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.

[4.0.1.1] Unreleased

Added

• Valgrind suppressions file, #1245 (@practicalswift).
• Feedback for addnode command, #1060 (@tomasbrod).
• Linux nodes can now stake superblocks using forwarded contracts, #1060 (@tomasbrod).
• Bad blocks exception list for testnet, #1268 (@quezacoatl1).
• functinality of cpids/validcpids into projects rpc, #1232 (@Foggyx420).
• owed field to magnitude rpc, #1232 (@Foggyx420).
• rainbymagnitude rpc, #1235 (@Foggyx420).
• automatic UTXO size optimization for staking, #1265 (@jamescowens).
• sending fraction of rewards to selected address(es), #1265 (@jamescowens).

Removed

• mint limiter, #1212 (@tomasbrod).
• newburnaddress, burn2, cpid, mymagnitude, rsa, rsaweight, proveownership, encrypt, BurnCoinsWithNewContract, cpids, validcpids, #1232 (@Foggyx420).
• BoincMonteCarlo, (@denravonska).

Changed

• Raise CoinStake output count limit to 8, #1261 (@tomasbrod).
• Configuration options case sensitivity to insensitive, #1258 (@Foggyx420).
• Beacon keys are now stored in wallet.dat, #1088 (@tomasbrod).
• various speed improvements

Fixed

• do not replace underscores by spaces in URLs, #1327 (@tomasbrod)
• expired polls showing in overview page, #1250 (@PersonThingMan2).
• NN issues with contacting scraper, #1330 (@Foggyx420)
• wallet shutdown behavior on Windows, #1309 (@jamescowens).

[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

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

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 releated 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.
• Corect 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 advertisment 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, Ukranian, 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.