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Bitcoin version 0.7.0 is now available for download at:  http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.7.0/We recommend that everybody running prior versions of bitcoind/Bitcoin-Qtupgrade to this release, except for users running Mac OSX 10.5.Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:  https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issuesProject source code is hosted at github; you can getsource-only tarballs/zipballs directly from there:  https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/tarball/v0.7.0  # .tar.gz  https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/zipball/v0.7.0  # .zipUbuntu Linux users can use the "Personal Package Archive" (PPA)maintained by Matt Corallo to automatically keep bitcoin up-to-date.  Just type  sudo apt-add-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin  sudo apt-get updatein your terminal, then install the bitcoin-qt package:  sudo apt-get install bitcoin-qtHow to UpgradeIf you are running an older version, shut it down. Waituntil it has completely shut down (which might take a few minutes for olderversions), then run the installer (on Windows) or just copy overCode:/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt(on Mac) orCode:bitcoind/bitcoin-qt(on Linux).If you were running on Linux with a version that might have been compiledwith a different version of Berkeley DB (for example, if you were using thePPA and are switching to the binary release), then run the old version againwith the -detachdb argument and shut it down; if you do not, then the newversion will not be able to read the database files and will exit with an error.Incompatible Changes* Replaced the 'getmemorypool' RPC command with 'getblocktemplate/submitblock'  and 'getrawmempool' commands.* Remove deprecated RPC 'getblocknumber'Bitcoin Improvement Proposals implementedBIP 22 - 'getblocktemplate', 'submitblock' RPCsBIP 34 - block version 2, height in coinbaseBIP 35 - 'mempool' message, extended 'getdata' message behaviorCore bitcoin handling and blockchain database* Reduced CPU usage, by eliminating some redundant hash calculations* Cache signature verifications, to eliminate redundant signature checks* Transactions with zero-value outputs are considered non-standard* Mining: when creating new blocks, sort 'paid' area by fee-per-kb* Database: better validation of on-disk stored data* Database: minor optimizations and reliability improvements* -loadblock=FILE will import an external block file* Additional DoS (denial-of-service) prevention measures* New blockchain checkpoint at block 193,000JSON-RPC API* Internal HTTP server is now thread-per-connection, rather than  a single-threaded queue that would stall on network I/O.* Internal HTTP server supports HTTP/1.1, pipelined requests and  connection keep-alive.* Support JSON-RPC 2.0 batches, to encapsulate multiple JSON-RPC requests  within a single HTTP request.* IPv6 support* Added raw transaction API.  See https://gist.github.com/2839617* Added 'getrawmempool', to list contents of TX memory pool* Added 'getpeerinfo', to list data about each connected network peer* Added 'listaddressgroupings' for better coin control* Rework getblock call.* Remove deprecated RPC 'getblocknumber'* Remove superceded RPC 'getmemorypool' (see BIP 22, above)* listtransactions output now displays "smart" times for transactions,  and 'blocktime' and 'timereceived' fields were addedP2P networking* IPv6 support* Tor hidden service support (see doc/Tor.txt)* Attempts to fix "stuck blockchain download" problems* Replace BDB database "addr.dat" with internally-managed "peers.dat"  file containing peer address data.* Lower default send buffer from 10MB to 1MB* proxy: SOCKS5 by default* Support connecting by hostnames passed to proxy* Add -seednode connections, and use this instead of DNS seeds when proxied* Added -externalip and -discover* Add -onlynet to connect only to a given network (IPv4, IPv6, or Tor)* Separate listening sockets, -bind=<addr>Qt GUI* Add UI RPC console / debug window* Re-Enable URI handling on Windows, add safety checks and tray-notifications* Harmonize the use of ellipsis ("...") to be used in menus, but not on buttons* Add 2 labels to the overviewpage that display Wallet and Transaction status (obsolete or current)* Extend the optionsdialog (e.g. language selection) and re-work it to a tabbed UI* Merge sign/verify message into a single window with tabbed UI* Ensure a changed bitcoin unit immediately updates all GUI elements that use units* Update QR Code dialog* Improve error reporting at startup* Fine-grained UI updates for a much smoother UI during block downloads* Remove autocorrection of 0/i in addresses in UI* Reorganize tray icon menu into more logical order* Persistently poll for balance change when number of blocks changed* Much better translations* Override progress bar design on platforms with segmented progress bars to assist with readability* Added 'immature balance' display on the overview page* (Windows only): enable ASLR and DEP for bitcoin-qt.exe* (Windows only): add meta-data to bitcoin-qt.exe (e.g. description)Internal codebase* Additional unit tests* Compile warning fixesMiscellaneous* Reopen debug.log upon SIGHUP* Bash programmable completion for bitcoind(1)* On supported OS's, each thread is given a useful nameThanks to everybody who contributed to this release:Chris MooreChristian von RoquesDavid Joel SchwartzDouglas HuffFordyGavin AndresenGiel van SchijndelGregory MaxwellJeff GarzikLuke DashjrMatt CoralloMichael FordMichael HendricksPeter ToddPhilip KaufmannPieter WuilleR E BroadleyRicardo M. CorreiaRune K. SvendsenScott EllisStephane GlonduWladimir J. van der Laancardpunchercoderrrfanquakegrimd34thsje397xanatosThanks to Sergio Lerner for reporting denial-of-service vulnerabilities fixed in this release.