CHANGELOG.md

Change Log

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[5.1.0.0] 2020-11-01, mandatory, "Gladys"

Added

• rpc: Add out-of-sync status to "getinfo" and "getblockchaininfo" #1925 (@cyrossignol)
• gui: add autocomplete to rpc console #1927 (@Pythonix)
• consensus: Add checkpoint post block v11 transition #1919 (@cyrossignol)
• researcher: Add -forcecpid configuration option #1935 (@cyrossignol)
• gui: Adds detection if version is below last mandatory #1939 (@jamescowens)
• contract: Reimplement legacy administrative contract validation #1943 (@cyrossignol)
• voting: Add poll choices to "gettransaction" RPC contract output #1948 (@cyrossignol)

Changed

• doc: Fix link in build-openbsd.md #1924 (@Pythonix)
• voting: Decrease poll duration to 90 days #1936 (@cyrossignol)
• refactor: Revert init order to fix rejected net messages @1941 (@cyrossignol)
• refactor: port amount.h #1937 (@div72)
• refactor: Normalize boost::filesystem to fs namespace #1942 (@cyrossignol)
• accrual: Apply accrual for new CPIDs from existing snapshots #1944 (@cyrossignol)
• accrual: Reset research account when disconnecting first block #1947 (@cyrossignol)

Removed

• refactor: Clean up transitional code for block version 11 #1933 (@cyrossignol)

Fixed

• Modify depends packages for openSUSE and other Redhat like distributions and fix mingw bdb53 compile #1932 (@jamescowens)
• contract: Fix ability to reorganize contracts #1934 (@cyrossignol)
• accrual: Fix snapshot accrual for new CPIDs #1931 (@cyrossignol)
• rpc: Clean up getblockstats #1938 (@jamescowens)
• scraper, rpc: Correct missing mScraperStats initialization in ConvergedScraperStats (@jamescowens)

[5.0.2.0] 2020-10-08, leisure

Added

• trivial: Add and update copyright headers in Gridcoin files #1897 (@cyrossignol)
• refactor: port chainparams #1878 (@div72)
• gui: Update default font to Inter-Regular and console font to Inconsolata (@opsinphark, @jamescowens)
• gui: Add "review beacon verification" button to wizard summary page #1912 (@cyrossignol)
• rpc, wallet: Implement liststakes #1909 (@jamescowens)
• rpc: Add "getlaststake" RPC function #1913 (@cyrossignol)
• gui: Install bold variant of Inter font #1914 (@cyrossignol)

Changed

• refactor: Consolidate Gridcoin-specific code #1894 (@cyrossignol)
• script: Setup improvements #1895 (@nathanielcwm)
• gui: Diagnostics refresh #1899 (@jamescowens)
• superblock: Optimize superblock size calculation #1906 (@cyrossignol)
• gui: Adjust stylesheets and scale icons to improve HiDPI side toolbar display #1911 (@jamescowens)
• doc: Tell user to disable win32 application support in WSL (for building) #1917 (@nathanielcwm)
• rpc: Revise and expand help for beaconconvergence rpc call #1918 (@jamescowens)
• scheduler: Increase default update check interval to 5 days #1920 (@cyrossignol)
• gui: Prevent multiple dialogs from being open at the same time #1922 (@scribblemaniac)

Removed

• refactor: Clean up remaining legacy timer code #1892 (@cyrossignol)

Fixed

• build: Add --without-brotli option to curl.mk #1902 (@G_UK)
• test: Remove fs_tests... file after the fs test #1903 (@div72)
• util, gui: Fix shutdown segfault and repair broken overview page staking status #1901 (@jamescowens)
• scraper: Fix order of destruction for global scraper objects #1904 (@cyrossignol)
• scraper: Fix global object destruction order for MacOS #1905 (@cyrossignol)
• util: Decouple out-of-sync state from block acceptance #1921 (@cyrossignol)

[5.0.1.0] 2020-09-20, leisure

Added

• wallet, rpc: Implement backup file management functionality #1735 (@jamescowens)
• build: Add support for building with musl and Alpine Linux #1866 (@cyrossignol)
• rpc: Display local IP addresses in "getnetworkinfo" output #1884 (@cyrossignol)

Changed

• refactor: Implement std::atomic_bool OutOfSyncByAge #1877 (@jamescowens)
• net: Optimize locator construction for "getblocks" messages #1880 (@cyrossignol)
• refactor: Combine GetOrphanRoot() and WantedByOrphan() functions #1883 (@cyrossignol)
• refactor: Convert beacon and backup timers to scheduled jobs #1885 (@cyrossignol, @jamescowens)
• refactor: Rename "neural network project-wide #1886 (@cyrossignol)

Fixed

• collection of post Fern hotfixes (@jamescowens):
  • Change QDateTime::toSecsSinceEpoch() to QDateTime::toMSecsSinceEpoch()
  • Change QDateTime::fromSecsSinceEpoch() to QDateTime::fromMSecsSinceEpoch()
  • Ensure boost placeholders are compatible
  • Fix subtle bug in GetEstimatedStakingFrequency
• test, ci: xenial support #1867 (@div72)
• lib: Fix compatibility with Boost 1.74 #1869 (@theMarix)
• test: Fix tests for _GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS #1870 (@cyrossignol)
• util: fix Windows API for default data directory with wide characters #1871 (@cyrossignol)
• gui: Fix OP_RETURN filter to avoid hiding transactions with messages #1873 (@cyrossignol)
• net: Fix stalled blockchain progression #1876 (@cyrossignol)
• superblock: Fix regression for superblock builder optimization #1881 (@cyrossignol)
• util: Fix scheduler crash after waking from sleep #1888 (@cyrossignol)

[5.0.0.0] 2020-09-03, mandatory, "Fern"

