Energi Core v2.4.1

Energi Core version 2.4.1 Release Notes

This is a MANDATORY upgrade to end Energi Gen 2 blockchain.

Energi Core version 2.4.1 is now available from:

https://docs.energi.software/en/downloads/gen2-core-wallet

Please report bugs to Energi Support:

https://www.energi.world/contact-us/

How to Upgrade

If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely
shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then depending on
your operation system:

• for Window run the installer
• for macos run the installer
• for Linux unpack to a separate folder and run from there

NOTE: version of Energi Core prior to v2.3.0 must not be used

v2.4.1 changelog

Major changes:

• FIXED: to process Gen 3 coin search in batches
• NEW: Gen 2 nailing checkpoints

Energi Core v2.4.0

Energi Core version 2.4.0 Release Notes

This is an OPTIONAL upgrade to support easy Energi Gen 3 migration.

Energi Core version 2.4.0 is now available from:

https://docs.energi.software/en/downloads/gen2-core-wallet

Please report bugs to Energi Support:

https://www.energi.world/contact-us/

How to Upgrade

If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely
shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then depending on
your operation system:

• for Window run the installer
• for macos run the installer
• for Linux unpack to a separate folder and run from there

v2.4.0 changelog

Major changes:

• NEW: Gen 3 migration support

Energi Core version 2.4.0 Release Candidate 1

Energi Core v2.4.0-rc1 introduces direct coin migration from Energi Gen 2 to Gen 3.

Energi Core v2.3.0 Patch 3

Energi Core version 2.3.0 Release Notes

This is a MANDATORY upgrade (NOT TRUE - HARD&SOFT FORKS ARE CANCELED!).

NOTE: a new start is required for upgraded masternodes!

Energi Core version 2.3.0 is now available from:

https://energi.world/downloads

Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:

https://github.com/energicryptocurrency/energi/issues

How to Upgrade

If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely
shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then depending on
your operation system:

• for Window run the installer
• for macos run the installer
• for Linux unpack to a separate folder and run from there

NOTE: version of Energi Core prior to v2.3.0 must not be used

v2.3.0 changelog

Major changes:

• NEW: SPORK18 - PoS v2 stake modifier hard fork
  • bit 28 is used to indicate hardfork blocks
• NEW: SPORK17 - PoS v1.3 block time soft fork
  • prevents blocks in the future
  • enforces block time to be after its parent
  • new bit 3 is used to indicate miner readiness
• CHANGED: time adjustment according to network is disabled in favor of pure NTP sync
• CHANGED: coin selection is capped to 10K UTXOs
  • this may affect RPC calls and transaction sending
  • use -limitutxoselection=0 for legacy behavior
• CHANGED: PrivateSend is disabled in clients in preparation for Gen 3 migration
• CHANGED: miner strategy to mitigate some rogue stakers without consensus change
• FIXED: UI performance issues with large UTXO wallets
  • UTXO count is capped to 100K items for display/update purposes
• NEW: stake split & autocombine feature
  • See -stakesplitthreshold, -stakemaxsplit and -stakeautocombine
  • By default, split & combine target 1000 NRG UTXOs
  • This feature is disabled by default

Minor changes:

• CHANGED: protocol version bumped to 7.2.13 without actual message changes
• CHANGED: extended migration snapshot format
• FIXED: stake DoS protection cleanup issue
• NEW: miner strategy support for SPORK 17
• NEW: updated checkpoints

Energi Core v2.2.1

Energi Core version 2.2.1 Release Notes

This is NOT a mandatory upgrade. Energi Core v2.1.x releases remain
acceptable for production use.

Energi Core version 2.2.1 is now available from:

https://energi.world/downloads

Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:

https://github.com/energicryptocurrency/energi/issues

How to Upgrade

If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely
shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then depending on
your operation system:

• for Window run the installer
• for macos run the installer
• for Linux unpack to a separate folder and run from there

NOTE: version of Energi Core prior to v2.1.0 must not be used

v2.2.1 changelog

Major changes:

• CHANGED: updated blockchain checkpoints
• FIXED: regression with -checklevel=3+ in v2.2.0

Minor changes:

• FIXED: macos icon set to be properly generated

Energi Core v2.2.0

Energi Core version 2.2.0 Release Notes

This is NOT a mandatory upgrade. Energi Core v2.1.x releases remain
acceptable for production use.

