Merged Bitcoin 0.15.1 + Confidential Transactions

The Particl Development Team released the latest version of the Particl Core wallet: Release 0.15.1.0

This update merges the latest development on Bitcoin Core 0.15.1 which went live 7 days ago — it was a minor release. Release notes of the Bitcoin protocol updates can be found here.

On top of those changes, Particl Development Team has committed the following upgrades and bug fixes.

Upgrades

  • Addresses loaded in bech32 format will display in bech32 (in filteraddresses only so far)

Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed occasional fail when sending txn using subfee with blinded outputs.
  • Qt gui updates display of blinded txns when unlocked.
  • Fixed bug where unlocked txn outputs would reset to 0.
  • Fixed abandontransaction rpc function.
  • Fixed balance showing in unconfirmed for maprecord txns not in mempool.
  • Wallets will scan up to the active chain tip on load.

How does this affect you?

Particl has a handful of official wallet clients: Particl Wallet, Particl Copay and Particl Core cli and qt wallets. All of them rely on Particl Core for the backend muscle and security. Lucky for you, all of them call for the latest protocol automatically!

Particl Wallet — https://github.com/particl/partgui/releases

  • Particl Wallet will automatically download, install and run the latest daemon from the Particl Core releases during startup.

Particl Copay — https://github.com/particl/copay/releases

  • The Particl Copay App is a lightweight client that can be run on Android mobiles or desktops. The app talks with a virtual server that hosts the Particl blockchain and latest codebase.

Particl Core cli and qt clients — included

  • Core ships with two wallets: cli (a command line interface) and qt (a graphic user interface). Both versions are always included in Particl official builds and talk to the latest codebase they are packaged with.

In short, if you are running Particl Wallet or Particl Copay, you don’t need to do anything. The next time you open each app they will call up Particl Core 0.15.1.0 automatically. If you use the cli or qt clients you have a choice: continue with version 0.15.0.2 or newer or upgrade to 0.15.1.0.

particl/particl-core
particl-core - Particl Core integration/staging treegithub.com

Are you still running Particl Core versions: 0.14.1.1 or 0.14.2.1? You need to upgrade immediately!

Novemeber 10th Particl had its first hardfork, a planned fork to activate Cold Staking on Mainnet. Activation of this hard fork means that users running clients prior to 0.15.0.2 are on an abandoned blockchain.

For 0.14 users, the coinstakes your wallet is collecting and the transactions you are sending or receiving are not on the live blockchain and services like Bittrex and Crypto.Id won’t talk to your wallet because they don’t know you exist.

Credits

Thanks to Particl Team and everyone at Bitcoin Core who contributed to these changes.

WARNING Despite this version being heavily tested, this version may still contain bugs. Always backup your `wallet.dat` file before upgrading. If you encounter any issues, please let us know by reporting here.

Thank You

Particl Team