Added

• Backport newer uint256 types from Bitcoin #1570 (@cyrossignol)
• Implement project level rain for rainbymagnitude #1580 (@jamescowens)
• Upgrade utilities (Update checker and snapshot downloader/application) #1576 (@iFoggz)
• Provide fees collected in the block by the miner #1601 (@iFoggz)
• Add support for generating legacy superblocks from scraper stats #1603 (@cyrossignol)
• Port of the Bitcoin Logger to Gridcoin #1600 (@jamescowens)
• Implement zapwallettxes #1605 (@jamescowens)
• Implements a global event filter to suppress help question mark #1609 (@jamescowens)
• Add next target difficulty to RPC output #1615 (@cyrossignol)
• Add caching for block hashes to CBlock #1624 (@cyrossignol)
• Make toolbars and tray icon red for testnet #1637 (@jamescowens)
• Add an rpc call convergencereport #1643 (@jamescowens)
• Implement newline filter on config file read in #1645 (@jamescowens)
• Implement beacon status icon/button #1646 (@jamescowens)
• Add gridcointestnet.png #1649 (@caraka)
• Add precision to support magnitudes less than 1 #1651 (@cyrossignol)
• Replace research accrual calculations with superblock snapshots #1657 (@cyrossignol)
• Publish example gridcoinresearch.conf as a md document to the doc directory #1662 (@jamescowens)
• Add options checkbox to disable transaction notifications #1666 (@jamescowens)
• Add support for self-service beacon deletion #1695 (@cyrossignol)
• Add support for type-specific contract fee amounts #1698 (@cyrossignol)
• Add verifiedbeaconreport and pendingbeaconreport #1696 (@jamescowens)
• Add preliminary testing option for block v11 height on testnet #1706 (@cyrossignol)
• Add verified beacons manifest part to superblock validator #1711 (@cyrossignol)
• Implement beacon, vote, and superblock display categories/icons in UI transaction model #1717 (@jamescowens)
• neuralnet: Add integrity checking to researcher accrual snapshot registry #1727 (@jamescowens)
• Add workaround for scrypt assembly on macOS #1740 (@cyrossignol)
• gui: Build onboarding/beacon wizard #1739 (@cyrossignol)
• doc: Add CONTRIBUTING.md from bitcoin #1723 (@div72)
• rpc: Implement inspectaccrualsnapshot and parseaccrualsnapshotfile #1744 (@jamescowens)
• scraper: Add disk based state backing for verified beacon list in scraper #1751 (@jamescowens)
• Add ability to recover beacon in block version 11+ #1768 (@cyrossignol)
• refactor: Add transaction context to contract handlers #1777 (@cyrossignol)
• gui: Add context for when BOINC is attached to a pool #1775 (@cyrossignol)
• doc: Clarify what to do if PR in multiple categories (for CONTRIBUTING.md) #1798 (@RoboticMind)
• qt: Add option to choose not to start the wallet minimized #1804 (@jamescowens)
• superblock: Add check for OutOfSyncByAge to SuperblockValidator::Validate #1806 (@jamescowens)
• contract: Standardize contract validation and add block context #1808 (@cyrossignol)
• add seed.gridcoin.pl to default config #1812 (@wilkart)
• gui: Implement sidestake send display #1813 (@jamescowens)
• gui: Add pool/investor pages to researcher wizard #1819 (@cyrossignol)
• ci: Port lint scripts from Bitcoin #1823 (@div72)
• doc: Create basic readme in contrib #1826 (@RoboticMind)
• gui: Implement TransactionRecord::Message #1829 (@jamescowens)
• rpc: Add private_key_available to beaconstatus #1833 (@a123b)
• gui: Validate email address in researcher wizard #1840 (@a123b)
• rpc: Add "getrawwallettransaction" RPC function #1842 (@cyrossignol)
• consensus: Set block version 11 threshold height for mainnet #1862 (@cyrossignol)

Changed

• Upgrade LevelDB from v1.17 to v1.20 #1562 (@cyrossignol)
• Re-enable scrypt optimizations #1450 (@denravonska)
• Derive CScript from prevector type (optimization) #1554 (@cyrossignol)
• Disable quorum for grandfathered blocks to speed up sync #1568 (@cyrossignol)
• Refactor hashBoinc for binary claim contexts #1558 (@cyrossignol)
• integrated_scraper_2 branch tracking PR #1559 (@jamescowens)
• Upgrade depends - OpenSSL to 1.1.1d #1581 (@jamescowens)
• Ubuntu 19.10 fixes #1590 (@denravonska)
• Force a re-parse of legacy claims in generated blocks #1592 (@cyrossignol)
• Improve the "versionreport" RPC output #1595 (@cyrossignol)
• Overhaul the core tally and accrual system #1583 (@cyrossignol)
• Overhaul the superblock quorum system #1597 (@cyrossignol)
• Add more data to the "superblocks" RPC output #1599 (@cyrossignol)
• Update Windows Build doc #1606 (@barton2526)
• Change the order of calls in gridcoinresearchd.cpp to optimize rpc shunt path #1610 (@jamescowens)
• Change staking tooltip to display frequency #1611 (@jamescowens)
• Enhancements to ETTS #1442 (@jamescowens)
• Standardize money values as integers #1614 (@cyrossignol)
• Clean up and optimize legacy coin age code #1616 (@cyrossignol)
• Some scraper cleanups #1620 (@jamescowens)
• Reorganize accrual code and fix 6-month cutoff #1630 (@cyrossignol)
• Update Copyright years #1633 (@barton2526)
• Change team whitelist delimiter to <> for CPID detection #1634 (@cyrossignol)
• Change team whitelist separator to <> to accomodate more team names #1632 (@jamescowens)
• Change Curl download speed type to support older environments #1640 (@cyrossignol)
• Optimize logo SVGs used for tray icons #1638 (@cyrossignol)
• Tweak consolidateunspent rpc function #1644 (@jamescowens)
• ETTS and staking icon enhancements #1650 (@jamescowens)
• Implement new transaction fees for block version 11 #1652 (@jamescowens)
• Optimize in-memory storage of superblock data #1653 (@cyrossignol)
• Miscellaneous superblock API improvements and housekeeping #1654 (@cyrossignol)
• Update openssl to 1.1.1f compatibility #1660 (@jamescowens)
• Optimize bdb to avoid synchronous flush of database #1659 (@jamescowens)
• Add support for CPID input to "lifetime" RPC function #1668 (@cyrossignol)
• Overhaul the contract handling system #1669 (@cyrossignol)
• Make the autostart mainnet/testnet aware #1671 (@jamescowens)
• Remove slashes from User Agent in peers tab #1674 (@div72)
• Refactor contracts for polymorphic binary payloads #1676 (@cyrossignol)
• Overhaul the beacon system #1678 (@cyrossignol)
• Replace boost::optional<T&> with non-owning pointers #1680 (@cyrossignol)
• Optimize proof-of-stake validation #1681 (@cyrossignol)
• Updated Slack link #1683 (@NeuralMiner)
• Update build-unix.md #1686 (@Quezacoatl1)
• Replace deprecated QT methods #1693 (@Pythonix)
• Made protocol.h more similar to bitcoin #1688 (@Pythonix)
• Touch up some details for block version 11 #1697 (@cyrossignol)
• More tweaks for block version 11 #1700 (@cyrossignol)
• Finish the conversion to the BCLog class based logger #1699 (@jamescowens)
• Move claim version transitional code in miner for proper signature #1712 (@cyrossignol)
• doc: Update threads in coding.txt #1730 (@div72)
• qt: Include QPainterPath in trafficgraphwidget.cpp #1733 (@div72)
• doc: Update doc/build-unix.md #1731 (@div72)
• gui: Show peers tab on connections icon click #1734 (@div72)
• refactor: Change return type of IsMine to isminetype && move wallet files to wallet directory #1722 (@div72)
• build: Updates boost to 1.73.0 for depends #1673 (@jamescowens)
• doc: Update Unit Test Readme #1743 (@RoboticMind)
• wallet: Change Assert To Error Message In kernel.cpp #1748 (@RoboticMind)
• scraper: Shorten display representation of verification codes #1754 (@cyrossignol)
• log: Change ".B." to Clear Message #1758 (@RoboticMind)
• util: Fix braindamage in GetDefaultDataDir() #1737 (@jamescowens)
• scraper: Improve scraper processing of beacon verifications #1760 (@jamescowens)
• scraper: Add instrumentation to convergencereport #1763 (@jamescowens)
• rpc: Improve rpc stress test script #1767 (@tunisiano187)
• Generalize enum serialization #1770 (@cyrossignol)
• scraper: Improve handling of ETags in http class and tweak verified beacon logic #1776 (@jamescowens)
• scraper: Improve ProcessNetworkWideFromProjectStats and other tweaks #1778 (@jamescowens)
• researcher: Automate beacon advertisement for renewals only #1781 (@cyrossignol)
• gui: Tweak behavior of beacon page in researcher wizard #1784 (@cyrossignol)
• Prepare for block version 11 hard-fork on testnet #1787 (@cyrossignol)
• scraper: Modify UpdateVerifiedBeaconsFromConsensus #1791 (@jamescowens)
• gui: Optimize OverviewPage::updateTransactions() #1794 (@jamescowens)
• ci: Adopt ci changes from Bitcoin #1795 (@div72)
• consensus: switch snapshot accrual calculation to integer arithmetic #1799 (@cyrossignol)
• voting: Overhaul the voting system #1809 (@cyrossignol)
• contract: Optimize contract replay after chain reorganization #1815 (@cyrossignol)
• contract: Reimplement transaction messages as contracts #1816 (@cyrossignol)
• staking: Sign claim contracts with coinstake transaction #1817 (@cyrossignol)
• gui: Change research wizard text #1820 (@div72)
• net: Update protocol version and clean up net messaging #1824 (@cyrossignol)
• rpc, wallet: Corrections to GetAmounts #1825 (@jamescowens)
• gui: Tweak some minor researcher wizard details #1830 (@cyrossignol)
• gui: Change GetEstimatedStakingFrequency text #1836 (@jamescowens)
• scraper: Scraper global statistics cache optimization #1837 (@jamescowens)
• doc: Update Vulnerability Response Process #1843 (@RoboticMind)
• scraper: Optimization of manifest and parts sharing between ConvergedScraperStatsCache, mapManifest, and mapParts #1851 (@jamescowens)
• consensus: Update Checkpoints #1855 (@barton2526)
• docs: Update docs to build off master #1856 (@barton2526)
• gui: Fix and improve GUI combo box styles #1858 (@cyrossignol)
• build: Tweak Gridcoin installer for Fern release #1863 (@jamescowens)

