Release Notes for the BitShares Core Bugfix Release 2.0.190305

[MichelSantos]

Release Notes

The BitShares Core software has been updated to 2.0.190305. The Core software is used to build the validation nodes that perform consensus of all transactions on the BitShares blockchain. This release includes only bug fixes; new new features are added.

Documentation for users may be be found at How BitShares Works.

Documentation for BitShares developers may be be found at the Developer Portal.

Who Should Upgrade?

All node operators are recommended to upgrade to benefit from fixes (1620, 1573).

Upgrade Process

Precautions

A replay will automatically be performed after an upgraded node is restarted.

How to Upgrade from Source Code

Obtain the Source Code

The source code may be obtained by checking out:

• the 2.0.190305 Tag,
• the 2.0.190305 Zip archive,
• the 2.0.190305 tar.gx archive

Build the Binaries

The binaries may be built by using your pre-existing process, or by following the standard instructions that can be found in the wiki:

• Ubuntu
• OS X
• Windows
• Windows Development Environment

Deploy the Binaries

Your standard process for deploying the node software may be used. No additional requirements or precautions will be required to deploy the new release.

How to Upgrade with Docker

The latest Docker image may be found at BitShares Core Docker page and updated with

docker pull bitshares/bitshares-core

Command Line (CLI) Wallet Binaries

A binary of the command line interface (CLI) wallet and other tools for Windows is pre-built and available for download. The binaries from the BitShares Core Release 2.0.1902 may continue to be used as they are not affected by this release.

Platform	SHA256 Checksum
Microsoft Windows	294025a640a5aba4e3f4dc221f8b5018e59757ab4976158f3bb80caa06f83151
Mac	e8768df6fd36caff1c5894c5a9962557a9c735d782b586ada0fb647837879bea
Linux	8a52c3e3522df1d537c4723b3cda21fa9a7fbf675a78269cd8e7765b250b550f

Changes

The changes for the release are summarized below.

Node Functionality

Description	Issue	Pull Request
Empty 'percent_change' in get_ticker API	1620	1631
Additional check of transaction size in consensus code	1573	1586
Bump the database	-	Commit 7e8a6b9

Release Contributors

@jmjatlanta
@oxarbitrage

[oxarbitrage]

closed by https://github.com/bitshares/bitshares-core/releases/tag/2.0.190305