# Gavin Andresen # 2013-05-24 23:05:07 # https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=215480.msg2261095#msg2261095 0.8.2 rc2 never made it out the door; two crash-on-shutdown bugs and a bitcoin.ico file that made the windows gitian build non-reproducible made us jump to rc3 instead. @p{par} So: @p{par} Bitcoin-Qt version 0.8.2 release candidate 3 is now available from: @p{brk} @s{(link)} @p{par} This is a maintenance release that fixes many bugs and includes @p{brk} a few small new features. @p{par} Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github: @p{brk} @s{(link)} @p{par} @p{brk} How to Upgrade @p{brk} @p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{--} @p{par} If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait @p{brk} until it has completely shut down (which might take a few minutes for older @p{brk} versions), then run the installer (on Windows) or just copy over @p{brk} /Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac) or bitcoind/bitcoin-qt (on Linux). @p{par} If you are upgrading from version 0.7.2 or earlier, the first time you @p{brk} run 0.8.2 your blockchain files will be re-indexed, which will take @p{brk} anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours, depending on the speed of @p{brk} your machine. @p{par} 0.8.2 Release notes @p{brk} =================== @p{par} Fee Policy changes @p{brk} @p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-} @p{par} The default fee for low-priority transactions is lowered from 0.0005 BTC @p{brk} (for each 1,000 bytes in the transaction; an average transaction is @p{brk} about 500 bytes) to 0.0001 BTC. @p{par} Payments (transaction outputs) of 0.543 times the minimum relay fee @p{brk} (0.00005430 BTC) are now considered 'non-standard', because storing them @p{brk} costs the network more than they are worth and spending them will usually @p{brk} cost their owner more in transaction fees than they are worth. @p{par} Non-standard transactions are not relayed across the network, are not included @p{brk} in blocks by most miners, and will not show up in your wallet until they are @p{brk} included in a block. @p{par} The default fee policy can be overridden using the -mintxfee and -minrelaytxfee @p{brk} command-line options, but note that we intend to replace the hard-coded fees @p{brk} with code that automatically calculates and suggests appropriate fees in the @p{brk} 0.9 release and note that if you set a fee policy significantly different from @p{brk} the rest of the network your transactions may never confirm. @p{par} Bitcoin-Qt changes @p{brk} @p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-} @p{par} * New icon and splash screen @p{brk} * Improve reporting of synchronization process @p{brk} * Remove hardcoded fee recommendations @p{brk} * Improve metadata of executable on MacOSX and Windows @p{brk} * Move export button to individual tabs instead of toolbar @p{brk} * Add "send coins" command to context menu in address book @p{brk} * Add "copy txid" command to copy transaction IDs from transaction overview @p{brk} * Save & restore window size and position when showing & hiding window @p{brk} * New translations: Arabic (ar), Bosnian (bs), Catalan (ca), Welsh (cy), @p{brk} Esperanto (eo), Interlingua (la), Latvian (lv) and many improvements @p{brk} to current translations @p{par} MacOSX: @p{brk} * OSX support for click-to-pay (bitcoin:) links @p{brk} * Fix GUI disappearing problem on MacOSX (issue #1522) @p{par} Linux/Unix: @p{brk} * Copy addresses to middle-mouse-button clipboard @p{par} @p{brk} Command-line options @p{brk} @p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{--} @p{par} * -walletnotify will call a command on receiving transactions that affect the wallet. @p{brk} * -alertnotify will call a command on receiving an alert from the network. @p{brk} * -par now takes a negative number, to leave a certain amount of cores free. @p{par} JSON-RPC API changes @p{brk} @p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{--} @p{par} * fixed a getblocktemplate bug that caused excessive CPU creating blocks. @p{brk} * listunspent now lists account and address infromation. @p{brk} * getinfo now also returns the time adjustment estimated from your peers. @p{brk} * getpeerinfo now returns bytessent, bytesrecv and syncnode. @p{brk} * gettxoutsetinfo returns statistics about the unspent transaction output database. @p{brk} * gettxout returns information about a specific unspent transaction output. @p{par} @p{brk} Networking changes @p{brk} @p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-} @p{par} * Significant changes to the networking code, reducing latency and memory consumption. @p{brk} * Avoid initial block download stalling. @p{brk} * Remove IRC seeding support. @p{brk} * Performance tweaks. @p{brk} * Added testnet DNS seeds. @p{par} Wallet compatibility/rescuing @p{brk} @p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{@p{--}-}@p{--} @p{par} * Cases where wallets cannot be opened in another version/installation should be reduced. @p{brk} * -salvagewallet now works for encrypted wallets. @p{par} @p{brk} Thanks to everybody who contributed to the 0.8.2 release! 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