Aion v0.2.8 - Kilimanjaro - University Peak

Bug fix

• p2p outbound connection (PR #515)
• zmq server shutdown (PR #505)
• vm issue fix

Enhancement/Feature

• Database support state pruning to decrease database space usage. (PR #478) (PR #482) (PR #498) (PR #513)
• log system enhancement (PR #502) (PR #518)
• Java API getNrgPrice implement (PR #500)
• Java API package into the release build (PR #520)
• Keystore path enhancement (PR #516)

Migration

• new db option in the config settings, can keep using previous settings. for more detail in the database config settings, please see https://github.com/aionnetwork/aion/wiki/Database#state-database-pruning
• new log enhancement. Please check the ''log system settings'' in https://github.com/aionnetwork/aion/wiki/Installation. The p2p setting "show-status" has been removed in this version and migrated into the log system. Please set the P2P log module to DEBUG level to see the p2p peer status.

Checksum

• a checksum is a small-sized datum derived from a block of digital data for the purpose of detecting errors which may have been introduced during its transmission or storage.

How to use Checksum

• download the aion kernel release binary and the checksum file (the file name SHA1SUMS) and put the files into the same folder.
• open terminal and go to the folder.
• type in sha1sum -c SHA1SUMS
• if the binary file is complete and no error, you will see the message output like this :
  aion-v0.2.6.2f8fdfa-2018-05-10.tar.bz2: OK