Release Notes

The BitShares Core software on the TESTNET has been updated to the TEST-201810 Feature Release. The Core software is used by validation nodes which perform consensus of all transactions on the BitShares blockchain. This release includes new features, optimizations, and bug fixes but does not include any changes to the consensus protocol.

No action is required if you do not operate a validation node or the command line interface (CLI) wallet.

Numerous performance improvements have been made to the software that will benefit all operators of validation nodes including block producers, seed nodes, and API nodes, especially those using the Elasticsearch plugin.

Documentation for BitShares developers may be now be found at the new BitShares Developer Portal (https://dev.bitshares.works).

Who Should Upgrade?

No upgrade is required by any operator of a validation node. Yet many operators will benefit by upgrading.

All operators will benefit from performance improvements (915, 1327, 1359) and fixes (1024, 1203, 1286, 1325).

Operators of block producing nodes will benefit from performance improvements (1251), safety measures (1252), and fixes (1266, 1332, 1364).

Operators of API nodes including Elasticsearch APIs will benefit from improvements to data availability (1351, 1352) and performance (1049, 1271, 1356).

Users of the command line interface (CLI) wallet will also benefit from improvements (1195, 1248).

Upgrade Process

Precautions

No special precautions or hardware are expected to upgrade in this release.

How to Upgrade from Source Code

Obtain the Source Code

The source code may be obtained by checking out:

• tag TEST-2.0.181018,
• Zip archive,
• tar.gx archive

Build the Binaries

The binaries may be built by using your pre-existing process, or by following the standard instructions that can be found in the README.md file.
Platform specific notes

REVIEW: For building under Windows, please checkout 2.0.180823-fix-windows-build tag.

REVIEW: For more information on the macOS binary, see https://github.com/jmjatlanta/bitshares-core/releases/tag/2.0.180823

Deploy the Binaries

Your standard process for deploying the node software may be used. No additional requirements or precautions will be required to deploy the new release.

How to Upgrade with Docker

REVIEW

CLI Binaries for Windows

A binary of the command line interface (CLI) wallet for Windows is pre-built and available for download here TBD (Checksum TBD).

Changes

The changes for BitShares Core for the 201810 Feature Release are summarized below.

Core Functionality

Description	Issue	Pull Request
Change call_order_update_operation to return order_id	1269	1352

Node Functionality

Description	Issue	Pull Request
Segmentation fault when running several witness nodes on the same machine	377	1286
Performance opt pt 1	1079	1359
Log console output during replay to file	985	1355, FC-76
Change replay percentage to total block size processed	1289	1335
Improve block generation performance	-	1251
Review and backport EOS patch about unsigned_int unpacking	993	1267
Check and port Steem PR 2692: missing FC typenames	1217	1248
witness_node uses two incompatible parsers for config.ini	149	1024,1325
db_block.cpp: removed unreachable code	-	1312
Cleanup budget_record_object?	1139	1213
Change object_id to more than 32 bit	1088	1267
More 32 bit to 64 bit changes	1206	1347, 1374
Remove definition of unused symbol_type	-	1235
Update application.cpp	-	1345
application.cpp: minor optimization	-	1327
Call order and bitAsset related code refactory	-	1306
Re-add enable-subscribe-notify-all option after GUI issue fixed	752	1049
When signing a block that updates the signing witness's signing key, use correct signing key	125	1203
remove unused variable _consecutive_production_enabled	-	1294
Check Steem issue 2658: Not producing block because node didn't wake up within 500ms of the slot time	1157	1266
remove verify_account_history_plugin_index()	-	915
inconsistent error message for update_asset_issuer	944	1255
Possible to generate a block that is too large	1136	1252
remove duplicated line in network code node.cpp	-	1231

Node Plugins

Description	Issue	Pull Request
Terminate block production loop when shutting down witness plugin	1314	1332, 1364
add dascoin adaptor	-	1356
[ES plugin] Wrong value of additional_data.fill_data.fill_order	1295	1351
refine es_objects plugin		1271

Command Line Interface (CLI)

Description	Issue	Pull Request
CLI wallet: avoid directly overwriting wallet file on exit	1109	1195
cli_wallet crashes when doing import_key on Mac	1244	1248
get to_id from to_account instead of get_account_id()	-	1242

Build Process

Description	Issue	Pull Request
Integrating cURL into cmake	-	1329, 1336
cli_test doesn't compile on Windows due to using 'sys/socket.h'	1292	1305
clean old style codes	-	1250

Unit Tests

Description	Issue	Pull Request
Not able to perform testing [100,000 transactions per second]	1298	1337
Refactor cli_test	1192	1243
Test case failed on chain_test	1326	1346

Documentation

Description	Issue	Pull Request
API documentation	780	1174
Launch BitShares Developer Portal	1031	How-19, Dev-41
add new doc portals to readme	953	1358
add readme to plugins	-	1319
LaTeX project for documentation like C++ ISO/IEC	1288	-
Probably wrong comment	1301	1349
Create plugin script	-	1302
add new doc portals to readme		1363

Release Contributors

@abitmore
@botanegg
@cogulvalera
@cwyyprog
Damir from Dascoin
@HarukaMa
@jmjatlanta
@ihla
@liondani
@OpenLedgerDev
@oxarbitrage
@pmconrad
@RichardWeiYang
@ryanRfox
@tsugimoto
@zhuliting