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Parity v1.6.10 (2017-07-25)

This is a hotfix release for the stable channel addressing the recent multi-signature wallet vulnerability. Note, upgrading is not mandatory, and all future multi-sig wallets created by any version of Parity are secure.

All Changes:

Backports for stable #6116
- Remove chunk to restore from pending set only upon successful import #6112
- Blacklist bad snapshot manifest hashes upon failure #5874
- Bump snap version and tweak importing detection logic #6079 (modified to work)
Fix docker build for stable #6118
Update wallet library binaries #6108
Backported wallet fix #6104
- Fix initialisation bug. (#6102)
- Update wallet library modifiers (#6103)
Bump to v1.6.10

Parity v1.6.9 (2017-07-16)

This is a first stable release of 1.6 series. It contains a number of minor fixes and introduces the --reseal-on-uncles option for miners.

Full list of changes:

Backports #6061
- Ethereum Classic Monetary Policy #5741
  - Update rewards for uncle miners for ECIP1017
  - Fix an off-by-one error in ECIP1017 era calculation
  - ecip1017_era_rounds missing from EthashParams when run in build bot
  - strip out ecip1017_eras_block_reward function and add unit test
- JS precompiled set to stable
Backports #6060
- --reseal-on-uncle #5940
  - Optimized uncle check
  - Additional uncle check
  - Updated comment
- Bump to v1.6.9
- CLI: Export error message and less verbose peer counter. #5870
  - Removed numbed of active connections from informant
  - Print error message when fatdb is required
  - Remove peers from UI

Parity v1.6.8 (2017-06-08)

This release addresses:

a rare condition where quickly creating a new account was generating an account not matching the recovery phrase.
compressed RLP strings caused wrong/empty transaction receipts on Classic network.
blacklisting the empty phrase account from UI and RPC on non-development chains. See also this blog post.
canceling transactions that didn't have a condition.
the updated Expanse fork block and chain ID.

Full changelog:

Backporting to beta #5791
- Bump to v1.6.8
- Update expanse json with fork at block 600000 #5351
  - Update expanse json with fork at block 600000
  - Update exp chainID to 2
- Bumped mio #5763
- Fixed default UI port for mac installer #5782
- Blacklist empty phrase account. #5730
- Update Cid/multihash/ring/tinykeccak #5785
  - Updating ring,multihash,tiny-keccak
  - Updating CID in ipfs.
- Disable compression for RLP strings #5786
Beta Backports #5789
- Fix local transactions without condition. #5716
- Block invalid account name creation #5784
  - Additional non-empty phrase check (fromNew)
  - Explicit canCreate check in create (not only on UI)
  - BN instance check (fixes Geth imports)
  - Fixup tests after better checks
- Recover from empty phrase in dev mode #5698
  - Add dev chain to isTest
  - Fix signer
  - Fix no condition transactions
  - Fix case: old parity
  - Fix propTypes.

Parity v1.6.7 (2017-05-18)

This release addresses:

potential usability issues with import and recovery of existing accounts.
canceling scheduled transactions via RPC or UI.
warp sync issues with the Kovan network.

Full changelog:

Backporting to beta #5657
- Add CHANGELOG.md #5513
- Reorg into blocks before minimum history #5558
- Bump to v1.6.7
Cancel Transaction #5656
- option to disable persistent txqueue #5544
- Remove transaction RPC #4949
- Cancel tx JS #4958
- Updating documentation for RPCs #5392
Backport Recover button #5654
- Backport #5645
Add monotonic step to Kovan #5630
- Add monotonic transition to kovan #5587
Fix ethsign #5600
Registry backports #5445
- Fixes to the Registry dapp #4984
- Fix references to api outside of parity.js #4981

Parity v1.6.6 (2017-04-11)

This release brings warp sync support for kovan network.

Beta Backports #5434
- Bump to v1.6.6
- Strict validation transitions #4988
  - Ability to make validation stricter
  - Fix consensus
  - Remove logger
- Fix eth_sign showing as wallet account #5309
  - DefaultProps for account
  - Pass signing account
  - Update tests for Connect(...)
- Add new seed nodes #5345
- Kovan warp sync fixed
Aura eip155 validation transition #5363
- Add eip155 validation
- Add transition block
Default eip155 validation #5350
Backport syntax libs update #5316

Parity v1.6.5 (2017-03-28)

This release contains the following changes:

Warp sync snapshot format improvements.
Fix for Firefox UI issues.
Fix for restoring from a file snapshot.
Fix for auto-updater error handling.
Updated configuration for Ropsten revival. Make sure to delete old Ropsten blockchain first with parity db kill --chain ropsten. After that you can sync normally with parity --chain ropsten.

Full changes:

Beta Backports #5299
- Fix FireFox overflows #5000
  - Max width for container
  - Set min-width
- Switching ValidatorSet #4961
  - Add multi validator set
  - Nicer comment
  - Validate in constructor
  - Reporting
- Avoid clogging up tmp when updater dir has bad permissions. #5024
- Force earliest era set in snapshot restore #5021
- Bumb to v1.6.5
- Fine grained snapshot chunking
- Ropsten revival
Fix validator contract syncing #4789 #5011
- Make validator set aware of various states
- Fix updater build
- Clean up contract call
- Failing sync test
- Adjust tests
- Nicer indent
- Revert bound divisor

Parity v1.6.4 (2017-03-22)

A number of issues fixed in this release:

Ledger device connectivity issues for some users on Windows.
Improved vault usability.
Stratum mining no longer requires --force-sealing.
evm binary has been renamed to parity-evm to avoid conflict with cpp-ethereum package.

Full Changes:

Backporting to beta #4995
- Bump to v1.6.4
- Ensure sealing work enabled if notifier registed
- Fix condition check
- Always send full chunks #4960
- Bump nanomsg #4965
- Renaming evm binary to avoid conflicts. #4899
Beta UI backports #4993
- Update js-precompiled 20170314-121823
- Attach hardware wallets already in addressbook #4912
  - Attach hardware wallets already in addressbook
  - Only set values changed
- Add Vaults logic to First Run #4894 #4914
- Add ability to configure Secure API (for #4885) #4922
- Add z-index to small modals as well #4923
- Eth_sign where account === undefined #4964
  - Update for case where account === undefined
  - Update tests to not mask account === undefined
  - Default account = {} where undefined (thanks @tomusdrw)
- Fix Password Dialog forms style issue #4968

Parity v1.6.3 (2017-03-14)

This release fixes issue compatibility with Safari on MacOS.

Safari fixes #4902
- Add intitial max-width to sections
- Move background z-index to -1

Parity v1.6.2 (2017-03-13)

A major release introducing a few new features:

Revamped UI.
Account Vaults.
Support for Ledger hardware wallet devices.
Stratum protocol for PoW mining.
A new MacOS installer. Parity for MacOS now includes a Menu Bar icon that allows controlling Parity service.
Disk backed transaction store. Pending transactions are now saved to disk and won't get lost when Parity is restarted.
Improved memory management.

See the blog post for more details.