Energi Core version 2.2.0 is now available from:

https://energi.world/downloads

Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:

https://github.com/energicryptocurrency/energi/issues

How to Upgrade

If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely
shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then depending on
your operation system:

• for Window run the installer
• for macos run the installer
• for Linux unpack to a separate folder and run from there

NOTE: version of Energi Core prior to v2.1.0 must not be used

v2.2.0 changelog

Major changes:

• NEW: scam alert for dump* family of debug console commands in UI mode
• NEW: "_this_is_your_wallet.txt" gets appended to dumpwallet in UI mode
• NEW: bootstrap.dat generation solution
• NEW: whole chain UTXO snapshot feature for Energi 3.0 migration
• CHANGED: removed all themes except for "light"

Minor changes:

• CHANGED: updated dump* family of command scam warning wording
• CHANGED: update Energi logo & other graphics
• FIXED: weird block verification progress under some conditions

Energi Core v2.1.2

Energi Core version 2.1.2 Release Notes

Energi Core version 2.1.2 is now available from:

https://energi.world/downloads

Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:

https://github.com/energicryptocurrency/energi/issues

How to Upgrade

If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely
shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then depending on
your operation system:

• for Window run the installer
• for macos run the installer
• for Linux unpack to a separate folder and run from there

NOTE: version of Energi Core prior to v2.1.0 must not be used

v2.1.2 changelog

Minor changes:

• CHANGED: updated PoS miner strategy to better target average block time
• CHANGED: not to produce notification of Stake transaction

Energi Core v2.1.1

Energi Core version 2.1.1 Release Notes

Energi Core version 2.1.1 is now available from:

https://energi.world/downloads

Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:

https://github.com/energicryptocurrency/energi/issues

How to Upgrade

If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely
shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then depending on
your operation system:

• for Window run the installer
• for macos run the installer
• for Linux unpack to a separate folder and run from there

NOTE: version of Energi Core prior to v2.1.0 must not be used

v2.1.1 changelog

Major changes:

• CHANGED: to ignore pre-2.1.0 nodes
• CHANGED: PoS mining to be even more eco-friendly
• CHANGED: miner to compensate block times in the future
• FIXED: to select stake input candidates with cache time
• NEW: liststakeinputs RPC command

Minor changes:

• CHANGED: removed -litemode
• CHANGED: to ignore MN cache on desktop wallet startup
  • Workaround for known issue due to start/stop sequences
• CHANGED: updated spork defaults
• CHANGED: added PoS-era checkpoints
• FIXED: reservebalance to override -reservebalance switch
• FIXED: reverted regression causing Unicode paths to fail on Windows

Energi Core v2.1.0

Energi Core version 2.1.0 Release Notes

THIS IS MANDATORY UPGRADE!

Energi Core version 2.1.0 is now available from:

https://energi.world/downloads

Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:

https://github.com/energicryptocurrency/energi/issues

How to Upgrade

If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely
shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then depending on
your operation system:

• for Window run the installer
• for macos run the installer
• for Linux unpack to a separate folder and run from there

NOTE: version of Energi Core prior to v2.0.0 must not be used with the same data files.

v2.1.0 changelog

Major changes:

• CHANGED: adjusted PoS consensus logic
• CHANGED: testnet reset to block 46999
• CHANGED: to use HD wallet by default
• FIXED: to ignore best header from invalid ancestor on startup
  • Common Bitcoin/Dash issue
• FIXED: reindex with invalid or PoS blocks in chain
• FIXED: checkpoints to handle multiple invalid chains correctly
• NEW: opportunistic parallel initial block download
• NEW: reset of invalid status of the correct chain on checkpoint failure
• NEW: dynamic checkpoints support via spork functionality

Minor changes:

• CHANGED: updated checkpoints & minwork
• CHANGED: "Sync Headers" to "Initial sync" messages
• CHANGED: revised DoS protection for PoS
• CHANGED: removed excessive heavy PoW/PoS validation on some block reads
• FIXED: PoS-enabled chain startup
• FIXED: ExecuteSpork() to be called on local node
• FIXED: active PoS detection on startup & ignore of invalid spork override
• FIXED: initial header sync blocking network stack for too long
• FIXED: placeholder sync text when block time is ahead of local time
• FIXED: default Spork 9 value
• FIXED: checkpoints to correctly handle edge cases with multiple forks
• FIXED: spork 12 limit to match Energi 24h block count
• FIXED: Ubuntu 18.04 / binutils 2.30 build issues
• FIXED: possible segfault on shutdown
• NEW: chaintps estimations in getblock- RPC
• NEW: debug info improvements
  • compressed mini debug info for Linux builds (.gnu_debugdata)
  • split debug info packages for Linux and Windows builds
  • full debug package for MacOS

Energi Core v2.0.2 (hotfix)

Energi Core version 2.0.2 Release Notes

Energi Core version 2.0.2 is now available from:

https://energi.world/downloads

Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:

https://github.com/energicryptocurrency/energi/issues

How to Upgrade

If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely
shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then depending on
your operation system:

• for Window run the installer
• for macos run the installer
• for Linux unpack to a separate folder and run from there

NOTE: version of Energi Core prior to v2.0.0 must not be used with the same data files.

v2.0.2 changelog

Major changes:

• NEW: reset of invalid status of the correct chain on checkpoint failure
• NEW: checkpoint to the last superblock at 383040 & block 383300

Minor changes:

• CHANGED: updated checkpoints & minwork
• FIXED: default Spork 9 value