Dash Core v0.14.0.0 RC1

This is a release candidate and not meant for production. It is only meant for testnet deployments.

Dash Core v0.13.2.0

Dash Core 0.13.2 Release Announcement

We are happy to announce the release of 0.13.2.0. This release includes binaries, which can be downloaded above.

About this Release

Dash Core 0.13.2.0 is a minor release of the Dash Core 0.13.x.x series.

This minor release contains new features, improvements and bugfixes and we consider this a stable release.

Note that there is no protocol bump in this version and thus active masternodes updating from v0.13.0.0 or v0.13.1.0 do not require any additional actions (no need to issue masternode start command).

Notable changes

Providing "masternodeblsprivkey" is now mandatory when the node is launched as a masternode ("masternode=1")

In previous versions, "masternodeblsprivkey" was not mandatory as these versions had to function with and without DIP3 activation. Now that DIP3 has activated on mainnet and testnet, we can make "masternodeblsprivkey" mandatory when configuring and running a masternode. Please note that your masternode will fail to start when "masternodeblsprivkey" is not specified. This also means that 0.13.2.0 will only work with masternodes which have already registered their DIP3 masternode. This enforcement was added to catch misconfigurations of masternodes which would otherwise stay unnoticed until spork 15 activation and thus surprise and hurt masternode owners.

Fix for consistency issues after sudden stopping of node

Previous versions resulted in inconsistency between the chainstate and evodb when the node crashed or otherwise suddenly stopped (e.g. power failure). This should be fixed in 0.13.2.0.

Fix for litemode nodes to not reject specific DIP3 transactions

Previous versions might cause litemode nodes to reject the mainnet chain after spork 15 activation. This is due to a consensus rule being less strict in one specific case when spork 15 is active. Litemode nodes can not know about the change in consensus rules as they have no knowledge about sporks. In 0.13.2.0, when litemode is enabled, we default to the behaviour of activated spork15 in this specific case, which fixes the issue. The restriction will be completely removed in the next major release.

Fix incorrect behavior for "protx diff" and the P2P message "GETMNLISTDIFF"

Both were responding with errors when "0" was used as base block hash. DIP4 defines "0" to be equivalent with the genesis block, so that it's easy for peers to request the full masternode list. This is mostly important for SPV nodes (e.g. mobile wallets) which need the masternode list. Right now, all nodes in the network will respond with an error when "0" is provided in "GETMNLISTDIFF". Until enough masternodes have upgraded to 0.13.2.0, SPV nodes should use the full genesis hash to circumvent the error.

Exclusion of LLMQ quorum commitments from partial blocks

SPV nodes are generally not interested in non-financial special transactions in blocks, so we're omitting them now when sending partial/filtered blocks to SPV clients. This currently only filters LLMQ quorum commitments, which also caused some SPV implementations to ban nodes as they were not able to process these. DIP3 transactions (ProRegTx, ProUpRegTx, ...) are not affected and are still included in partial/filtered blocks as these might also move funds.

RPC changes

masternode list json and protx list will now include the collateral address of masternodes.

Bug fixes/Other improvements

There are few bug fixes in this release:

• Fixed a crash on shutdown
• Fixed a misleading error message in the RPC "protx update_registrar"
• Slightly speed up initial sync by not running DIP3 logic in old blocks
• Add build number (CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD) to MacOS bundle information

You can find detailed release notes at https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/v0.13.2.0/doc/release-notes.md.

Dash Core v0.13.1.0

Dash Core 0.13.1 Release Announcement

We are happy to announce the release of 0.13.1.0. This release includes binaries, which can be downloaded above.

About this Release

Dash Core 0.13.1.0 is a minor release of the Dash Core 0.13.x.x series.

This minor release contains new features, improvements and bugfixes and we consider this a stable release.

Note that there is no protocol bump in this version and thus active masternodes updating from v0.13.0.0 do not require any additional actions (no need to issue masternode start command).

Notable changes

DIP0003 block signaling

Miners running v0.13.1.0 are going to signal DIP3 regardles of the readiness of the corresponding masternode. With 70%+ masternodes already running on v0.13.0.0 we believe it's safe to slightly speed up the migration this way. This is fully backwards compatible and no update is required for (non-mining) nodes running on v0.13.0.0.

GUI changes

Masternodes tab has a new checkbox that should filter masternode list by using keys stored in the wallet.
This should make it much easier for masternode owners to find their masternodes in the list.

RPC changes

There is a new RPC command getspecialtxes which returns an array of special transactions found in the specified block with different level of verbosity. Also, various protx commands show extended help text for each parameter now (instead of referencing protx register).

Bug fixes/Other improvements

There are few bug fixes in this release:

• Block size should be calculated correctly for blocks with quorum commitments when constructing new block;
• Special transactions should be checked for mempool acceptance at the right time (nodes could ban each other in some rare cases otherwise);
• Signature verification and processing of special transactions is decoupled to avoid any potential issues.

You can find detailed release notes at https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/v0.13.1.0/doc/release-notes.md.

Dash Core v0.13.0.0

Dash Core 0.13.0.0 Release Announcement

We are happy to announce the release of 0.13.0.0. This release includes binaries, which can be downloaded above.

About this Release

Dash Core 0.13.0.0 is the first major release of the Dash Core 0.13.x.x series.

This major release contains new features, improvements and bugfixes and we consider this a stable release.