Removed

• Remove old research age checks (rebase #1365) #1572 (@cyrossignol)
• Remove PrimaryCPID check from diagnostics dialog #1586 (@cyrossignol)
• Remove missed label for PrimaryCPID from diagnostics #1588 (@cyrossignol)
• Remove legacy quorum messaging system (@neural network) #1589 (@cyrossignol)
• Remove old remnants of legacy smart contract experiments #1594 (@cyrossignol)
• Remove block nonce for version 11 #1622 (@cyrossignol)
• Delete obsolete contrib/Installer and Upgrader directories #1623 (@jamescowens)
• Remove redundant LoadAdminMessages() calls #1625 (@cyrossignol)
• Remove some legacy informational RPC commands #1658 (@cyrossignol)
• Remove informational magnitude field from binary claims #1661 (@cyrossignol)
• Remove fDebug3,4, and net and convert to BCLog::LogFlags #1663 (@jamescowens)
• Remove qt5.7.1 depends support build System #1665 (@iFoggz)
• Remove unused jQuery library #1679 (@cyrossignol)
• Remove unused NetworkTimer() function and global state #1701 (@cyrossignol)
• Refactor claim context objects into contracts #1704 (@cyrossignol)
• Clean old assets up #1718 (@div72)
• Remove legacy "rain" RPC (not by-project rain) #1742 (@cyrossignol)
• Temporarily disable voting system on testnet #1769 (@cyrossignol)
• gui: Remove legacy GUI transaction description for contracts #1772 (@cyrossignol)
• gui: Remove transaction fee setting #1780 (@cyrossignol)
• trivial: Cleanup unused legacy functions #1793 (@cyrossignol)
• mining, rpc: Remove kernel-diff-best and kernel-diff-sum #1796 (@jamescowens)
• refactor: Remove libs subdirectory #1802 (@div72)
• scraper: cleanup unused/unnecessary functions #1803 (@jamescowens)
• gui: Remove useless "Detach databases at shutdown" #1810 (@jamescowens)
• test: Remove testnet condition for standard transactions #1814 (@cyrossignol)
• consensus: Remove transitional testnet code #1854 (@cyrossignol)

