crash on reading older wallet formats.