71 lines
3.6 KiB
Markdown
71 lines
3.6 KiB
Markdown
|
Bitcoin version 0.5.0 is now available for download at:
|
||
|
|
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.5.0/
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
The major change for this release is a completely new graphical interface that uses the Qt user interface toolkit.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
This release include German, Spanish, Spanish-Castilian, Norwegian and Dutch translations. More translations are welcome; join the project at Transifex if you can help:
|
||
|
|
https://www.transifex.net/projects/p/bitcoin/
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:
|
||
|
|
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
For Ubuntu users, there is a new ppa maintained by Matt Corallo which you can add to your system so that it will automatically keep bitcoin up-to-date. Just type "sudo apt-add-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin" in your terminal, then install the bitcoin-qt package.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
MAJOR BUG FIX (CVE-2011-4447)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
The wallet encryption feature introduced in Bitcoin version 0.4.0 did not sufficiently secure the private keys. An attacker who
|
||
|
|
managed to get a copy of your encrypted wallet.dat file might be able to recover some or all of the unencrypted keys and steal the
|
||
|
|
associated coins.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
If you have a previously encrypted wallet.dat, the first time you run bitcoin-qt or bitcoind the wallet will be rewritten, Bitcoin will
|
||
|
|
shut down, and you will be prompted to restart it to run with the new, properly encrypted file.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
If you had a previously encrypted wallet.dat that might have been copied or stolen (for example, you backed it up to a public
|
||
|
|
location) you should send all of your bitcoins to yourself using a new bitcoin address and stop using any previously generated addresses.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Wallets encrypted with this version of Bitcoin are written properly.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Technical note: the encrypted wallet's 'keypool' will be regenerated the first time you request a new bitcoin address; to be certain that the
|
||
|
|
new private keys are properly backed up you should:
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
1. Run Bitcoin and let it rewrite the wallet.dat file
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
2. Run it again, then ask it for a new bitcoin address.
|
||
|
|
Bitcoin-Qt: Address Book, then New Address...
|
||
|
|
bitcoind: run the 'walletpassphrase' RPC command to unlock the wallet, then run the 'getnewaddress' RPC command.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
3. If your encrypted wallet.dat may have been copied or stolen, send all of your bitcoins to the new bitcoin address.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
4. Shut down Bitcoin, then backup the wallet.dat file.
|
||
|
|
IMPORTANT: be sure to request a new bitcoin address before backing up, so that the 'keypool' is regenerated and backed up.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
"Security in depth" is always a good idea, so choosing a secure location for the backup and/or encrypting the backup before uploading it is recommended. And as in previous releases, if your machine is infected by malware there are several ways an attacker might steal your bitcoins.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Thanks to Alan Reiner (etotheipi) for finding and reporting this bug.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
MAJOR GUI CHANGES
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
"Splash" graphics at startup that show address/wallet/blockchain loading progress.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
"Synchronizing with network" progress bar to show block-chain download progress.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Icons at the bottom of the window that show how well connected you are to the network, with tooltips to display details.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Drag and drop support for bitcoin: URIs on web pages.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Export transactions as a .csv file.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Many other GUI improvements, large and small.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
RPC CHANGES
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
getmemorypool : new RPC command, provides everything needed to construct a block with a custom generation transaction and submit a solution
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
listsinceblock : new RPC command, list transactions since given block
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
signmessage/verifymessage : new RPC commands to sign a message with one of your private keys or verify that a message signed by the private key associated with a bitcoin address.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
GENERAL CHANGES
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Faster initial block download.
|