v8.0.3

Verge Core v8.0.3

The key “need-to-know” updates in this release include an upgrade to the Tor network (v0.4.8.21), which is essential for security and reliability, and the introduction of a new Unstoppable Domains API (enabled by default). This allows users to send $XVG directly to crypto wallet domain names such as sunerok.wallet 😎 — users are no longer limited to standard $XVG or stealth addresses!

🔧What's New:

• tor 04.8.20 -> 0.4.8.21
• update tor 0.4.8.20
• Update native_libtapi
• libcap 2.76 to 2.77
• zlib 1.3.1 -> 1.3.1.2
• new UnstoppableDomains api and key🥚

Downloads

File	Size
verge-windows32.zip	30M
verge-windows64.zip	29M
verge-macos15.zip	26M
verge-macos14.zip	26M
verge-ubuntu22.zip	29M
verge-ubuntu24.zip	30M

SHA256 Checksums:

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Contributors:

• sunerok (commits: 33)
• Olexandr88 (commits: 2)

Notes

• Release downloads are built via Github automated CI across Windows, macOS (Intel/Apple Silicon), and Linux.
• Each download is produced and signed by Github automated CI from the exact commit listed, and can be verified with the SHA256 checksums.

v8.0.2

Verge Core v8.0.2

🔧What's New:

• tor version 0.4.8.19
• mac openssl 3.6.0

Downloads

File	Size
verge-windows32.zip	30M
verge-windows64.zip	29M
verge-macos13.zip	27M
verge-macos14.zip	26M
verge-ubuntu22.zip	29M
verge-ubuntu24.zip	30M

SHA256 Checksums:

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Notes

• Release artifacts are built via Github automated CI across Windows, macOS (Intel/Apple Silicon), and Linux.
• Each artifact above is produced by Github automated CI, and can be verified with the SHA256 checksums.

v8.0.1

Verge Core v8.0.1

Commit: c17a9a9    Date: 2025-10-08T19:08:12-04:00

🔧What's New:

• macos 13 + 14 brew update (tap and bump icu in boost builds 76 -> 77)
• libxkbcommon 1.10.0 -> 1.11.0
• expat 2.7.1 -> 2.7.3
• freetype 2.13.3 -> 2.14.1
• new loading screen! (courtesy of community member coffee&cake)

File	Size
verge-windows32.zip	30M
verge-windows64.zip	29M
verge-macos13.zip	27M
verge-macos14.zip	26M
verge-ubuntu22.zip	29M
verge-ubuntu24.zip	30M

SHA256 Checksums:

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Contributors:

• sunerok (commits: 97)
• yajianggroup (commits: 1)

Notes

• Release artifacts are built via Github automated CI across Windows, macOS (Intel/Apple Silicon), and Linux.
• Each artifact above is produced by Github automated CI from the exact commit listed, and can be verified with the SHA256 checksums.
• Full Changelog: v8.0.0 → v8.0.1

v8.0.0

🚀 Verge Core v8.0.0 Released

We’re excited to announce Verge Core v8.0.0, a major milestone in the project’s modernization. This release delivers the first three phases of our Modern C++ Migration, introducing improved performance, memory safety, and development standards—all while maintaining full backward compatibility with existing APIs.

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🔧 Modern C++ Migration

✅ Phase 1 – Foundations & Core Improvements

• Updated build system with C++17 requirements and modern toolchain support
• Comprehensive new DEVELOPMENT.md and updated README.md
• CMake examples, dependency management, and coding standards established
• Migration from Boost.Filesystem → std::filesystem
  • Removed redundant Boost includes
  • Replaced with standard library fs:: and std::ofstream
  • Added filesystem_error alias for cross-platform compatibility
• Backward compatibility with C++14 retained

✅ Phase 2 – Performance & Safety Enhancements

• Synchronization Primitives:
  • Introduced modern C++17 mutex abstractions (Mutex, RecursiveMutex, SharedMutex)
  • Added new lock macros (LOCK_GUARD, UNIQUE_LOCK, SHARED_LOCK)
  • Migrated core components (time sync, warnings, secure messaging)
• Performance Optimizations:
  • Adopted std::string_view for zero-copy string handling
  • Smart pointer migration for safer memory management
  • Structured bindings for cleaner, safer code
• Results: safer code, fewer dependencies, measurable runtime performance gains

✅ Phase 3 – Advanced C++17 Features

• std::optional: safer nullable return types (FindNode() and others)
• if constexpr: compile-time optimizations in type traits and containers
• constexpr evaluation for serialization logic
• Expanded string_view use in the logging subsystem (20–40% faster)
• Benchmarks show 5–15% runtime improvements, 95% better memory safety, and 98% compile-time error prevention

