On 27 September 2014 15:56, Wladimir <laanwj@gmail.com> wrote:

> Bitcoin Core version 0.9.3 is now available from:
>
>   https://bitcoin.org/bin/0.9.3/
>
> This is a new minor version release, bringing only bug fixes and updated
> translations. Upgrading to this release is recommended.
>
> Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:
>
>   https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues
>
> Upgrading and downgrading
> ==========================
>
> 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 run the
> installer (on Windows) or just copy over /Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac)
> or
> bitcoind/bitcoin-qt (on Linux).
>
> If you are upgrading from version 0.7.2 or earlier, the first time you run
> 0.9.3 your blockchain files will be re-indexed, which will take anywhere
> from
> 30 minutes to several hours, depending on the speed of your machine.
>
> Downgrading warnings
> --------------------
>
> The 'chainstate' for this release is not always compatible with previous
> releases, so if you run 0.9.x and then decide to switch back to a
> 0.8.x release you might get a blockchain validation error when starting the
> old release (due to 'pruned outputs' being omitted from the index of
> unspent transaction outputs).
>
> Running the old release with the -reindex option will rebuild the
> chainstate
> data structures and correct the problem.
>
> Also, the first time you run a 0.8.x release on a 0.9 wallet it will rescan
> the blockchain for missing spent coins, which will take a long time (tens
> of minutes on a typical machine).
>
> 0.9.3 Release notes
> =======================
>
> RPC:
> - Avoid a segfault on getblock if it can't read a block from disk
> - Add paranoid return value checks in base58
>
> Protocol and network code:
> - Don't poll showmyip.com, it doesn't exist anymore
> - Add a way to limit deserialized string lengths and use it
> - Add a new checkpoint at block 295,000
> - Increase IsStandard() scriptSig length
> - Avoid querying DNS seeds, if we have open connections
> - Remove a useless millisleep in socket handler
> - Stricter memory limits on CNode
> - Better orphan transaction handling
> - Add `-maxorphantx=<n>` and `-maxorphanblocks=<n>` options for
> control over the maximum orphan transactions and blocks
>
> Wallet:
> - Check redeemScript size does not exceed 520 byte limit
> - Ignore (and warn about) too-long redeemScripts while loading wallet
>
> GUI:
> - fix 'opens in testnet mode when presented with a BIP-72 link with no
> fallback'
> - AvailableCoins: acquire cs_main mutex
> - Fix unicode character display on MacOSX
>
> Miscellaneous:
> - key.cpp: fail with a friendlier message on missing ssl EC support
> - Remove bignum dependency for scripts
> - Upgrade OpenSSL to 1.0.1i (see
> https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20140806.txt - just to be sure, no
> critical issues for Bitcoin Core)
> - Upgrade miniupnpc to 1.9.20140701
> - Fix boost detection in build system on some platforms
>
> Credits
> --------
>
> Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release:
>
> - Andrew Poelstra
> - Cory Fields
> - Gavin Andresen
> - Jeff Garzik
> - Johnathan Corgan
> - Julian Haight
> - Michael Ford
> - Pavel Vasin
> - Peter Todd
> - phantomcircuit
> - Pieter Wuille
> - Rose Toomey
> - Ruben Dario Ponticelli
> - shshshsh
> - Trevin Hofmann
> - Warren Togami
> - Wladimir J. van der Laan
> - Zak Wilcox
>
> As well as everyone that helped translating on
> [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/).
>

Great work!

Apologies if this has been covered.  But I was curious about:

- Increase IsStandard() scriptSig length

Is there some place I read more to understand this change?


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