Published on: 2011-10-14T07:10:26+00:00
The availability of 0.5 binaries has been shared in a forum post on bitcointalk.org. The author provides the link to the post, acknowledging that readers may not notice it otherwise. It is unclear what these binaries are specifically for, but it can be assumed they are related to bitcoin due to the post being made on a bitcoin-focused forum.However, caution should be exercised when downloading software or binaries from unknown sources as they may contain harmful malware or viruses. It is recommended to verify the authenticity of the source and files before downloading them.Moving on, on October 10, 2011, Gavin Andresen announced the tagging of the git tree "v0.5.0rc1" and requested users to compile and test it. A user on Debian compiled the code successfully and tested the encryption of their wallet without any issues. The update included a switch from wxWidgets to Qt for the GUI. This change was made because there were no wxWidgets programmers contributing fixes or improvements. The new GUI was praised for its stylish appearance and features such as notifications and a system tray icon on the status bar.The Bitcoin developer community is seeking assistance from those familiar with cross-compiling using mingw to update the Windows build process. The release of version 0.5.0rc1 introduces new JSON-RPC commands like getmemorypool, listsinceblock, signmessage, and verifymessage. Deprecated JSON-RPC features include the 'midstate' data item from getwork requests. Additionally, deprecated JSON-RPC commands that have been removed are setlabel, getlabel, getaddressesbylabel, getamountreceived, getallreceived, and getreceivedbylabel. To obtain a complete list of changes, one can run "git shortlog --no-merges v0.4.0..".
Updated on: 2023-08-01T02:33:32.124807+00:00