Monero(XMR) Releases Mandatory Software Update Due to Upcoming HardFork on Sept. 15th
Earlier today, Monero(XMR) released a mandatory update to their software v0.11.0.0 titled "Helium Hydra".
This update is said to "increase the minimum ring signature size across the network" and also "bans duplicate ring members in a ring signature."
This update has major improvements and bug fixes:
- major synchronisation speed-up
- massively improved the blockchain import function
- changed terminology from "mixin" to "ring size"
- add a –fluffy-blocks option to relay blocks as fluffy blocks if possible
- allow for password verification without loading the subsequently unencrypted wallet into RAM
- reduced privacy leak risks when using untrusted remote nodes
- added an Esperanto wordlist
- decreased memory demands for the getblocks RPC call
- added a "fee" command to display fee information
- add average seconds per block in bc_dyn_stats
- added an on_get_alt_blocks_hashes RPC call
- enabled support for ppc64le architectures
- added an Italian translation for the CLI
- return the per-tx amount in the transfer_split RPC call
- switched to readline for the CLI
- added a histogram to poolstats
- enable support for macOS smart mining
- added the ability to build a Snap package
- added a Vulnerability Response Process, with bug bounties available via a dedicated HackerOne portal
- added support for payment proving via key derivation instead of tx key reveal
- changed output selection for ring signatures to heavily weight newer outputs
- added a sweep_below function to sweep small amounts
- moved the mempool to a database on disk instead of keeping it all in memory
- fully enable iOS and Android full node support
- added the ability to create wallets via RPC
- added cold-signing functionality, and a relay_tx command / RPC call
- transfer CLI command allows for tx fee selection
- better AC / battery power detection for Linux smart mining
- getblocktemplate now indicates the expected total reward
- as always, loads of bug fixes and performance improvements
https://getmonero.org/2017/09/07/monero-0.11.0.0-released.html
According to the announcement on Reddit, the GUI binaries are being worked on and will be released when they are finalized.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/6yprar/mandatory_upgrade_monero_01100_helium_hydra/
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