BitShares 0.5.3

• [Delegates Only] Required upgrade by block 1600000 (approximately 2015-01-23 15:00 UTC)
• The following changes will occur after block 1600000:
  • Fix bug with canceling some types of market orders

SHA1(bitshares-0.5.3-linux-x86_64.tar.gz) = 2e6ac45b9aa52ed1952a78b24ed69f0bf9c699fc
SHA1(BitShares-0.5.3.dmg)= 2773310e694ffa8b4f794114e25d85de9a8f5797
SHA1(BitShares-v0.5.3.exe) = e93ebd8877237493f46c109ff5e3d2bce4af65f4

SHA1(bitsharesGUI-0.5.3-linux-x86_64.tar.gz) = 60efb1619d22877db140a837c85fdc5860437a68

BitShares 0.5.1

• This is an optional upgrade
• GUI fixes only

SHA1(bitshares-0.5.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz) = f1478de4219cd31ef0e60e41803b48efc1e83789
SHA1(BitSharesGUI-0.5.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz) = 61ed86a9625244dab02d0bd242e54332a90fae2f  
SHA1(BitShares-0.5.1.dmg)= 4f472eb505d4c09a356a835cb221b5ac11ac61c5
SHA1(BitShares-0.5.1.exe) = 71f045b70fa22f265f026ea539aa295334f648a5

BitShares 0.5.0

• Required upgrade by block 1575500 (approximately 2015-01-20 16:30 UTC)
• Blockchain history will replay on upgrade
• The following changes will occur after block 1575500:
  • Unlock sharedrop vesting balances (use wallet_collect_vesting_balances command to claim)
  • Fix insufficient feeds error on BitAsset/non-base asset markets
  • Allow hierarchical user-issued asset symbols to be longer than 8 characters
  • Asset symbols cannot start with "BIT"
• Fix various bugs with fork switching
• Add more delegate block production configuration settings
• Set data directory permissions to 0700 by default on Mac and Linux
• Miscellaneous fixes and optimizations

SHA1(BitShares-v0.5.0.dmg)= 3dcaf786d7bba79376866d4be9248e62782e6443
SHA1(bitshares-0.5.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz) = a32eea780aa7e9e00acd193d89c286ebcda487d2
SHA1(BitShares-v0.5.0.exe) = e752ae5ef8aa27c4f8e6e600e0a75ecaeaf06bfb

BitShares 0.4.27.2

• Update GUI to include free new user registration via faucet
• Fix bug that prevented automatic GUI updates

SHA1(BitShares-v0.4.27.2.dmg) = d6eff6cf906ebd4e811b888ee5e79a1e586ac4c7
SHA1(BitShares-v0.4.27.2.exe) = 984b956ce10d2b2a2fbb4be073a95af300ee27c3

BitShares 0.4.27.1

• This is an optional upgrade for users that are having trouble maintaining synchronization with the correct blockchain fork
• Blockchain will replay on upgrade
• Fix bug that would cause false positives for duplicate transactions when switching forks

Users that still have problems syncing can run with --rebuild-index or --resync-blockchain after placing the following checkpoint file in their data directory: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BitShares/bitshares/5f5314b17298450d1a08c3a61fe7151e019c82bb/checkpoints.json

SHA1(BitShares-v0.4.27.1.dmg)= 785fa2134f97710f6187a5c6e495e9e5cdfc67c7
SHA1(BitShares-v0.4.27.1.exe)= 73b52181d6ffb8d4ce98a319faf132c3970de7ca

BitShares 0.4.27

• This is an optional upgrade intended for delegates
• Blockchain will replay on upgrade
• Fix bug that would cause block production to fail due to duplicate pending transactions
• Fix bug that would load invalid blocks on restart after replaying an invalid chain
• Allow user-defined checkpoints defined in checkpoints.json
• Add initial delegate_ API commands to allow tuning block production parameters. Settings are not yet saved on restart

BitShares 0.4.26

Resolves network fork caused by 0.4.25 by choosing minority fork supported by 0.4.25-RC2 and older clients.

Please see the 2 posts at https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=7067.msg161312#msg161312 for details.

