1.14 alpha 3

This is the third alpha release of Dogecoin Core 1.14! It contains an important bugfix from the previous alpha, and you are recommended to upgrade. This update changes the default transaction version generated from 2 to 1, so that they are understood by 1.10 clients. Previously the transactions were ignored by old clients and therefore never mined on the production network. We'll update to version 2 transactions in a later release.

The alert system has also been re-added to this version, and live money tests have started with this version. It's essentially a beta candidate, although further cleanup is expected before there is a formal beta.

Important notes:

• This is not a binary release, you must be comfortable compiling it yourself.
• Please do not mine on the production network with this release, as it would trigger a soft fork earlier than expected.

The key tasks before the final 1.14 release include:

• Update Gitian builds to support OS X.
• Stress test the release on the test network.
• Hard disable (i.e. rip out) upgrading via version bits as it poses a risk to AuxPoW if there's any mistakes in it being disabled currently.