v0.13.0.0

First major release since 0.9 which incorporate many changes the most note worth of which are listed below.

• BIP9 Version Bits which starts on block 2120000
• Segregated Witness BIP9 Soft Fork
  • Elimination of unwanted transaction malleability
  • Capacity increase
  • Weighting data based on how it affects node performance
  • Signature covers value
  • Linear scaling of sighash operations
  • Increased security for multisig
  • More efficient almost-full-node security
  • Script versioning
• CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY BIP9 Soft Fork
• CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY Legacy Soft Fork
• Faster synchronization
• Compact Block support
• Hierarchical Deterministic Key Generation
• Dynamic transaction fee
• RPC Access Control Changes
  • -rpcallowip=192.168.1.* becomes -rpcallowip=192.168.1.0/24
  • -rpcallowip=* becomes -rpcallowip=::/0
• REST interface with -rest flag
• Watch-only wallet support
• Block file pruning
• Memory usage optimization
• Reduce upload traffic
• Direct headers announcement
• Notifications through ZMQ

final 0.9.6.2 bug fix release

Feathercoin-0.9.6.2-prod.tar.gz
This is a bug fix release, which also has improved speed of block chain synchronization

Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:

https://github.com/Feathercoin/Feathercoin/issues

Fixes:

Problem with Static Builds with Windows (issue #155)
copyright updated (issue #156)
changes in message displays (issue #157)
new protocol version number (issue #158)
changes to unit tests (issue #159)
fix to format errors on Multisig GUI page (issue #160)
solo mining not working, getwork borken (issue #166)
ACP in advisory mode crashes cliend (issue #169)
ACP enforced config parameter not handled correctly in 0.9.6 (issue #170)
fix to connections problems for incomming connections from 0.11.x nodes (issue #171)
fix to gui display problems (# issue #180)
updates to configure script to fix dependicy detection problems (issue #190)
RPC dumpwallet issue empty content (issue #236)
Zxing header files are required, even if --with-qrcode=no is defined (issue #249)

0.9 Bugfixes

Several bug fixes and increased performance of block chain sync

Fixes:

• Problem with Static Builds with Windows (issue #155)
• copyright updated (issue #156)
• changes in message displays (issue #157)
• new protocol version number (issue #158)
• changes to unit tests (issue #159)
• fix to format errors on Multisig GUI page (issue #160)
• solo mining not working, getwork borken (issue #166)
• ACP in advisory mode crashes cliend (issue #169)
• ACP enforced config parameter not handled correctly in 0.9.6 (issue #170)
• fix to connections problems for incomming connections from 0.11.x nodes (issue #171)
• fix to gui display problems (# issue #180)
• updates to configure script to fix dependicy detection problems (issue #190)
• RPC dumpwallet issue empty content (issue #236)

New Gui, support for Block version 4 (outdated)

This is a new major version release, bringing both new features and bug fixes.

Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:
https://github.com/Feathercoin/Feathercoin/issues

Binaries / installation packages:

• Mac : attached
• Windows: atached
• Linux ( most major distributions):
  • Download: http://software.opensuse.org/package/feathercoin
  • Installation instructions Debian/Ubuntu: http://forum.feathercoin.com/topic/8327/guide-feathercoin-wallet-ppa-and-binaries-on-ubuntu-and-debian-linux

Fixes:

• Automated build tests fixed - Feathercoin v0.9.6 now includes automated unit tests from Bitcoin v0.9
• Fixed Miniupnpc > 1.6 - There was a bug in the code that didn’t agree with versions of miniupnpc greater than version 1.6
• Fixed “Ambiguous Overload” build error from chainparams.cpp when building with C++11 support
• Fixed buffer overflow bug in Coins.cpp
• Refreshed MacOS DMG background -updated icon size and position
• Fixed a build issue with MacOS build and the Multi-Sig QT page
• Fixed a C++11 build error “C++11 requires a space between literal and identifier” on main.cpp, wallet.cpp, walletmodel.cpp

Enhancements:

• Feathercoin-cli manpage added
  • updated feathercoind, feathercoin-qt, feathercoin.conf manpages

BIP66 support for 0.9.3 based versions

This release implements BIP66 compability needed to interoperate with version 0.9.5 and later

BIP66 support for 0.8.7 based client versions

This release implements BIP66 compability needed to interoperate with version 0.9.5 and later