v1.6.5
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Release notes
This release makes DAO synchronization 30% quicker, improves BSQ SegWit fee calculation to save mining fees, and (as always) fixes many bugs across the board.
Improvements
- Speed up "Synchronizing DAO" by ~30%
- Reduce BSQ fee estimation constant to reduce fees for BSQ SegWit transactions
- Upgrade JavaFX to v16
- Withdrawal view: reduce vertical spacing and fix issue with custom fee
- Add fiat equivalent for Total Amount & Security Deposit for both makers and sellers
- Replace bisq.network/faq links with bisq.wiki
- Replace docs.bisq.network links with bisq.wiki
- Remove Bitpay as a pricenode data provider because of too low volume and high spread
Bug fixes
- Prevent burning of BSQ dust in specific edge cases
- Fix the formula used to calculate BSQ amount needed to avoid dust
- Fix the price node lower bounds for minimum fee
- Add missing check if transaction was in correct voting phase
- Fix custom fee rate field when custom inputs are used
- Fix string when creating a new offer
- Fix focus issue when enter key used to edit offer
- Fixed XRC coin title to correct one
Development & Documentation
- Build: Change default console to plain
- Build: Preserve shadow plugin name
- Build:Remove jcenter repository
- Create Installer: Open binaries shared folder on finish
- Create Installer: Enforce Java 11
- Create Installer: Include build platform in fat jar filename
- Create Installer: Fix Raspberry Pi build
- Create Installer: Fix macOS jar hash
Assets
No new assets.
Verification
For a detailed description on how to verify your Bisq installer please have a look at our wiki: https://bisq.wiki/Downloading_and_installing#Verify_installer_file
Url of the signing key (Christoph Atteneder): https://bisq.network/pubkey/29CDFD3B.asc
Full fingerprint: CB36 D7D2 EBB2 E35D 9B75 500B CD5D C1C5 29CD FD3B
Import the key:
curl https://bisq.network/pubkey/29CDFD3B.asc | gpg --import
GPG prints a confusion warning: "This key is not certified with a trusted signature!" - See https://serverfault.com/questions/569911/how-to-verify-an-imported-gpg-key for background information what it means.
How to verify signatures?
gpg --digest-algo SHA256 --verify BINARY{.asc*,}
Replace BINARY with the file you downloaded (e.g. Bisq-1.6.5.dmg)
Verify jar file inside binary:
You can verify on OSX the jar file with:
shasum -a256 [PATH TO BISQ APP]/Bisq.app/Contents/app/desktop-1.6.5-all.jar
The output need to match the value from the Bisq-1.6.5.jar.txt file.
NEW: There are three hashes within the Bisq-1.6.5.jar.txt file (macOS, Windows, Linux).
If you want to reproduce and verify the hash of the jar file locally, you need to do so on Windows or Linux using Java 11.0.10 and the v1.6.5 release tag. Because of the signing and notarization process that requires the developer certificate used for the build on macOS it is not possible to create the same jar on macOS.
Known issues with installation
Windows:
There is a known issue with Anti Virus software. We got several reports from users running into different problems. Either the AV software blocks Bisq or Tor, delete files in the data directory [2] or app directory [1]) or cause such a long delay at startup that Tor gets terminated and a file remains locked which can cause that Bisq cannot be started afterwards. To resolve that you need to restart Windows then the lock get released. We are working on solutions to fix those issues.
If you use Crypto currencies on your Windows system be aware that Windows is much more vulnerable to malware than Linux or OSX. Consider to use a dedicated non-Windows system when dealing with cryptocurrencies.
[1] Application directory (contains application installation files):
C:\Users<username>\AppData\Local\Bisq
[2] Data directory (contains all Bisq data including wallet):
C:\Users<username>\AppData\Roaming\Bisq\btc_mainnet\tor (you can delete everything except the hiddenservice directory)
Linux:
Hint for Debian users:
If you have problems starting Bisq on Debian use: /opt/bisq/bin/Bisq
If your Linux distro does not support .deb files please follow this instruction:
cd ~/Downloads
mkdir tmp
cd tmp
ar x ../Bisq-64bit-1.6.5.deb
sudo tar Jxvf data.tar.xz
sudo cp -rp opt/Bisq /opt/
That instruction is not tested on many different distros. If you encounter problems please report it in a Github issue so we can improve it.
Credits
Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:
- @BtcContributor
- @cd2357
- @chimp1984
- @devinbileck
- @ghubstan
- @jmacxx
- @m52go
- @maxim-belkin
- @ripcurlx
- @sqrrm
- @Emzy
- @wiz
As well as to everyone that helped with translations on Transifex.