Bitcoin-Qt / bitcoind version 0.6.3 released

[Gavin Andresen]

Bitcoin version 0.6.3 is now available for download at:
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.6.3/

This is a bug-fix release, with no new features.

Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:
  https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues

CHANGE SUMMARY
==============

Fixed a serious denial-of-service attack that could cause the
bitcoin process to become unresponsive. Thanks to Sergio Lerner
for finding and responsibly reporting the problem. (CVE-2012-3789)

Optimized the process of checking transaction signatures, to
speed up processing of new block messages and make propagating
blocks across the network faster.

Fixed an obscure bug that could cause the bitcoin process to get
stuck on an invalid block-chain, if the invalid chain was
hundreds of blocks long.

Bitcoin-Qt no longer automatically selects the first address
in the address book (Issue #1384).

Fixed minimize-to-dock behavior of Bitcon-Qt on the Mac.

Added a block checkpoint at block 185,333 to speed up initial
blockchain download.


Thanks to everybody who contributed to this release:
====================================================

Chris Moore
Christian von Roques
Fordy
Gavin Andresen
Jeff Garzik
Luke Dashjr
Matt Corallo
Michael Hendricks
Peter Todd
Philip Kaufmann
Pieter Wuille
R E Broadley
Sergio Lerner
Wladimir J. van der Laan

[swissmate]

thanks for that obscure bug fix 

[flatfly]

Nice job!
 
How long does the blockchain download take on average, nowadays, with all the recent optimizations?

[Piper67]

Does this version fix another DOS vulnerability or the same as 0.6.2?

[drizzt]

Official 0.6.3 binaries released for Arch Linux (first!).

[TehZomB]

yay

[Stephen Gornick]

Normally these announcements are posted on the Bitcoin.org news as well.  Just a reminder, in case that step just happened to get overlooked.
 - http://bitcoin.org/news.html

[TheHarbinger]

Okay, so what has changed since 0.6.3rc1.  Or is it the same?

[Luke-Jr]

Okay, so what has changed since 0.6.3rc1.  Or is it the same?

Same.

[Bitsky]

I noticed the "About Bitcoin-Qt" says 0.6.3-beta while this topic says 0.6.3

Will coincontrol be merged into this version too?

Does this version fix the bug where the balance is miscalculated (getbalance("*") vs getbalance())?
In 0.6.2, I have a 0.059btc difference between what the client displays, and what the csv exports.
Blockchain up to date, all exported transactions are confirmed.

[Pieter Wuille]

I noticed the "About Bitcoin-Qt" says 0.6.3-beta while this topic says 0.6.3

Every bitcoin release to date has been beta, and that will remain the case for a while.

Will coincontrol be merged into this version too?

Certainly not in 0.6.x. We're working on 0.7 which will have many new features and improvements, but 0.6.x only gets bugfixes now. About coincontrol itself: there are still a few implementation problems with it.

Does this version fix the bug where the balance is miscalculated (getbalance("*") vs getbalance())?
In 0.6.2, I have a 0.059btc difference between what the client displays, and what the csv exports.
Blockchain up to date, all exported transactions are confirmed.

That shouldn't be. Have you reported this problem on the issue tracker?

[David M]

Win7 32 bit - Upgrade from 0.6.2 to this build had no issues.

Nice work devs... as usual.

[EnergyVampire]

Nice!

[ThiagoCMC]

Upgrade problems, Ubuntu 12.04 (Bitcoin from PPA repository), look:

Code:

root@server:~# aptitude safe-upgrade
The following packages will be upgraded: 
  bitcoin-qt bitcoind 
2 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 2,117 kB of archives. After unpacking 114 kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] 
Get: 1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/bitcoin/bitcoin/ubuntu/ precise/main bitcoin-qt amd64 0.6.3-precise1 [1,499 kB]
Get: 2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/bitcoin/bitcoin/ubuntu/ precise/main bitcoind amd64 0.6.3-precise1 [618 kB]
Fetched 1,298 kB in 3s (354 kB/s) 
(Reading database ... 187954 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace bitcoin-qt 0.6.2-precise0 (using .../bitcoin-qt_0.6.3-precise1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement bitcoin-qt ...
Preparing to replace bitcoind 0.6.2-precise0 (using .../bitcoind_0.6.3-precise1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement bitcoind ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up bitcoin-qt (0.6.3-precise1) ...
Setting up bitcoind (0.6.3-precise1) ...
                                         
Current status: 0 updates [-2].
root@server:~# logout

When I log in again:

Code:

-bash: contrib/bitcoind.bash-completion: No such file or directory
-bash: contrib/bitcoind.bash-completion: No such file or directory

Cheers!
Thiago

[doobadoo]

dumb question, but i when it comes to verfying the sig, i only know how to place the sig file wiht the same name as the .zip on with .asc into the same directory and right click to validate.   What is this sha256 sum thing?  And is that somehow generated off of Gavin's key?  What does it verify and how to i run the check?

OS X Snow Leopard with GPG Tools.

[EnergyVampire]

What is this sha256 sum thing?

It is commonly used to verify the integrity of files.

[ThiagoCMC]

Also, the Bitcoin tray icon is missing (Ubuntu 12.04 - Unity 3D and 2D)... And the text menu too...
If I minimize to the tray icon, the Bitcoin main window becomes inaccessible.

Cheers!
Thiago

[Gavin Andresen]

dumb question, but i when it comes to verfying the sig, i only know how to place the sig file wiht the same name as the .zip on with .asc into the same directory and right click to validate.   What is this sha256 sum thing?  And is that somehow generated off of Gavin's key?  What does it verify and how to i run the check?

OS X Snow Leopard with GPG Tools.

1. Make sure the SHA256SUMS.asc file hasn't been modified:

Code:

$ gpg --verify SHA256SUMS.asc
gpg: Signature made Mon Jun 25 10:57:21 2012 EDT using RSA key ID 1FC730C1
gpg: Good signature from "Gavin Andresen (CODE SIGNING KEY) <gavinandresen@gmail.com>"

2. See what file you SHOULD have downloaded:

Code:

$ grep macosx.dmg SHA256SUMS.asc 
3de1490d1390e5a085b4bc2217430b3caadd203780a7bfe8751e8d1930f087cc  bitcoin-0.6.3-macosx.dmg

3. Make sure the file you downloaded is exactly the same:

Code:

$ shasum -a 256 bitcoin-0.6.3-macosx.dmg 
3de1490d1390e5a085b4bc2217430b3caadd203780a7bfe8751e8d1930f087cc  bitcoin-0.6.3-macosx.dmg

[jgarzik]

Will coincontrol be merged into this version too?

Certainly not in 0.6.x. We're working on 0.7 which will have many new features and improvements, but 0.6.x only gets bugfixes now. About coincontrol itself: there are still a few implementation problems with it.

Technically speaking, gavin's raw transaction API gives full coin control.  I agree it is not the same as being implemented in the UI, but it's possible.

[mitchel]

why isnt this posted on bitcoin.org?