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layout: post
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title: Bitcoin version 0.5.0 released
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category: releases
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Bitcoin version 0.5.0 is now available for download at:
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<http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.5.0/>
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The major change for this release is a completely new graphical
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that uses the Qt user interface toolkit.
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This release include German, Spanish, Spanish-Castilian, Norwegian
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and Dutch translations. More translations are welcome; join the
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project at Transifex if you can help:
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<https://www.transifex.net/projects/p/bitcoin/>
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Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:
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<https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues>
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MAJOR BUG FIX (CVE-2011-4447)
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The wallet encryption feature introduced in Bitcoin version 0.4.0
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did not sufficiently secure the private keys. An attacker who
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managed to get a copy of your encrypted wallet.dat file might be
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able to recover some or all of the unencrypted keys and steal the
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associated coins.
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If you have a previously encrypted wallet.dat, the first time you
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run bitcoin-qt or bitcoind the wallet will be rewritten, Bitcoin will
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shut down, and you will be prompted to restart it to run with the new,
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properly encrypted file.
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If you had a previously encrypted wallet.dat that might have been
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copied or stolen (for example, you backed it up to a public
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location) you should send all of your bitcoins to yourself
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using a new bitcoin address and stop using any previously
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generated addresses.
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Wallets encrypted with this version of Bitcoin are written properly.
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Technical note: the encrypted wallet's 'keypool' will be regenerated the
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first time you request a new bitcoin address; to be certain that the
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new private keys are properly backed up you should:
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1. Run Bitcoin and let it rewrite the `wallet.dat` file
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2. Run it again, then ask it for a new bitcoin address.
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Bitcoin-Qt: Address Book, then New Address...
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bitcoind: run the 'walletpassphrase' RPC command to unlock the wallet,
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then run the 'getnewaddress' RPC command.
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3. If your encrypted wallet.dat may have been copied or stolen, send
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all of your bitcoins to the new bitcoin address.
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4. Shut down Bitcoin, then backup the wallet.dat file.
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IMPORTANT: be sure to request a new bitcoin address before
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backing up, so that the 'keypool' is regenerated and backed up.
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"Security in depth" is always a good idea, so choosing a secure
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location for the backup and/or encrypting the backup before
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uploading it is recommended. And as in previous releases, if your
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machine is infected by malware there are several ways an
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attacker might steal your bitcoins.
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Thanks to Alan Reiner (aka etotheipi) for finding and reporting
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this bug.
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MAJOR GUI CHANGES
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* "Splash" graphics at startup that show address/wallet/blockchain loading
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progress.
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* "Synchronizing with network" progress bar to show block-chain download
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progress.
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* Icons at the bottom of the window that show how well connected you are
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to the network, with tooltips to display details.
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* Drag and drop support for bitcoin: URIs on web pages.
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* Export transactions as a .csv file.
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* Many other GUI improvements, large and small.
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RPC CHANGES
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* getmemorypool : new RPC command, provides everything needed to construct
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a block with a custom generation transaction and submit a solution
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* listsinceblock : new RPC command, list transactions since given block
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* signmessage/verifymessage : new RPC commands to sign a message with
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one of your private keys or verify that a message signed by the private
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key associated with a bitcoin address.
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GENERAL CHANGES
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---------------
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* Faster initial block download.
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