Notable changes:

• DIP0002 - Special Transactions
• DIP0003 - Deterministic Masternode Lists
• DIP0004 - Simplified Verification of Deterministic Masternode Lists
• Automatic InstantSend for "simple" transactions, which make up about 90% of all transactions seen on the network
• Multiple improvements to PrivateSend, including the introduction of multi-session mixing
• Changes in getblocktemplate, miners please take a note (also see Coinbase Special Transaction in DIP0004)
• New ZMQ notifications for Governance
• New Masternode Tab for DIP3 Masternodes
• Various RPC changes and new command-line options
• Lots of translation updates, refactoring and bug fixes

You can find detailed release notes at https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/v0.13.0.0/doc/release-notes.md. The release notes also contain instructions and links to further documentation for masternode operators and miners.

If you are a Masternode Operator please note that Sentinel needs to be updated to v1.3.0 as well.

Credits

Thanks go out to all Dash Core contributors, everyone who submitted issues, reviewed pull requests or helped translating on Transifex and also to Bitcoin Core Developers.

Dash Core v0.12.3.4

Dash Core 0.12.3.4 Release Announcement

Dash Core 0.12.3.4 is a non-mandatory update of the Dash Core 0.12.3.x series.

It is not required to update nodes on mainnet, as this release does not include any changes that affect mainnet. The only changes included are for testnet and cause a fork at height 4000. This fork is meant to reset testnet to a clean state so that we can re-test the full deployment path of 0.12.3 -> 0.13.0.

Full release notes are available at https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/v0.12.3.4/doc/release-notes.md,
release binaries can be downloaded above.

This version can still be used on mainnet in case a fresh installation is performed. As mentioned, this version has no changes that affect mainnet and is equivalent to 0.12.3.3 when deployed on mainnet.

Dash Core v0.12.3.3

Dash Core 0.12.3.3 Release Announcement

Dash Core 0.12.3.3 is a critical bugfix release of the Dash Core 0.12.3.x series.

There was a serious vulnerability discovered in Bitcoin Core's codebase recently which
can cause node receiving a specially crafted block to crash bitcoin#14247

We encourage all full node operators (masternodes, mining pools, explorers, exchanges etc.) to update ASAP.

Full release notes are available at https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/v0.12.3.3/doc/release-notes.md,
release binaries can be downloaded above.

Note: this release does NOT require masternode owners to start their masternodes from cold wallets. Masternode operators should stop the daemon running on a remote node, replace old binaries with the new ones and start the daemon again.

Dash Core v0.12.3.2

Dash Core 0.12.3.2 Release Announcement

We are happy to announce the release of Dash Core 0.12.3.2. This release includes binaries, which can be downloaded above.

About this Release

Dash Core 0.12.3.2 is a maintenance release of the Dash Core 0.12.3.x series

In this minor release only bugfixes have been included and we consider this a stable release.

This release includes fixes and improvements as follows:

• Improved initial sync
• Testnet/Devnet fixes (Note: this release is mandatory for TESTNET)
• Minor GUI fixes

We encourage all masternode and other full node operators (exchanges, pools, explorers) to update to avoid initial sync issues in the future.

Changelog

The changelog is available at https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/v0.12.3.2/doc/release-notes.md

Credits

Thanks go out to all contributors that made this release possible!

Dash Core v0.12.3.1

Dash Core 0.12.3.1 Release Announcement

We are happy to announce the release of 0.12.3.1. This release includes binaries, which can be downloaded above.

About this Release

Dash Core 0.12.3.1 is a major release of the Dash Core 0.12.3.x series

This major release contains new features, improvements and bugfixes and we consider this a stable release.

Notable changes:

• Introducing Named Devnets;
• Network message signatures will use new unified format;
• Various improvements for Governance system, PrivateSend and InstantSend;
• Additional indexes should cover P2PK (requires reindexing);
• Support for pruned nodes (in Lite Mode only);
• Default maximum block size is set to 2MB;
• New Masternode Information Dialog (for Masternodes in masternode.conf);
• Recent masternode lists is used for initial peers discovery;
• Various RPC changes and new command-line options;
• Lots of backports, refactoring and bug fixes.

You can find detailed release notes at https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/v0.12.3.1/doc/release-notes.md

If you are a Masternode Operator please note that Sentinel needs to be updated to v1.2.0 as well.

Credits

Thanks go out to all Dash Core contributors, everyone who submitted issues, reviewed pull requests or helped translating on Transifex and also to Bitcoin Core Developers.

v0.12.2.3

Dash Core 0.12.2.3 Release Announcement

We are happy to announce the release of Dash Core 0.12.2.3. This release includes binaries, which can be downloaded above.

About this Release

Dash Core 0.12.2.3 is a maintenance release of the Dash Core 0.12.2.x series

In this minor release only bugfixes have been included and we consider this a stable release.

This release includes fixes and improvements as follows:

• InstantSend fixes
• Fix -liquidityprovider option
• fixes a few crashes and compatibility issues

We encourage all masternode and other full node operators (exchanges, pools, explorers) to update.

Changelog

The changelog is available at https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/v0.12.2.3/doc/release-notes.md

Credits

Thanks go out to all contributors that made this release possible!

Dash Core 0.12.2.2

Dash Core 0.12.2.2 Release Announcement

We are happy to announce the release of Dash Core 0.12.2.2. This release includes binaries, which can be downloaded above.

About this Release

Dash Core 0.12.2.2 is a maintenance release of the Dash Core 0.12.2.x series

In this minor release only bugfixes have been included and we consider this a stable release.

This release includes fixes and improvements as follows:

• Per-UTXO fix (fixes Corebleed vulnerability)
• Additional indexes fix
• InstantSend fix
• PrivateSend fix
• Removal of support for local masternodes
• Dropping old (pre-12.2) peers

We encourage all masternode and other full node operators (exchanges, pools, explorers) to update.

Changelog

The changelog is available at https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/v0.12.2.2/doc/release-notes.md

Credits

Thanks go out to all contributors that made this release possible!