Fixed

• Fix "Owed" amount in output of "magnitude" RPC method #1569 (@cyrossignol)
• Add support for paths with special characters on Windows #1571 (@cyrossignol)
• Fix lingering peers.dat temp files and clean up remaining paths #1582 (@cyrossignol)
• Fix incorrect beacon length warning in GUI transaction list #1585 (@cyrossignol)
• Fix default config file line endings on Windows #1587 (@cyrossignol)
• Reenable Travis builds for MacOS #1591 (@jamescowens)
• Correct peer detail info background color #1593 (@jamescowens)
• Fix exception in debug3 mode #1598 (@cyrossignol)
• Fix deadlock in "getmininginfo" RPC function #1596 (@cyrossignol)
• Fix accuracy of statistics in "network" RPC output #1602 (@cyrossignol)
• Fix heights for quorum vote weight calculations #1604 (@cyrossignol)
• Fix deadlock in log archiver when rename fails #1607 (@cyrossignol)
• Fix a spurious segmentation fault during client load on Windows with fast CPUs #1608 (@jamescowens)
• Fix lock order debugging and potential deadlocks #1612 (@jamescowens)
• Add dependencies #1613 (@Scalextrix)
• Fix std namespace pollution #1617 (@denravonska)
• Add missing condition for newbie accrual computer #1618 (@cyrossignol)
• Track first reward blocks in research accounts #1619 (@cyrossignol)
• Fix lingering beacon warning after advertisement #1627 (@cyrossignol)
• Fix accrual calculation for new, zero-magnitude CPIDs #1636 (@cyrossignol)
• Fix diagnostics, add ETTS test, fix tooltipcolor, add missing lock, and add email=investor check #1647 (@jamescowens)
• Fix help message of two RPC methods #1656 (@div72)
• Fix legacy accrual for newbie with non-zero past reward #1667 (@cyrossignol)
• Fix GUI autostart on Windows for paths with wide characters #1670 (@cyrossignol)
• Qualify boost bind placeholders with their full namespace #1672 (@Ponce)
• Fix suffix when copying txids #1677 (@div72)
• Unnecessary if-statement removed #1685 (@Pythonix)
• Fix consolidatemsunspent Help Message #1687 (@Pythonix)
• Fix gettransaction help message #1691 (@Pythonix)
• Fix GetNewMint To Look for Stakes #1692 (@RoboticMind)
• Suppress deprecated copy warnings for Qt with GCC 9+ #1702 (@cyrossignol)
• Fix exclusion error on stats processing and misplaced ENDLOCK logging entry #1710 (@jamescowens)
• Removed unnecessary comparison #1708 (@Pythonix)
• Fixed typo #1707 (@Pythonix)
• Fix out-of-bounds exception for peers tab version slashes #1713 (@cyrossignol)
• Fix transition for v1 superblocks when reorganizing #1714 (@cyrossignol)
• Touch up transition to version 2 transactions #1715 (@cyrossignol)
• Avoid mutating transactions in ConnectBlock() #1716 (@cyrossignol)
• Skip beacon advertisement when already pending #1726 (@cyrossignol)
• Fix Windows cross-compilation in newer environments #1728 (@cyrossignol)
• Fix out-of-bounds access in IsMineInner() #1736 (@cyrossignol)
• Fix a couple of block version 11 issues #1738 (@cyrossignol)
• Fix null pointer dereference in GUI researcher model #1741 (@cyrossignol)
• accrual: Reset research accounts when rebuilding accrual snapshots #1745 (@cyrossignol)
• scraper: Correct update for verified beacons #1747 (@jamescowens)
• accrual: Refactor tally initialization for snapshot rebuild #1749 (@cyrossignol)
• rpc: Fix "cpid" field in "beaconconvergence" RPC output #1750 (@cyrossignol)
• accrual: Fix snapshot accrual superblock state transitions #1752 (@cyrossignol)
• scraper: Correct stale verified beacon logic #1753 (@jamescowens)
• rpc: Correct possible divide by zero in getblockstats #1755 (@jamescowens)
• gui: Fix issues with researcher wizard flow #1756 (@cyrossignol)
• wallet: Stop Error When Starting From Zero #1759 (@RoboticMind)
• Don't count empty email as explicit investor #1761 (@cyrossignol)
• accrual: Fix snapshot accrual superblock state transitions #1764 (@cyrossignol)
• rpc: Cleanup Help Message and Fix Typo #1771 (@RoboticMind)
• scraper: Fix scraper etag header case sensitivity #1773 (@cyrossignol)
• consensus: Use explicit time to check if superblock needed #1774 (@cyrossignol)
• gui: Fix scroll area dark theme styles #1785 (@cyrossignol)
• rpc, gui: Fix three divide by zero possibilities #1789 (@jamescowens)
• rpc: Fix balance pre-check in "rainbymagnitude" RPC #1792 (@cyrossignol)
• accrual: Fix outdated comment and correct grammar #1800 (@RoboticMind)
• gui: Fix stuck cursor on labels #1801 (@div72)
• beacon: Fix research wizard beacon renewal status #1805 (@cyrossignol)
• gui: Fix translations for port numbers #1818 (@cyrossignol)
• util: Create parent directory #1821 (@div72)
• mining: Fix coinstake/claim signature order #1828 (@cyrossignol)
• voting: Remove double increment in loop #1831 (@cyrossignol)
• neuralnet, scraper: Fix compilation with gcc5 and older libcurl #1832 (@a123b)
• wallet: Fix smallest coin selection for contracts #1841 (@cyrossignol)
• gui: Fix display of polls with no votes yet #1844 (@cyrossignol)
• gui: add indentation to diagnostic status bar labels #1849 (@jamescowens)
• voting, gui: Fix formatting and alignment of vote shares and percent #1850 (@jamescowens)
• wallet, rpc: Fix for self-transactions in listtransactions #1852 (@jamescowens)
• accrual: Clear any accrual snapshots when syncing from pre-v11 #1853 (@cyrossignol)
• accrual: Fix reset of accrual directory if starting sync below research age height #1857 (@jamescowens)
• gui: Fix researcher wizard layout on macOS with native theme #1860 (@cyrossignol)

[4.0.6.0] 2019-10-22, leisure, "Ernestine"

Added

• Add testnet desktop launcher action for Linux #1516 (@caraka)
• Shuffle vSideStakeAlloc if necessary to support sidestaking to more than 6 destinations #1532 (@jamescowens)
• New Superblock format preparations for Fern #1526, #1542 (@jamescowens, @cyrossignol)
• Multisigtools
  • Consolidate multisig unspent #1529 (@iFoggz)
  • Scanforunspent #1547 (@iFoggz)
  • consolidatemsunspent and scanforunspent bug fix #1561 (@iFoggz)
• New banning misbehavior handling and Peers Tab on Debug Console #1537 (@jamescowens)
• Reimplement getunconfirmedbalance rpc #1548 (@jamescowens)
• Add CLI switch to display binary version #1553 (@cyrossignol)

Changed

• Select smallest coins for contracts #1519 (@iFoggz)
• Move some functionality from miner to SelectCoinsForStaking + Respect the coin reserve setting + Randomize UTXO order #1525 (@iFoggz)
• For voting - if url does not contain http then add it #1531 (@ifoggz)
• Backport newer serialization facilities from Bitcoin #1535 (@cyrossignol)
• Refactor ThreadSocketHandler2() Inactivity checks #1538 (@iFoggz)
• Update outdated checkpoints #1539 (@barton2526)
• Change needed to build Gridcoin for OSX using homebrew #1540 (@Git-Jiro)
• Optimize scraper traffic for expiring manifests #1542 (@jamescowens)
• Move legacy neural vote warnings to debug log level #1560 (@cyrossignol)
• Change banlist save interval to 5 minutes #1564 (@jamescowens)
• Change default rpcconsole.ui window size to better support new Peers tab #1566 (@jamescowens)

Removed

• Remove deprecated RSA weight and legacy kernel #1507 (@cyrossignol)

Fixed

• Clean up compiler warnings #1521 (@cyrossignol)
• Handle missing external CPID in client_state.xml #1530 (@cyrossignol)
• Support boost 1.70+ #1533 (@iFoggz)
• Fix diagnostics failed to make connection to NTP server #1545 (@Git-Jiro)
• Install manpages in correct system location #1546 (@Git-Jiro)
• Fix ability to show help and version without a config file #1553 (@cyrossignol)
• Refactor QT UI variable names to be more consistent, Fix Difficulty default #1563 (@barton2526)
• Fix two regressions in previous UI refactor #1565 (@barton2526)
• Fix "Owed" amount in output of "magnitude" RPC method #1569 (@cyrossignol)

[4.0.5.0] 2019-08-20, leisure, "Elizabeth"

Added

• Add freedesktop.org desktop file and icon set #1438 (@a123b)
• Add warning in help for blockchain scan for importprivkey #1469 (@jamescowens)
• Consolidateunspent rpc function #1472 (@jamescowens)
• Scraper 2.0 improvements #1481, #1488, #1509, and #1514 (@jamescowens, @cyrossignol)
  • explorer mode operation
  • simplified explainmagnitude output
  • improved convergence reporting, including scraper information in the tooltip when fDebug3 is set
  • improved statistics and SB contract core caching based on a bClean flag in the cache global
  • new SB format and packing for bv11
  • new SB contract hashing (native) for bv11
  • changes to accommodate new beacon approach
  • Implement in memory versioning for team file ETags
• Implement local dynamic team requirement removal and whitelist #1502 (@cyrossignol)

Changed

• Quiet logging for getmininginfo and scraper INFO logging level #1460 (@jamescowens)
• Spelling corrections #1461, #1462 (@caraka)
• Update crypto module #1453 (@denravonska)
• Update .travis.yml for Bionic #1475 (@jamescowens)
• Create CPID classes and clean up CPID code #1477 (@cyrossignol)
• Refactor researcher context and CPID harvesting #1480 (@cyrossignol)
  • Remove boinckey export RPC method and import handler
• Notify when wallet locked in advertisebeacon RPC method #1504 (@cyrossignol)
• Notify when wallet locked in beaconstatus RPC method #1506 (@cyrossignol)
• Change spacer minimum height hint #1511 (@jamescowens)