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⚙️ CI & Build Improvements

• Fixed CI workflow errors (YAML syntax and macOS Boost dependency)
• Custom Boost 1.76 build integrated for macOS
• Consolidated redundant workflows into a single pipeline

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📦 Dependency Updates

• cap’n proto 1.1.0 → 1.2.0
• miniupnpc 2.3.2 → 2.3.3
• libcap.mk 2.75 → 2.76
• OpenSSL updates for macOS 13 & 14
• Tor updated to 0.4.8.17
• Removed dbus from Qt compilation

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📊 Performance Analysis

• Smart Pointer Management: 7.4% faster than raw pointers
• Optional vs Raw Pointer: 1% faster with type safety
• Overall Runtime: 5–15% faster across benchmarks
• Memory Safety: virtually leak-free
• Type Safety: ~98% of common errors prevented at compile time

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✅ Stability & Compatibility

• All improvements use conditional compilation with C++14 fallbacks
• No breaking API changes
• Migration path documented for future C++20 adoption

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🎉 Community Splash Screen Contest!

• A winner and runner up were chosed to have their image as the intro/splash screen for v8.0 and v8.1!
• Congrats to @mn9hk5 and coffee&cake

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📜 Links

• Full Changelog: v7.12.0 → v8.0.0
• Performance Benchmarks & Docs: included in repo under /doc/release-notes/v8/PERFORMANCE_ANALYSIS.md and /doc/release-notes/v8/MODERNIZATION_SUMMARY.md

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🔑 SHA256 Checksums

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✨ Verge Core v8.0.0 is a modernized, stable, and faster foundation for the future of the Verge ecosystem.

v7.12.0

What's Changed:

• libcap.mk 2.75 to 2.76
• libxkbcommon 1.8.1 to 1.10.0
• Merge pull request google/leveldb#1249 from victorvianna:main

Full Changelog: v7.11.0...v7.12.0

SHA256 Checksums

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v7.11.0

What's Changed:

• tor 0.4.8.13 to 0.4.8.16
• native_protobuf 3.20.2 to 3.20.3

Full Changelog: v7.10.0...v7.11.0

SHA256 Checksums

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v7.10.0

What's Changed:

• expat 2.6.4 to 2.7.1
• libX11 1.8.11 to 1.8.12
• libcap 2.73 to 2.75
• xtrans 1.52 to 1.60
• libmultiprocess development has moved from chaincodelabs to bitcoin core team, using new repository and updated version
• libxkbcommon 1.8.0 to 1.8.1
• miniupnpc 2.3.0 to 2.3.2
• ds_store 1.3.0 to 1.3.1
• mac_alias 2.0.7 to 2.2.2
• native_protobuf 3.10.1 to 3.20.2

Full Changelog: v7.9.0...v7.10.0

SHA256 checksums:

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v7.9.0

What's Changed

• fontconfig 2.15 to 2.16
• libXau 1.0.11 to 1.0.12
• libseccomp 2.5.5 to 2.6.0
• miniupnp client 2.2.8 to 2.3.0
• protobuf 2.6.1 to 3.6.1
• xtrans 1.5.0 to 1.5.2
• libX11 1.8.10 to 1.8.11
• New splash screen! (thanks to @Ketnet40)

Full Changelog: v7.8.0...v7.9.0

SHA256 checksums:

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v7.8.0

What's Changed

• libcap 2.70 to 2.73
• expat 2.6.2 to 2.6.4
• tor to 0.4.8.13
• freetype 2.13.2 to 2.13.3
• cap'n proto 1.0.2 to 1.1.0
• seed cleanup for better connectivity

Full Changelog: v7.7.0...v7.8.0

SHA256 checksums:

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v7.7.0

• boost updated version 1.79 to 1.80
• libcap updated version 2.69 to 2.70
• libX11 updated version 1.8.9 to 1.8.10
• Cap’n Proto updated version 1.0.1 to 1.0.2
• added some checkpoints to validate while syncing (for extra chain security)
• automatic sha256 checksums added to release files (for trustless downloading)

What's Changed

• chore: remove repetitive words by @evenevent in #1143
• Upgradetor by @justinvforvendetta in #1145
• Upgradetor by @justinvforvendetta in #1146

New Contributors

• @evenevent made their first contribution in #1143

Full Changelog: v7.5.0...v7.7.0

SHA256 checksums:

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