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Alias V4

By downloading and using this software, you agree that 1/6 of the staking rewards are contributed to a development fund. The development fund aims to support the long term development and value of Alias. The fund is managed by the Alias core team.

This is a major release and a MANDATORY update to the Alias software! This update involves consensus changes (details below) and you MUST update your wallet software before:

2019-09-27 (27th September 2019) @ 2000 hours (GMT)

If you do not update your wallet software you will no longer be able to connect to the Alias network and you will no longer be able to conduct transactions on the network and you will no longer be able to deposit or withdraw your funds (public a/o private ALIAS) from the exchanges.

Development Contribution Blocks (DCB)

After 21/08/2018 @ 2200 hours (GMT) one in six (1 in 6) block rewards will be a designated DCB and will be sent to the Alias team development fund wallet. This fund will ensure a future for Alias and will enable us to pay for certain services, to hire contractors and to pay Alias core team members in ALIAS to enable them to work full time on the project. The further development depend on a source of steady funding. We believe this will give us the opportunity to produce better software and will create value for investors. We currently have some very skilled developers working for us and we want to keep it that way.

Replay Protection

We have implemented a check for DCBs and we have implemented a replay protection mechanism. This means that after 17/05/2019 @ 2000 hours (GMT) any wallets not updated will not be able to create transactions on the Alias V3 network.

Licensing

  • SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Alias Developers
  • SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2016 SpectreCoin Developers
  • SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2014 ShadowCoin Developers
  • SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2014 BlackCoin Developers
  • SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2013 NovaCoin Developers
  • SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2011 PPCoin Developers
  • SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2009 Bitcoin Developers

SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT

Changelog

4.4.0 (released 2021-??-??)

  • #14 Localization of main wallet
  • Localization of installer and Shell-UI
  • #280 Fixed cmdline option -help (-h)
  • Update of Fedora build to Fedora 33

4.3.1 (released 2020-12-08)

  • Update to Qt 5.12.10 (Mac)
  • #227 On startup, always require password if wallet is encrypted.
  • SetupWalletWizard
    • Encryption of wallet.dat is now part of the wizard and mandatory.
    • #248 Added password verification field next to password.
  • RPC method listsinceblock: add attribute vout for public outputs
  • UI changes:
    • Increase icon size of buttons in send page.
    • Default select first address in addressbook and receive addresses. (Fixes invalid QR code.)
    • Fix: make sure address is selected when clicking in detail row. (Ensure right address is picked for QR code.)
    • Fix: address lookup in addressbook on address paste.
  • Refactored the whole build to CMake as basement.
    • For all supported operating systems, there are corresponding helper scripts on scripts/cmake-build*.
    • All Linux binaries now have Tor and Qt as the only dependencies. All other components are compiled right into the binaries.
  • Added build for OpenSUSE Tumbleweed
  • Switched to ARMv8 on Raspberry Pi binaries. That means Raspberry Pi is migrated from 32Bit to 64Bit, which also means a complete new setup of the Raspberry Pi is required.

4.3.0 (released 2020-10-01)

  • Update to Qt 5.12.9 (Windows / Mac)
  • Streamlined licensing headers a.s.o. to make the whole project compliant to REUSE Software
  • Refactored overall namings according to project rebranding
  • Refactored naming of some RPC methods according to project rebranding:
    • sendspectoanon > sendpublictoprivate
    • sendanontoanon > sendprivate
    • sendanontospec > sendprivatetopublic
    • estimateanonfee > estimateprivatefee
  • Renamed some fields on RPC results:
    • anonbalance > balance_private
    • spectrestake > stake_private
    • spectrestakeweight > stakeweight_private
    • unconfirmedanonbalance > unconfirmedbalance_private
    • spectrestakeweight > stakeweight_private
    • anonsupply > moneysupply_private
  • Added new fields to RPC results:
    • balance_public
    • stake_public
    • stakeweight_public
    • unconfirmedbalance_public
    • stakeweight_public
    • moneysupply_public
  • Complete UI revision based on new style and with many UX improvements
  • Fix: private transaction did cost twice as much fee as effectivly required and shown in confirmation dialog
  • Updated Fedora build to Fedora 32
  • Added build for Ubuntu 20.04
  • Wipe out build for Ubuntu 19.x as it's EOL

4.2.0 (released 2020-05-02)

  • Update to Qt 5.12.8
  • Replace QtWebEngine with QtWebView to support mobile platforms.
  • Open 'Unlock Wallet' Dialog on incoming anon staking reward with unknown sender.
  • Allow to select parts of the transaction detail dialog text.
  • Improve staking indicator tooltip:
    • 'Not staking, staking is disabled' was never shown.
    • 'Initializing staking...' is now shown instead 'Not staking because you don't have mature coins' during staker thread initialization
  • Improve synchronization tooltip: blockchain synchronization state is now updated every 500ms. (Tooltips in general are now updated when open and underlying data changes)
  • Improve splash screen with progress messages to reduce UI freezes during startup.
  • #183 Reduce UI freezes during blockchain sync.

4.1.0 (released 2019-10-13)

  • #82 Wallet.dat creation with mnemonic seed words (BIP39). If no wallet.dat file was detected during startup, the wallet opens a wizard with these three options:

    • Create new wallet.dat file based on mnemonic seed words.
    • Restore wallet.dat from mnemonic seed words.
    • Import existing wallet.dat file.

    For further details see here. Duplicated by #115

  • #214 Migrate Debian/Raspbian build to Buster. Binaries for both Stretch and Buster will be provided.

  • #216 Tor Hidden Service v3 implementation + minor Tor improvements.

    • Implementation of Tor Hidden Service v3.
    • Creation of launch argument -onionv2, allowing the usage of legacy v2 addresses.
    • Creation of an torrc-defaults file on Linux.
    • By default, Tor will now use hardware crypto acceleration if available, only connect to Hidden Services, and will write to disk less frequently, preserving the lifespan of SD cards on Raspbian.

  • #218 Provide binaries for Ubuntu 19.04. Binaries for both Ubuntu 18.04 and 19.04 will be provided.

  • Updated packaged Tor for MacOS and Windows to 0.4.1.5

4.0.0 (released 2019-09-08)

V4 blockchain fork consensus changes / Fork time is GMT: Friday, 27. September 2019 20:00:00 (1569614400 unix epoch time)

  • One-time 3'000'000 XSPEC staking reward for foundation address SSGCEMb6xESgmuGXkx7yozGDxhVSXzBP3a

3.x release notes

See ReleaseNotes for Pre-4.x

2.x release notes

See ReleaseNotes for Pre-3.x

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