Removed

• Remove safe mode #1434 (@denravonska)
• Remove bitcoin.moc in Makefile.qt.include #1444 (@RoboticMind)
• Clean up legacy Proof-of-Work functions #1497 (@cyrossignol)

Fixed

• Constrain walletpassphrase to 10000000 seconds #1459 (@jamescowens)
• Straighten out localization in the scraper. #1471 (@jamescowens)
• Quick fix for rainbymagnitude #1473 (@jamescowens)
• Correct negation error in scraper tooltip for vScrapersNotPublishing #1484 (@jamescowens)
• Fix staked block rejection when active researcher #1485 (@cyrossignol)
• Add back informational magnitude to generated blocks #1489 (@cyrossignol)
• Add back in the in sync check in ScraperGetNeuralContract #1492 (@jamescowens)
• Scraper correct team file processing. #1501 (@jamescowens)
• Have importwallet file path default to datadir #1508 (@jamescowens)
• Scraper add Beacon Map size check to ensure convergence #1515 (@jamescowens)

[4.0.4.0] 2019-05-16, leisure

Fixed

• Adds back the new user wizard inadvertently removed #1464 (@jamescowens).
• Repair scraper team filtering #1466 (@jamescowens).

[4.0.3.0] 2019-05-10, leisure, "Denise"

Added

• Replace NeuralNetwork with portable C++ scraper #1387 (@jamescowens, @tomasbrod, @cycy, @TheCharlatan, @denravonska).
• Allow compile flags to be used for depends #1423 (@G-UK).
• Add stake splitting and side staking info to getmininginfo #1424 (@jamescowens).
• Add freedesktop.org desktop file and icon set #1438 (@a123b).

Changed

• Disable Qt for windows Travis builds #1276 (@TheCharlatan).
• Replace use of AppCache PROJECT section with strongly-typed structures #1415 (@cyrossignol).
• Change dumpwallet to use appropriate data directory #1416 (@jamescowens).
• Optimize ExtractXML() calls by avoiding unnecessary string copies #1419 (@cyrossignol).
• Change signature of IsLockTimeWithinMinutes #1422 (@jamescowens).
• Restore old poll output for getmininginfo RPC #1437 (@a123b).
• Prevent segfault when using rpc savescraperfilemanifest #1439 (@jamescowens).
• Improve miner status messages for ineligible staking balances #1447 (@cyrossignol).
• Enhance scraper log archiving #1449 (@jamescowens).

Fixed

• Re-enable full GUI 32-bit Windows builds - part of #1387 (@jamescowens).
• Re-activate Windows Installer #1409 (@TheCharlatan).
• Fix Depends and Travis build issues for ARM #1417 (@jamescowens).
• Fix syncupdate icons #1421 (@jamescowens).
• Fix potential BOINC crash when reading projects #1426 (@cyrossignol).
• Fix freeze when unlocking wallet #1428 (@denravonska).
• Fix RPC after high priority alert #1432 (@denravonska).
• Fix missing poll in GUI when most recent poll expired #1455 (@cyrossignol).

Removed

• Remove old, rudimentary side staking implementation #1381 (@denravonska).
• Remove auto unlock #1402 (@denravonska).
• Remove superblock forwarding #1430 (@denravonska).

[4.0.2.0] 2019-04-03, leisure, "Camilla"

Added

• Add rainbymagnitude RPC command #1235 (@Foggyx420).
• Add stake splitting and side staking #1265 (@jamescowens).
• Detect and block Windows shutdown so wallet can exit cleanly #1309 (@jamescowens).
• Add message support to sendfrom and sendtoaddress #1400 (@denravonska).

Changed

• Configuration options are now case insensitive #294 (@Foggyx420).
• Update command in beaconstatus help message #1312 (@chrstphrchvz).
• Improve synchronization speeds:
  • Refactor superblock pack/unpack #1194 (@denravonska).
  • Optimize neuralsecurity calculations #1255 (@denravonska).
  • Reduce hash calculations when checking blocks #1206 (@denravonska).
• Make display of private key in beaconstatus OPT-IN only #1275 (@Foggyx420).
• Store Beacon keys in Wallet #1088 (@tomasbrod).
• Use default colors for pie chart #1333 (@chrstphrchvz).
• Show hand cursor when hovering clickable labels #1332 (@chrstphrchvz).
• Update README.md #1337 (@Peppernrino).
• Fix integer overflow with displayed nonce #1297 (@personthingman2).
• Improve application cache performance #1317 (@denravonska).
• Improve reorg speeds #1263 (@denravonska).
• Update Polish translation #1375 (@michalkania).

Fixed

• Remove expired polls from overview page #1250 (@personthingman2).
• Fix plural text on block age #1304 (@scribblemaniac).
• Fix researcher staking issue if your chain head was staked by you, #1299 (@denravonska).
• Fix incorrect address to grcpool node #1314 (@wilkart).
• Do not replace underscores by spaces in Qt Poll URLs #1327 (@tomasbrod).
• Fix scraper SSL issues #1330 (@Foggyx420).

Removed

• Remove or merged several RPC commands #1228 (@Foggyx420):
  • newburnaddress, removed.
  • burn2: Removed.
  • cpid: Merged into projects.
  • mymagnitude: Merged into magnitude.
  • rsa: Removed, use magnitude.
  • rsaweight: Removed, use magnitude.
  • proveownership: Removed.
  • encrypt: Removed.
• Remove obsolete POW fields from RPC responses #1358 (@jamescowens).
• Remove obsolete netsoft fields for slight RAM requirement reduction #1336 (@denravonska).
• Remove unused attachment functionality #1345 (@denravonska).

[4.0.1.0] 2018-11-30, leisure

Fixed

• Wrong RA scan range causing reward calculation disagreements and forks #1366, (@tomasbrod, @jamescowens, @denravonska).
• Fix crashes when voting in polls #1369 (@denravonska).

[4.0.0.0] 2018-10-19, mandatory, "Betsy"

Added

• Linux nodes can now stake superblocks using forwarded contracts, #1060 (@tomasbrod).

Changed

• Replace interest with constant block reward #1160 (@tomasbrod). Fork is set to trigger at block 1420000.
• Raise coinstake output count limit to 8 #1261 (@tomasbrod).
• Port of Bitcoin hash implementation #1208 (@jamescowens).
• Minor canges for the build documentation #1091 (@Lenni).
• Allow sendmany to be used without an account specified #1158 (@Foggyx420).

Fixed

• Fix cpids and validcpids not returning the correct data #1233 (@Foggyx420).
• Fix listsinceblock not showing mined blocks to change addresses, #501 (@Foggyx420).
• Fix crash when raining using a locked wallet #1236 (@Foggyx420).
• Fix invalid stake reward/fee calculation (@jamescowens).
• Fix divide by zero bug in getblockstats RPC #1292 (@Foggyx420).
• Bypass historical bad blocks on testnet #1252 (@Quezacoatl1).
• Fix MacOS memorybarrier warnings #1193 (@ghost).

