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saved in the wallet, and can be broadcast again. |
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* Checkpoints: The initial download of a headers file was replaced |
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with hardcoded checkpoints. The wallet uses one checkpoint per |
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retargetting period. The headers for a retargetting period are |
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retargeting period. The headers for a retargeting period are |
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downloaded only if transactions need to be verified in this period. |
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* The 'privacy' and 'priority' coin selection policies have been |
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merged into one. Previously, the 'privacy' policy has been unusable |
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between the acquisition and liquidation prices of outgoing coins is |
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displayed in the wallet history. By default, historical exchange |
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rates are used to compute acquisition and liquidation prices. These |
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value can also be entered manually, in order to match the actual |
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values can also be entered manually, in order to match the actual |
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price realized by the user. The order of liquidation of coins is |
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the natural order defined by the blockchain; this results in |
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capital gain values that are invariant to changes in the set of |
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addresses that are in the wallet. Any other ordering strategy (such |
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as FIFO, LIFO) would result in capital gain values that depend on |
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the set of addresses in the wallet. |
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* A new version of the Electrum protocol is required by the client |
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(version 1.2). Servers using older versions of the protocol will |
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not be displayed in the GUI. |
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* The Trezor T hardware wallet is now supported. |
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* BIP84: native segwit p2wpkh scripts for bip39 seeds and hardware |
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wallets can now be created when specifying a BIP84 derivation |
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path. This is usable with Trezor and Ledger. |
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* Windows: the binaries now include ZBar, and QR code scanning should work. |
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* The Wallet Import Format (WIF) for private keys that was extended in 3.0 |
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is changed. Keys in the previous format can be imported, compatibility |
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is maintained. Newly exported keys will be serialized as |
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"script_type:original_wif_format_key". |
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* BIP32 master keys for testnet once again have different version bytes than |
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on mainnet. For the mainnet prefixes {x,y,Y,z,Z}|{pub|prv}, the |
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corresponding testnet prefixes are {t,u,U,v,V}|{pub|prv}. |
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More details and exact version bytes are specified at: |
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https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum-docs/blob/master/xpub_version_bytes.rst |
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Note that due to this change, testnet wallet files created with previous |
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versions of Electrum must be considered broken, and they need to be |
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recreated from seed words. |
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# Release 3.0.6 : |
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