From e537b58d109155cb7eaa8ae2137e1f4ca08dfa15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SomberNight Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 09:39:55 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] release notes: 3.1 - more stuff --- RELEASE-NOTES | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 0ed9b70f..f20ce14e 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ saved in the wallet, and can be broadcast again. * Checkpoints: The initial download of a headers file was replaced with hardcoded checkpoints. The wallet uses one checkpoint per - retargetting period. The headers for a retargetting period are + retargeting period. The headers for a retargeting period are downloaded only if transactions need to be verified in this period. * The 'privacy' and 'priority' coin selection policies have been merged into one. Previously, the 'privacy' policy has been unusable @@ -43,13 +43,33 @@ between the acquisition and liquidation prices of outgoing coins is displayed in the wallet history. By default, historical exchange rates are used to compute acquisition and liquidation prices. These - value can also be entered manually, in order to match the actual + values can also be entered manually, in order to match the actual price realized by the user. The order of liquidation of coins is the natural order defined by the blockchain; this results in capital gain values that are invariant to changes in the set of addresses that are in the wallet. Any other ordering strategy (such as FIFO, LIFO) would result in capital gain values that depend on the set of addresses in the wallet. + * A new version of the Electrum protocol is required by the client + (version 1.2). Servers using older versions of the protocol will + not be displayed in the GUI. + * The Trezor T hardware wallet is now supported. + * BIP84: native segwit p2wpkh scripts for bip39 seeds and hardware + wallets can now be created when specifying a BIP84 derivation + path. This is usable with Trezor and Ledger. + * Windows: the binaries now include ZBar, and QR code scanning should work. + * The Wallet Import Format (WIF) for private keys that was extended in 3.0 + is changed. Keys in the previous format can be imported, compatibility + is maintained. Newly exported keys will be serialized as + "script_type:original_wif_format_key". + * BIP32 master keys for testnet once again have different version bytes than + on mainnet. For the mainnet prefixes {x,y,Y,z,Z}|{pub|prv}, the + corresponding testnet prefixes are {t,u,U,v,V}|{pub|prv}. + More details and exact version bytes are specified at: + https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum-docs/blob/master/xpub_version_bytes.rst + Note that due to this change, testnet wallet files created with previous + versions of Electrum must be considered broken, and they need to be + recreated from seed words. # Release 3.0.6 : From fd4142703c22ad08e849f2e40f8f17fd5a855488 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SomberNight Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 09:43:45 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] typo in prev --- RELEASE-NOTES | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index f20ce14e..25b94d5f 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ is maintained. Newly exported keys will be serialized as "script_type:original_wif_format_key". * BIP32 master keys for testnet once again have different version bytes than - on mainnet. For the mainnet prefixes {x,y,Y,z,Z}|{pub|prv}, the - corresponding testnet prefixes are {t,u,U,v,V}|{pub|prv}. + on mainnet. For the mainnet prefixes {x,y,Y,z,Z}|{pub,prv}, the + corresponding testnet prefixes are {t,u,U,v,V}|{pub,prv}. More details and exact version bytes are specified at: https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum-docs/blob/master/xpub_version_bytes.rst Note that due to this change, testnet wallet files created with previous