Removed

• Remove neuralhash from the getpeerinfo and node stats #1123 (@Foggyx420).
• Remove obsolete NN code #1121 (@Foggyx420).
• Remove (lower) Mint Limiter #1212 (@tomasbrod).

[3.7.16.0] 2018-09-03, leisure

Fixed

• Fix burned coins incorrectly showing up in wallets #1283 (@jamescowens).
• Fix decimal output in RPC commands #1272 (@Foggyx420).
• Fix verbose flag in getrawtransaction RPC output #1271 (@jamescowens).

[3.7.15.0] 2018-07-18, leisure

Changed

• Balance now includes unconfirmed coins sent by self #1192 (@Foggyx420).

[3.7.14.0] 2018-07-17, leisure, "Annie Sue"

Added

• Support for Qt 5.9 (@thecharlatan)
• Compatibility with boost-1.67 (@denravonska)
• Calculations to reduce network time offset (@jamescowens)
• Feedback for addnode RPC command (@tomasbrod)
• Added data acquisiton commands (@tomasbrod):
  • getrecentblocks
  • exportstats1
  • getsupervotes
• /var/lib/boinc/ as a valid boinc path on Linux (@rsparlin)
• Stress testing script (@Foggyx420)
• refhash command also on linux (@jamescowens)
• Documentation for out of source build (@thecharlatan)

Changed

• More accurate time to stake and network weight estimations (@jamescowens)
• Compressed image files (@Peppernrino)
• Poll (voting) code refactoring (@thecharlatan)
• BITCOIN optimize command listunspent (@Foggyx420)
• RPC server refactoring (Wladimir J. van der Laan) (@thecharlatan)
• Replace json spirit with Univalue JSON library (@thecharlatan)
• Change repository URL (@Foggyx420)
• Pretty-print rpc output (@denravonska)
• Logging for debugging reward computation (@tomasbrod)
• Clean-up beacon manipulation (@Foggyx420)

Fixed

• Building errors on Mac related to SVG framework (@thecharlatan)
• neural data response
• neural network fixes (@Foggyx420)
• investor cpid's appearing as zeros in block index (@tomasbrod)
• ensure that daemon functionality is correct when built together with gui wallet (@jamescowens)
• improve logging, remove empty lines (@jamescowens) (@Foggyx420) (@tomasbrod) (@denravonska)
• windows socket warnings (@thecharlatan)

Removed

• unused components of neural network (@Foggyx420)
• GRCRestarter (@Foggyx420)
• Galaza (game) (@Foggyx420)
• unused images (@barton2526)
• unused code (@Foggyx420) (@Pythonix)
• unusual activity report (@tomasbrod)
• burnamount and recipient from appcache (@tomasbrod)
• GUI FAQ (@Lenni)
• unusable limit from magnitude command (@Foggyx420)
• cgminer support (@Foggyx420)
• deprecated menu items (@jamescowens)

[3.7.13.0] 2018-06-02, leisure

Fixed

• Fix voting regression when done from the UI #1133 (@Foggyx420).

[3.7.12.0] 2018-05-25, leisure

Fixed

• Fixes for displaying on high DPI displays #517 (@skcin).
• Re-enable unit tests, add unit test to Travis #769 #808 (@thecharlatan).
• Fix empty string in sendalert2 (@tomasbrod).

Added

• Neural Report RPC command #1063 (@tomasbrod).
• GUI wallet redign with new icons and purple native style (@skcin).

Changed

• Switch to autotools and Depends from Bitcoin #487 (@thecharlatan).
• Clean and update docs for new build system, remove outdated #828 (@thecharlatan).
• Change estimated time to stake calculations to be more accurate #1084 (@jamescowens).
• Move logging to tinyformat #1009 (@thecharlatan).
• Improve appcache performance #734 (@denravonska).
• Improve block index memory access performance #679 (@denravonska).
• NN fixes: clean logging, explain mag single response, move contract to ndata_nresp (@denravonska)
• Updated translations:
  • Turkish #771 (@confuest).
  • Chinese #1012 (@linnaea).
• RPC refactor: Cleaner locks, better error handling, move execute calls to straght rpc calls #1024 (@Foggyx420).
• Change locking primitives from Boost to STL #1029 (@Foggyx420).

Removed

• gridcoindiagnostic RPC call (@denravonska).
• Galaza #945 (@barton2526).
• Assertion in SignSignature #998 (@thecharlatan).
• Upgrade menu #1094 (@jamescowens).
• Acid test functions #871 (@tomasbrod).
• Qt4 support #801 (@denravonska).

[3.7.11.0] 2018-03-15, leisure

Fixed

• Fix wallet being locked while flushing. It now requires a clean shutdown or a backup to migrate the wallet.dat to a different system #1010 (@jamescowens).

Changed

• Automatic backups can now be disabled by using -walletbackupinterval=0, #1018 (@denravonska).
• Trigger a fix spent coins check on start and after block disconnect #1018 (@denravonska).

[3.7.10.0] 2018-03-05, leisure

Fixed

• Fix sync issues due to beacon age checks #1003 (@denravonska).

[3.7.9.0] 2018-03-03, leisure

Fixed

• Fix issues with NN participation on Windows #986 (@Foggyx420).
• Fix stray data in beaconreport RPC #986 (@Foggyx420).
• Fix spelling error #989 (@caraka).

[3.7.8.0] 2018-03-01, mandatory

Fixed

• Move context sensitive DPoR block checks to ConnectBlock #922 (@tomasbrod).
• Check incoming blocks for malformed DPoR signature #922.
• Correct tally height on init #917 (@denravonska).
• Prevent staking of a block with a failed signature #948 (@Foggyx420).
• Fix UI and RPC slowdown regression #961 (@denravonska).
• Fix Debian lint errors #886 #885 #884 #883 (@caraka).
• Fix fork issue due to research age calculation inconsistencies #939 (@denravonska).
• Fix crashes when tallying #934 (@denravonska).
• Revert reorganize of the chain trust becomes less than what it was #957 (@tomasbrod).
• Fix sync issues with incorrectly accepted v8 beacons #979 (@tomasbrod).

Changed

• Double check PoS kernel #958 (@tomasbrod).
• Don't tally until V9 to speed up syncing #943 (@denravonska).

[3.7.7.0] 2018-02-02

Fixed

• Beacon validation are now done when accepting blocks, not when receiving, #899 (@denravonska).
• Fix crashes due to buffer overflow in encrypt/decrypt #890 (@denravonska).
• Rewrite reorganize routine to be more reliable and drop contracts received or issued while on a side chain to help reducing forks #902 (@tomasbrod).

[3.7.6.0]

Internal test version used to sort out the forks.

[3.7.5.0] 2018-01-24

Fixed

• Fix crash when switching to new tally on block 1144120 #868 (@denravonska).
• Fix crash when staking while tallying #866 (@denravonska).

[3.7.4.0] 2018-01-20

Fixed

• Fix RPC resource leak regression. This also reduces RPC overhead, making calls ~25-35% faster #848 (@denravonska).
• Fix incorrect return code when forking #832 (@denravonska).

