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Bitcoin Satellite 0.2.1 Release Notes

Bitcoin Satellite version 0.2.1 is now available for Ubuntu, Fedora, and CentOS at:

This is a new minor version release including bug fixes.

Please report bugs using the issue tracker:

https://github.com/Blockstream/bitcoinsatellite/issues

Alternatively, contact us at:

How to Upgrade

The easiest way to upgrade is by using the blocksat-cli, the Blockstream Satellite command-line interface (CLI). Assuming you already have it installed, run:

blocksat-cli deps update --btc

Otherwise, you can install the CLI and run the above command.

Alternatively, you can upgrade Bitcoin Satellite manually by running the following commands:

Ubuntu:

add-apt-repository ppa:blockstream/satellite
apt-get update
apt-get install --only-upgrade bitcoin-satellite

Fedora:

dnf copr enable blockstream/satellite
dnf upgrade bitcoin-satellite

CentOS:

yum copr enable blockstream/satellite
yum upgrade bitcoin-satellite

Compatibility

Bitcoin Satellite is supported and tested on Linux distributions using the latest two Ubuntu LTS, Fedora, and CentOS releases.

Bitcoin Core Version

Bitcoin Satellite is a fork of Bitcoin Core. This specific Bitcoin Satellite release (version 0.2.1) is available in three package versions, over three distinct Bitcoin Core versions:

  • Bitcoin Core 0.21.1 (package version 0.21.1.0.2.1).
  • Bitcoin Core 0.21.0 (package version 0.21.0.0.2.1).
  • Bitcoin Core 0.19.1 (package version 0.19.1.0.2.1).

0.2.1 Changelog

FEC

  • Update the Wirehair and cm256 sources to their latest versions.
  • Fix fixture incompatibility and various other sources of instability on the FEC unit tests.
  • Remove FEC test dependencies on Boost 1.61.
  • Move the FEC implementation to a dedicated static library and assign the specific instruction subsets required to build it.
  • Fix compilation based on native architecture (march=native) used previously to compile the FEC sources.

UDP Multicast Tx

  • Make ring buffer and throttle unit tests less prone to racing conditions.
  • Fix detection of full state on the ring buffer used for multicast Tx.