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title: Bitcoin version 0.3.24 released
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src: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=27771039
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category: releases
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Bitcoin v0.3.24 is now available for download at
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<https://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.3.24/>
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This is another bug fix release. We had hoped to have wallet encryption ready for release, but more urgent fixes for existing clients were needed -- most notably block download problems were getting severe. Wallet encryption is ready for testing at <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/352> for the git-savvy, and hopefully will follow shortly in the next release, v0.4.
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Notable fixes in v0.3.24, and the main reasons for this release:
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* Block downloads were failing or taking unreasonable amounts of time to complete, because the increased size of the block chain was bumping up against some earlier buffer-size DoS limits.
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* Fix crash caused by loss/lack of network connection.
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Notable changes in v0.3.24:
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* DNS seeding enabled by default.
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* UPNP enabled by default in the GUI client. The percentage of bitcoin clients that accept incoming connections is quite small, and that is a problem. This should help. bitcoind, and unofficial builds, are unchanged (though we encourage use of "-upnp" to help the network!).
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* Initial unit testing framework. Bitcoin sorely needs automated tests, and this is a beginning. Contributions welcome.
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* Internal wallet code cleanup. While invisible to an end user, this change provides the basis for v0.4's wallet encryption.
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