Monero(XMR) Releases Mandatory Software Update Due to Upcoming HardFork on Sept. 15th

Earlier today, Monero(XMR) released a mandatory update to their software v0.11.0.0 titled "Helium Hydra".

This update is said to "increase the minimum ring signature size across the network" and also "bans duplicate ring members in a ring signature."

This update has major improvements and bug fixes:

• major synchronisation speed-up
• massively improved the blockchain import function
• changed terminology from "mixin" to "ring size"
• add a –fluffy-blocks option to relay blocks as fluffy blocks if possible
• allow for password verification without loading the subsequently unencrypted wallet into RAM
• reduced privacy leak risks when using untrusted remote nodes
• added an Esperanto wordlist
• decreased memory demands for the getblocks RPC call
• added a "fee" command to display fee information
• add average seconds per block in bc_dyn_stats
• added an on_get_alt_blocks_hashes RPC call
• enabled support for ppc64le architectures
• added an Italian translation for the CLI
• return the per-tx amount in the transfer_split RPC call
• switched to readline for the CLI
• added a histogram to poolstats
• enable support for macOS smart mining
• added the ability to build a Snap package
• added a Vulnerability Response Process, with bug bounties available via a dedicated HackerOne portal
• added support for payment proving via key derivation instead of tx key reveal
• changed output selection for ring signatures to heavily weight newer outputs
• added a sweep_below function to sweep small amounts
• moved the mempool to a database on disk instead of keeping it all in memory
• fully enable iOS and Android full node support
• added the ability to create wallets via RPC
• added cold-signing functionality, and a relay_tx command / RPC call
• transfer CLI command allows for tx fee selection
• better AC / battery power detection for Linux smart mining
• getblocktemplate now indicates the expected total reward
• as always, loads of bug fixes and performance improvements

https://getmonero.org/2017/09/07/monero-0.11.0.0-released.html

According to the announcement on Reddit, the GUI binaries are being worked on and will be released when they are finalized.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/6yprar/mandatory_upgrade_monero_01100_helium_hydra/




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