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1 | Bitcoin Core version 0.10.2 is now available from: |
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3 | <https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.10.2/> | |
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5 | This is a new minor version release, bringing minor bug fixes and translation | |
6 | updates. It is recommended to upgrade to this version. | |
7 | ||
8 | Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github: | |
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10 | <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues> | |
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12 | Upgrading and downgrading | |
13 | ========================= | |
14 | ||
15 | How to Upgrade | |
16 | -------------- | |
17 | ||
18 | If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely | |
19 | shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the | |
20 | installer (on Windows) or just copy over /Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac) or | |
21 | bitcoind/bitcoin-qt (on Linux). | |
22 | ||
23 | Downgrade warning | |
24 | ------------------ | |
25 | ||
26 | Because release 0.10.0 and later makes use of headers-first synchronization and | |
27 | parallel block download (see further), the block files and databases are not | |
28 | backwards-compatible with pre-0.10 versions of Bitcoin Core or other software: | |
29 | ||
30 | * Blocks will be stored on disk out of order (in the order they are | |
31 | received, really), which makes it incompatible with some tools or | |
32 | other programs. Reindexing using earlier versions will also not work | |
33 | anymore as a result of this. | |
34 | ||
35 | * The block index database will now hold headers for which no block is | |
36 | stored on disk, which earlier versions won't support. | |
37 | ||
38 | If you want to be able to downgrade smoothly, make a backup of your entire data | |
39 | directory. Without this your node will need start syncing (or importing from | |
40 | bootstrap.dat) anew afterwards. It is possible that the data from a completely | |
41 | synchronised 0.10 node may be usable in older versions as-is, but this is not | |
42 | supported and may break as soon as the older version attempts to reindex. | |
43 | ||
44 | This does not affect wallet forward or backward compatibility. | |
45 | ||
46 | Notable changes | |
47 | =============== | |
48 | ||
49 | This fixes a serious problem on Windows with data directories that have non-ASCII | |
50 | characters (https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/6078). | |
51 | ||
52 | For other platforms there are no notable changes. | |
53 | ||
54 | For the notable changes in 0.10, refer to the release notes | |
55 | at https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.10.0/doc/release-notes.md | |
56 | ||
57 | 0.10.2 Change log | |
58 | ================= | |
59 | ||
60 | Detailed release notes follow. This overview includes changes that affect external | |
61 | behavior, not code moves, refactors or string updates. | |
62 | ||
63 | Wallet: | |
64 | - `824c011` fix boost::get usage with boost 1.58 | |
65 | ||
66 | Miscellaneous: | |
67 | - `da65606` Avoid crash on start in TestBlockValidity with gen=1. | |
68 | - `424ae66` don't imbue boost::filesystem::path with locale "C" on windows (fixes #6078) | |
69 | ||
70 | Credits | |
71 | ======= | |
72 | ||
73 | Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release: | |
74 | ||
75 | - Cory Fields | |
76 | - Gregory Maxwell | |
77 | - Jonas Schnelli | |
78 | - Wladimir J. van der Laan | |
79 | ||
80 | And all those who contributed additional code review and/or security research: | |
81 | ||
82 | - dexX7 | |
83 | - Pieter Wuille | |
84 | - vayvanne | |
85 | ||
86 | As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/). |