# Gavin Andresen
# 2011-09-17 04:29:54
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=44415.msg530161#msg530161

Linux and Windows and Mac binaries are available at sourceforge: @p{brk}
  @s{(link)} @p{par}

And HTTPS download from the Amazon Cloudfront content distribution network: @p{brk}
 @s{(link)} @p{brk}
 @s{(link)} @p{brk}
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 @s{(link)} @p{par}

The d24z.... downloads are an experiment; I like that they're https, I don't like the obscure d24z... URL (that's actually github's CloudFront id; I asked, and they have no objections to linking directly to the https version of the downloads). @p{par}

Executive summary release notes: @p{par}

The main feature in this release is wallet private key encryption; @p{brk}
you can set a passphrase that must be entered before sending coins. @p{brk}
See below for more information; if you decide to encrypt your wallet, @p{brk}
WRITE DOWN YOUR PASSPHRASE AND PUT IT IN A SECURE LOCATION. If you @p{brk}
forget or lose your wallet passphrase, you lose your bitcoins. @p{brk}
Previous versions of bitcoin are unable to read encrypted wallets, @p{brk}
and will crash on startup if the wallet is encrypted. @p{par}

Also note: bitcoin version 0.4 uses a newer version of Berkeley DB @p{brk}
(bdb version 4.8) than previous versions (bdb 4.7). If you upgrade @p{brk}
to version 0.4 and then revert back to an earlier version of bitcoin @p{brk}
the it may be unable to start because bdb 4.7 cannot read bdb 4.8 @p{brk}
"log" files. @p{brk}