SHA1(BitShares-v0.4.26.exe) = 3c998b015b5b584586ed413bda8678e3c0a4df32
SHA1(BitShares-v0.4.26.dmg)= 8991d088de567982bc573f3607b0f620cc81f6db
SHA1(bitshares_client_0.4.26_linux_x86_64.tar.gz) = 4fee6c24bead18893fc88cc8caa287553bbdb3a5

• bitshares_client_0.4.26_linux_x86_64 is a command-line-only client built on Ubuntu 12.04, but it is mostly statically-linked and should work on most modern Linux distributions

Known Issues:

• Large memory requirements during re-indexing and resyncing. At least 4GB RAM is recommended (swap file is not sufficient). Less RAM can cause freezing and crashes

BitShares 0.4.25-RC2

• RC2 Rewritten blockchain fork resolution algorithm to increase robustness and improve performance
• RC2 Fixed extremely slow wallet scanning
• RC2 Fixed null interest rate shorts in wallet
• RC2 Restored missing image files in GUI
• Final release will not be a required upgrade
• DAC state will regenerate on upgrade
• Wallet transaction scanning will no longer abort on individual transaction or block scanning failures
• Updated candidate sharedrop vesting balances
• Inactive delegates can now publish price feeds
• New accounts are created with different owner and active keys by default
• Upgraded LevelDB from 1.12 to 1.18
• Improvements to wallet key regeneration and record repair
• Addresses and public keys now use BTS prefix instead of BTSX
• Fixed bug that would cause local accounts to disappear from the accounts list
• Fixed various crashes due to stack overflows
• Fixed bug that prevented wallet from paying fees when transferring user-issued assets
• Fixed bug with renaming of duplicate accounts
• Fixed order book printing in CLI
• Fixed "key not found" error during initial syncing
• Syncing performance improvements
• Timestamp string format has changed to match official ISO 8601 standard
• Miscellaneous other fixes and improvements
• 0.4.24.1 Fixed crash when sending transactions
• 0.4.24.1 Fixed transaction scanning failure on recent blocks

Known Issues:

• Large memory requirements during re-indexing and resyncing. At least 4GB RAM is recommended (swap file is not sufficient). Less RAM can cause freezing and crashes
• Cannot import wallet backups made with previous versions

BitShares 0.4.24.1

• Fixed bug that would cause transaction scanning to fail
• Fix crash when sending a transaction
• No hard forks
• No new features

SHA1(BitShares-v0.4.24.1.dmg)= 6e163eaac684b353fed7fe38422ed69bc2fa16c4
SHA1(BitShares-v0.4.24.1.exe)= 0de4760cee80fae58ec096786db692bbfc17bf38

BitShares 0.4.24

• BitShares X has been renamed to BitShares (http://bitshares.org/bitshares-reloaded/)
  • Candidate sharedrop vesting balances are available for manual review using the console command wallet_check_sharedrop
    • Vesting balances will not be available for withdrawal until finalized in a later required upgrade
  • Base asset BTSX has been renamed to BTS
• DAC state will regenerate on upgrade
  • This includes RC1 and RC2 users who upgrade
• Required upgrade by block 991700 (approximately 2014-11-12 17:00:00 UTC) when the following changes will take effect:
  • Delegates are issued up to 50 BTS per block produced
    • All existing delegates will be paid 1.5 BTS per block produced
    • Delegate registration costs 2 full weeks of income
    • The maximum payment of 50 BTS will halve every 4 years
  • Asset symbols can be 3 to 8 characters
    • Asset registration costs 500 BTS for symbols of 6-8 characters
    • Asset registration costs 500,000 BTS for symbols of 3-5 characters
  • All fees collected in BTS are burned
  • Fixed market bug that prevented expired margin positions from being called
• RC1 users are still required to upgrade
• RC2 users are not required to upgrade but must upgrade to have latest candidate sharedrop vesting balances available for review
• Lowered memory requirements by fixing a memory leak
• Fixed bug that would cause outgoing transactions to get stuck pending
• Fixed bug with opening some wallets and wallet backups
• Made some improvements to wallet key regeneration
• Added some default seed nodes
• Miscellaneous fixes

SHA1(BitShares-v0.4.24.exe)= a631eecaa0a7daafb4cd07ddd11c50559626193e
SHA1(BitShares-v0.4.24.dmg)= 89cc1679ca509ce5d75ccb236b044ef6edbe8936