View source for NodeCore 0.4.12 ReleaseNotes

See: [[ReleaseNotes]]

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See how to upgrade NodeCore: [[NodeCore_Operations#Update_NodeCore]]

Download here:

https://github.com/VeriBlock/nodecore-releases/releases/tag/v0.4.12


== Altchain PoP Miner ==

See: [[Altchain_PoP_Miner]]

* APM's API now has more endpoints to interact with. For a full reference, visit [[Altchain_PoP_Miner#API]].
* Auto mining with fast block times has been fixed.
* Improved VTB and VBK submission mechanism so that it is more reliable.
* Implemented VTB context gap recovery system.
* Improved clarity of error messages and logs.
* Added configurable basic authentication for the API.
* Implemented dumpprivatekey, importprivatekey, importwallet and backupwallet shell commands. For more information, use the help command or visit [[Altchain_PoP_Miner#Shell]].

=== APM GUI ===

Created a web user interface for the APM, so that monitoring and interacting with it is more comfortable. It will be hosted on http://localhost:8080 by default.

== NodeCore ==

* Fixed JVM compatibility issues caused by one of the last Java updates.
* PoP endorsements that contain BTC blocks already known by NodeCore will be rejected.
* Improved clarity of some error messages in the CLI.

== SPV ==

See: [[HowTo_run_SPV]]

* Fixed an issue where newly created addresses could be lost* on restart. *(needed to be re-imported manually)
* Fixed an issue where SPV did not discover peers besides those it was configured to connect to.
* Improved SPV's behavior when creating many transactions continuously: these transactions will be rejected less often by full nodes.

== VeriBlock PoP Miner ==

* Upgraded Bitcoinj library version.
* Added configurable basic authentication for the API.
* Adjusted fee per KB formula to work more accurately with segwit transactions. In order to translate your currently configured fee values, divide them by 0.713043478 (they should become slightly higher).

== Other ==

* Highly decreased Bootstrap Downloader's memory usage.