Removed

• Remove upgrader option until rewritten #836 (@Foggyx420).

[3.7.3.0] 2018-01-13

Fixed

• Fix for UI getting stuck in splash screen (@denravonska).

[3.7.2.0] 2018-01-13

Fixed

• Properly fix for wallet not daemonizing #822 (@denravonska).

[3.7.1.0] 2018-01-10

Fixed

• Fix several crashes in diagnostic dialog #816 (@Foggyx420).
• Fix client not exiting when running as daemon (@denravonska).
• Fix issue with boincstake.dll not updating on dirty installs (@Foggyx420).

Changed

• Update splash screen #685 (acey1).

[3.7.0.0] 2018-01-08

Added

• Provide Difficulty of best kernel found #766 (@tomasbrod).
• Add Travis support for OSX, 665 (@acey1).
• Add better command for sending alerts #731 (@tomasbrod).
• Add RPC for sending raw contracts #683 (@tomasbrod).
• Add portable diagnostic page #631 (@fooforever).

Fixed

• Fixed minor spelling mistakes #742 (@denravonska).
• Several tally improvements. There should now be less forking and the wallet should use ~50MB less memory #668 #756 (@denravonska, @tomasbrod)
• Data scraper can no longer run concurrently #742 (@denravonska).
• Improve superblock validations #730 (@tomasbrod).
• Fix potential deadlock #708 (@denravonska).
• Prevent duplicate superblocks #534 (@tomasbrod).
• Fix issue with application cache clears #577 (@tomasbrod).
• Fix bug which caused rewards to be lost when staking the newbie block. Missing rewards will be reimbursed #552 (@Foggyx420).
• Fix minor UI typos #661 (@Erkan-Yilmaz).
• Fix stake modifier #686 (@tomasbrod).
• Improve boost-1.66.0 compatibility #800 (@denravonska).
• Fix crash in diagnostics dialog #794 (@Foggyx420).

Changed

• Changed versioning extraction from git. Test builds can no longer be used to stake in production unless explicitly enabled #729 (@tomasbrod).
• Don't update network quorum while syncing #728 (@Foggyx420).
• Snapshot URL now uses https #727 (@Foggyx420).
• Code cleanup (@Foggyx420, @denravonska).
• Use more efficient data structure for blocks #679 (@denravonska).
• Improve transaction description dialog #676 (@Foggyx420).
• Improve beacon handling #604 #645 #649 #684 #701 (@Foggyx420, @tomasbrod).
• Optimize double<->string conversions #692 (@denravonska).
• Optimize application cache access #506 (@denravonska).
• Improve thread handling #656 (@skcin).
• Replace boost::shared_ptr with std::shared_ptr.
• Optimize string split function #672 (@denravonska).
• Improve sync speeds #650 (@denravonska).
• The RPC command restartclient is now called restart.
• Fix voting sorting issues #610 (@MagixInTheAir).
• Improve wallet backup #610 (@Foggyx420).
• Update seed nodes #783 (@barton2526).
• Auto upgrades are now opt-in via the "autoupgrade" flag #796 (@denravonska).
• Clean up seed nodes #783 (@barton2526).

Removed

• Remove CSV exporter which used unreliable data #759 (@denravonska).
• Remove block download menu options on non-Windows #727 (@Foggyx420).
• Removed RPC commands (@Foggyx420, @denravonska):
  • debugexplainmagnitude
  • executecode
  • getsubsidy
  • list newbieage
  • list staking
  • leder
  • reboot
• Remove checkpoint relaying to improve sync speeds #678 (@denravonska).
• Remove IRC peer discovery.

[3.6.3.0] 2017-10-09

Fixed

• Fix problems sending beacons on Windows #684 (@tomasbrod).
• Fix clients getting stuck at V8 blocks when syncing #686 (@tomasbrod).

[3.6.2.0] 2017-09-28

Added

• Add "backupprivatekeys" RPC command #593 (@Foggyx420).
• Add more transaction details to the UI #573 (@tomasbrod).
• Add Additional logging to diagnose PoR reward loss (@tomasbrod)

Fixed

• Reduce startup time by 15 seconds #626 (@tomasbrod, @Foggyx420).
• Prevent email being leaked in CPIDv2 block field #621 (@tomasbrod).
• Fixed memory leaks when receiving orphans while in sync #622 (@denravonska).
• Unconfirmed balance was not shown in UI #615, (@Foggyx420).
• Fix memory leaks when clearing orphans #609, (@MagixInTheAir).
• Fix an issue where multiple beacons could be advertised in rapid succession #604 (@Foggyx420).
• Stake weight in the UI will no longer include old DPOR weght #602 (@Foggyx420).
• Fix stake modifier mismatch which caused nodes to get stuck on first V8 block #581 (@tomasbrod).
• Fix beacon auto advertisement issue when done automatically #580 (@Foggyx420).
• Fix for loss of PoR rewards due to reorganize #578 (@tomasbrod).
• Fix upgrader compile error on Linux #541 (@theMarix).
• Fix duplicate poll entries #539 (@denravonska).
• Importing private keys will no longer require a restart for the addresses to show up #634 (@Foggyx420).
• Fix invalid backup filenames on Windows #569 (@denravonska).

Changed

• Code cleanup (@Foggyx420, @tomasbrod, @denravonska).
• Several NN consensus sync improvements #616 (@Foggyx420).
• Windows nodes will no longer automatically reboot/shutdown #605 (@denravonska).
• Display "No Polls!" in poll window if no polls are running #596 (@MagixInTheAir).
• Change poll min search length from 2 to 1 #595 (@MagixInTheAir).
• Return the results of "backupwallet" RPC command #593 (@Foggyx420).
• Changing the community links #654 (@grctest)

[3.6.1.0] 2017-09-11

Fixed

• Fix problems forging superblock due to rounding differences #608 (@denravonska).
• Fetch data from project servers if missing on scraper #564 (@denravonska).

[3.6.0.2] 2017-08-26

Fixed

• Fix incorrect V8 height trigger check. Many thanks to @barton2526 for discovering this.
• Fix invalid superblock height formatting #532 (@denravonska).
• Fix several spelling mistakes, 533 (@Erkan-Yilmaz).

[3.6.0.1] 2017-08-22

Added

• Added V8 stake engine set to start producing V8 blocks at block 1010000. This fixes several security issues, see wiki for details.
• Blocks can now carry identification from the "org" argument/configuration option (@tomasbrod).
• Add "reorganize" RPC command (@tomasbrod).

Changed

• Berkeley DB V6+ compatibility #451 (@xPh03n1x).
• Improved poll loading speeds #497 (@denravonska).
• Versions now contain the git hash #500 (@tomasbrod).
• Improved security on NeuralNet votes #496 (@Foggyx420).
• Improved RPC help. It now supports "execute help" and "list help", #512 (@Foggyx420).
• Voting is now integrated in wallet as a tab and cleaned up #416 (@skcin, @JoShoeAh).
• Improve low-peer mining ability on testnet (@tomasbrod).
• Improve poll error message when low on funds #415 (@Erkan-Yilmaz).
• Code cleanup (@denravonska, @tomasbrod, @Foggyx420, @skcin).

