--- ID: 1593 post_title: 'New Release: 1.0.3' author: Sean Bowe post_excerpt: "" layout: post permalink: https://blog.z.cash/new-release-1-0-3/ published: true post_date: 2016-11-17 00:00:00 ---
Today we're announcing the release of Zcash 1.0.3 which fixes several crashes and security bugs, improves performance, and adjusts relay policies.
We strongly recommend users and miners update to this version, as it fixes a cache invalidation bug that could be used by an attacker to disrupt the network. (See #1874.)
Other changes in this release include:
We're encouraging all users and miners to update to this new version. See our download page and the 1.0 User Guide for more information.
For a more complete list of changes, see our 1.0.3 github milestone. To follow our progress, watch the GitHub project and join the forum.