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ID: 1595
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post_title: 'New Release: 1.0.5'
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author: Sean Bowe
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post_excerpt: ""
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layout: post
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permalink: https://blog.z.cash/new-release-1-0-5/
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published: true
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post_date: 2017-01-23 00:00:00
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---
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Today we're announcing the release of Zcash 1.0.5, which includes a variety of bugfixes and usability improvements.
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Summary of the changes in this release:
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<ol class="arabic simple">
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<li>The chain is now fully rescanned when keys are imported that are older than the wallet. (<a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/zcash/zcash/pull/1978">#1978</a>)</li>
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<li>The number of commitments in the note commitment tree is now displayed by <cite>getblockchaininfo</cite>. (<a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/zcash/zcash/pull/1946">#1946</a>)</li>
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<li><cite>zcash.conf</cite> now must exist in order to start zcashd. (<a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/zcash/zcash/pull/2013">#2013</a>)</li>
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<li>Fixed a bug where <cite>z_sendmany</cite> logged incorrect txid fragments when sending from transparent addresses. (<a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/zcash/zcash/pull/1980">#1980</a>)</li>
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<li>We integrated upstream's cookie-based RPC authentication. (<a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/zcash/zcash/pull/1999">#1999</a>)</li>
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<li>We added a restriction to wallet export paths to protect user security. (<a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/zcash/zcash/pull/2006">#2006</a>)</li>
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<li><cite>z_getoperationstatus</cite> is now sorted chronologically. (<a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/zcash/zcash/pull/2015">#2015</a>)</li>
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<li>Messages containing newlines are now rendered properly by the metrics UI. (<a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/zcash/zcash/pull/1972">#1972</a>)</li>
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<li>We added more tools for benchmarking JoinSplit creation. (<a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/zcash/zcash/pull/1953">#1953</a>)</li>
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<li>We now show serialized transaction size in <cite>listtransactions</cite>, more operation details in <cite>z_getoperationstatus</cite>, and the age of the note being spent in <cite>z_sendmany</cite> logging. (<a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/zcash/zcash/pull/2001">#2001</a>, <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/zcash/zcash/pull/1976">#1976</a>, <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/zcash/zcash/pull/1977">#1977</a>)</li>
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<li>We now instruct users to run <cite>fetch-params</cite> if the parameters could not be found locally. (<a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/zcash/zcash/pull/1979">#1979</a>)</li>
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<li>We handle exceptions better in some situations for more user-friendly error messages. (<a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/zcash/zcash/pull/1976">#1976</a>)</li>
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</ol>
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We're encouraging all users and miners to update to this new version. See our <a class="reference external" href="https://z.cash/download.html">download</a> page and the <a class="reference external" href="https://zcash.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rtd_pages/rtd_docs/user_guide.html">1.0 User Guide</a> for more information.
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For a more complete list of changes, see our <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/zcash/zcash/milestone/49">1.0.5</a> GitHub milestone. To follow our progress, watch <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/zcash/zcash/milestones">the GitHub project</a> and <a class="reference external" href="https://forum.z.cash/">join the forum</a>. |