Removed

• Remove RPC commands:
  • DAO #486 (@denravonska).
  • volatilecode, testnet0917, testboinckey, chainrsa, testcpidv2, testcpid, windows error report disabling, list betatest, fDebug4/fDebug5 flags (@Foggyx420).
• Set magnitude boost to be removed at 2017-Sep-07 00:00:00 UTC

Fixed

• Fixed security issue where superblocks could be injected #526 (@tomasbrod).
• Fix poll sorting bug #512 (@skcin)

[3.6.0.0] - 2017-08-14

Fixed

• Fix a crash when starting up as a new user #488 (@Foggyx420, @denravonska).
• Fix an out of memory crash when syncing from 0 #508 (@tomasbrod).

[3.5.9.9] - 2017-08-05

Changed

• Staking cleanup #301 (@tomasbrod). This also solves several other issues:
• UI:
  • Wallet window can now be made smaller #384 (@skcin).
  • Interest and Research subsidy visible in getmininginfo (@tomasbrod).
  • External links now use HTTPS where possible, and the code has been cleaned up #339 (@skcin).
  • Rearrange menu items to reduce the number of entries. Remove references to broken function #362 (@skcin).
• Replace translations which were just question marks with new files from the Bitcoin source tree: Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Greek, Persian, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Georgian, Kirghiz, Serbian, Thai, Ukrainian, Urdu and Chinese.
• Don't print the "Bootup" and "Signing block" messages unless fDebug (@tomasbrod).
• Print beacons as they are loaded and debug3=true (@tomasbrod).
• Show superblock information in getblock (@tomasbrod).
• Code cleanup (@skcin).
• Update Lithuanian translations #469 (@Rytiss).
• Add block size min, max, avg to block stats RPC (@tomasbrod).
• Fields on overview page are now selectable.

Fixed

• High CPU usage #349 (@tomasbrod)
• Repetetive block signing #295 (@tomasbrod)
• Staking creates 1 cent output #311 (@tomasbrod)
• Client no longer has to be restarted for a beacon to activate #253 (@Foggyx420).
• Fixed a coin age bug which made it hard to stake on testnet (@denravonska)
• Fixed reloading of polls in the voting GUI #431 (@skcin)
• Fix crash when listing receivedby on addresses with no transactions, #456 (@denravonska).
• Fix buffer overflow in TX message unscambling #468 (@tomasbrod).
• Splash screen can no longer be dismissed and the UI can no longer be shown until the wallet has fully loaded #353 (@denravonska).

Removed

• Removed newbie boost #332
• Removed obsolete functionality.

[3.5.9.8] - 2017-07-29

Changed

• Revised Neural Network magnitude calculation to prevent diluted magnitudes.
• Cap magnitude to 32766 in NeuralNet to avoid future hash inconsistencies when packing binary superblocks.

Fixed

• Fix binary pack/unpack bug which could cause the contract to get a different hash when unpacked.
• Revised Neural Network business logic rule fix inability to stake current superblock.

[3.5.9.7] - 2017-07-25

Fixed

• Add artificial researcher to contract to push the average magnitude above 70. Without this the superblock is rejected by the wallet.

[3.5.9.6] - 2017-07-24

Fixed

• Use UTC time instead of local time when determining file mirror filename suffix.

[3.5.9.5] - 2017-07-22

Fixed

• Fix incorrect handling of 404 errors in NeuralNet.
• Fix a bug causing the NeuralNet to skip Rosetta.

[3.5.9.4] - 2017-07-16

Changed

• Added checkpoint (block 950000).

Fixed

• Fix neural network missing folder error.
• Fix speech bug.

[3.5.9.3] - 2017-07-15

Changed

• Require superblocks to be populated with more than half of the whitelisted projects.
• Add subfolders to Neural Network

Fixed

• Fix neural network inability to stake superblocks.

[3.5.9.2] - 2017-07-04

Fixed

• Fix neural network project gather bug related to timezones.

[3.5.9.1] - 2017-07-03

Changed

• Neural Network improvements:
  • Don't download stats data that hasn't changed.
  • Use gridcoin.us as a stat mirror to reduce BOINC server loads.
  • Use UTC instead of local time when filtering idle CPIDs.
  • Only include beacons younger than 6 months when calculating mags.

Security

• Prevent untauthorized poll and vote deletions.

[3.5.9.0] - 2017-06-05

Added

• Added execute unspentreport (shows proof of unspent coins in wallet).
• Add RPC commands for changing debug flags: debug, debugnet, debug2, debug3, debug4, debug5, debug10. #309 (@Foggyx420).
• Add support for themes via stylesheets #233 (@skcin).
• Add support for OpenSSL 1.1.x #164.
• BOINC data dir auto detection #242 (@3ullShark)
• Add install (make install) target for UNIX systems.
• Add aarch64 support #151 (@datenklause).
• Add diagnostic message for if web lookup fails for cpid valid test, #175 (@fooforever).

Changed

• Wallet overview cleanup #233 (@skcin)
  • The main overview page is now cleaner, more structured and holds more of the recent transactions.
  • Displayed DPOR weight should now be accurate #233 (@skcin).
• Show as many of the recent transactions as we can fit on the overview page.
• Translation updates
  • Portuguese (Miguel Veiga)
  • Slovak (@tomasbrod)
  • Swedish (@denravonska)
  • Afrikaan and Spanish (@philipswift)
  • French (@PsiPhiTheta)
  • Russian (@rambinho)
• Gridcoinstats is now used as block explorer #308.
• Slight RAM usage reduction.
• Improve beacon advertise error message #133 (@comprehendreality).
• Code cleanup (@Foggyx420, @TheCharlatan).

Fixed

• Fix numerous beacon issues #344 #321 and #334 (@Foggyx420).
• Fix incorrect WCG URL #323 (@3ullShark).
• Fix alt key shortcut order #326 (@TheCharlatan).
• Fix a bug where beacons were stored even though none were generated due to the wallet being locked #264 (@denravonska).

Removed

• Remove empty "wcgtest" RPC command.

Security

• Security enhancement (@tomasbrod)
• Upgraded security on voting system - voting proof of balance and proof of magnitude.

[3.5.8.9] - 2017-05-15

Added

• Implement voting functionality for Linux and OSX (@skcin).
• Add man pages to doc folder #135 (@caraka).

Changed

• Windows are now resizable
• Replace Windows voting dialog with the new dialog.
• Update Gridcoin icon on Windows.
• Enable C++11.
• Update Hungarian translations (@matthew11).
• Update Portuguese translations (Miguel Veiga).
• Update icon set by @Peppernrino.
• Update icon on OSX #193 (@coagmano).
• Lossless compression of resources #227 (@Peppernrino).
• Reduced memory usage by around 100MB+.
• Improve UI when used with dark themes on Linux #222 (@skcin).

Fixed

• Fix OSX build issues #174 (@coagmano).
• Fix occasional crashes when starting on Linux #139.
• Fix freeze when clicking on the "Amount" field under Send Coins when using KDE #210.
• Possible fix for invalid time check in diagnostic.

Removed

• Remove lots of dead, obsolete code.
• Removed unused link dependencies: librt, boost_chrono, boost_date_time, libz and libdl.