Merit 0.3.9

This release provides a critical bug fix related to nodes validating blocks correctly after reorganizing from a fork.

• Critical bug fix for a situation where addresses that are beaconed may end up causing nodes to reject their blocks.

If you discover any issues with this release, we encourage you to submit Issues on the github repository

You can ask question on the Merit Slack Channel, the Merit Discord Channel, or visit out Forum

Merit 0.3.10

This release provides a critical bug fix to the consensus algorithm when switching from one fork of the chain to the longer one.

• Some nodes could not switch to the longer main chain because disconnecting blocks from the fork failed. This release fixes the failure and allows a node to switch to the longer chain.

If you discover any issues with this release, we encourage you to submit Issues on the github repository

You can ask question on the Merit Slack Channel, the Merit Discord Channel, or visit out Forum

Merit 0.3.8

This release contains an important bug fixes.

• Fix for a crash which occurs under certain circumstances when the software reorganizes into a longer chain
• Fix for handling partial database flushes when undoing a block which causes the software to loop after a crash.
• Fix for handling certain bad database states which cause an assert failure.
• Small UI fixes.

If you discover any issues with this release, we encourage you to submit Issues on the github repository

You can ask question on the Merit Slack Channel, the Merit Discord Channel, or visit out Forum

Merit 0.3.7

This release contains an important bug fixes related to encrypting wallets and various UI enhancements.

• Fix for encrypting wallets.
• Fix for various wordings in the UI.
• Fix for the reference to the Merit website in the About Config.

If you discover any issues with this release, we encourage you to submit Issues on the github repository

You can ask question on the Merit Slack Channel, the Merit Discord Channel, or visit out Forum

Merit 0.3.6

This release provides UI enhancements to help new users onboard and various bug fixes.

• Better tooltips describing different parts of the system and overview page.
• Better messaging around inviting new users and how to do that.
• Better messages in recent transactions letting the user know Mining vs Ambassador Rewards
• Bug fix in the getanv RPC call
• Bug fix handling the Merit icon actions in the macOS dock.
• Bug fix with invite requests sizing and scrolling.
• Bug fix for initial display of the Merit Address and Alias after syncing.

For a more detailed technical description of these features, please read the whitepaper.

If you discover any issues with this release, we encourage you to submit Issues on the github repository

You can ask question on the Merit Slack Channel, the Merit Discord Channel, or visit out Forum

Merit 0.3.5

This release provides an important bug fixes and a number of UI enhancements.

• New overview page to help people understand the invite flow better.
• Syncing invite improvements.
• Better alias validation.
• More RPC calls to query invites and beacons.
• Miscellaneous UI improvements
• Miscellaneous bug fixes.

For a more detailed technical description of these features, please read the whitepaper.

If you discover any issues with this release, we encourage you to submit Issues on the github repository

You can ask question on the new Merit slack channel

You can also ask questions in the #merit IRC channel on freenode or the merit mailing list

Merit 0.3.4

This release provides an important bug fix for a crash and a number of UI enhancements.

• A fix for a crash found in the cmpctblock protocol.
• A number of small UI improvements.

For a more detailed technical description of these features, please read the whitepaper.

If you discover any issues with this release, we encourage you to submit Issues on the github repository

You can ask question on the new Merit slack channel

You can also ask questions in the #merit IRC channel on freenode or the merit mailing list

Merit 0.3.3

This release provides some bug fixes.

• A fix for indexing addresses which fixes vaults and easysend.
• A fix for block download estimate.

For a more detailed technical description of these features, please read the whitepaper.

If you discover any issues with this release, we encourage you to submit Issues on the github repository

You can ask question on the new Merit slack channel

You can also ask questions in the #merit IRC channel on freenode or the merit mailing list

Merit 0.3.2

This release provides many bug fixes and performance improvements.

• Large machines can mine more than 1 nonce at a time. New bucket miner is implemented which new commandline parameters controlling thread utilization.
• Faster blockchain synchronization and re-indexing performance. Re-indexing is now up to 5x faster.
• Fixes for segfaults during mining.
• Better UI performance during synchronization and re-indexing.
• Progress bar is now shown during re-indexing.
• Ability to send more than 1 invite to an address with the inviteaddress cli command.
• More stable blockchain state in event of crash or power loss.

For a more detailed technical description of these features, please read the whitepaper.

If you discover any issues with this release, we encourage you to submit Issues on the github repository

You can ask question on the new Merit slack channel

You can also ask questions in the #merit IRC channel on freenode or the merit mailing list

Merit 0.3.1

This release is primarily a bug fix release.

• Fix for Dust error sending invites.
• Auto desktop mining on startup fix.
• Duplicate addresses in Network View in the Desktop application.
• Indexing fix tracking unspent cons.
• Miscellaneous Fixes.

For a more detailed technical description of these features, please read the whitepaper.

If you discover any issues with this release, we encourage you to submit Issues on the github repository

You can also ask questions in the #merit IRC channel on freenode or the merit mailing list