So instead of

0 connections    0 blocks     0 transactions

it would be

0 connections    Latest block: 0     0 transactions

That just doesn't look right.

I think the way Satoshi explained it makes the most sense: the genesis block may be technically a block but inside the chain it's nothing more than a reference point.
It's like the zero for numbers. The zero of course is a number itself but when counting something it's just a reference point. Well, at least humans count like that

+1

Offtopic: Does this forum have some kind of upvote plugin or something?

You can specify the data directory using scripts (AFAIK you can't use a shortcut on Windows because it requires an absolute path to the .exe).

Shell script for Linux (make executable with "chmod a+x scriptname"):

Batch script for Windows (save as *.bat or *.cmd):

If you know how to do it, you can also apply gavinandresen's port/rpcport patch or wait for it to be included in the official client (may take a while).

Thanks! Maybe I should continue posting a changelog for every release

Edited.

Unfortunately we don't have an official changelog yet (except for the SVN revision descriptions).

Here is my unofficial changelog:

• fix: makefile.osx
• change: enable SSE2 in 64 bit builds
• change: connection rules
  - always make 8 outbound connections
  - only one connection per a.b.*.* range
• add: switch "-maxconnections=#" (discussed here)
• change: JSON-RPC API prints floats with 8 decimal places
• change: "bitcoind help <command>" instead of "bitcoind <command> -?" (based on a patch by jgarzik)
• add: JSON-RPC "gethashespersec" (based on a patch by lachesis)
• add: "version" and "hashespersec" fields in JSON-RPC "getinfo"
• fix: "-datadir=<path>" with relative path (bug described here)
• change: autostart disabled by default except on Windows (requested here)
• fix: occasional "vector iterator not dereferencable" assertion when compiled with msvc
• fix: readlink compile warning on Linux build
• fix: BSD detection (bug described here)
• add: "-paytxfee=#" switch (explained here)

Please tell me if you know of any other forum threads discussing the bugs/changes so I can add them to the list.

Wouldn't it make sense to enable connections to multiple a.b.?.? peers that are in the same subnet? That could add some speed.

EDIT:
What I meant was that disabling the connection limit to nearby nodes could help keeping the network latency low.

I agree. We also need an easier-to-use changelog than the commit log. I like the way the µTorrent team does it: http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=78100

Looks great

EDIT:
And it's getting better every day.

"Supernodes" with lots of connections would be useful in scenarios where a buyer gives the seller control over some money and the seller needs to quickly send the transaction to a lot of nodes to make it sure the buyer has a very dim chance to double-spend the money before a block containing it is generated.

Cryptography at its finest

Could you explain how this would work on a technical basis?

+1 for quick bug fix. I'd like to be able to do that, too.