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# Release 1.9.8
+(This release includes features initially planned for version 2.0)
* Electrum servers were upgraded to version 0.9. The new server stores
a Patrica tree of all UTXOs, an idea proposed by Alan Reiner in the
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2. getaddressunspent
3. getutxoaddress
-* In addition, two commands for message encryption were added:
- 1. encrypt
- 2. decrypt
-
- The encryption algorithm is ECIES, and code was was borrowed from
- https://github.com/jackjack-jj/jeeq. In order to know the public
- key corresponding to a Bitcoin address, you can use the 'getpubkeys'
- command. The 'decrypt' command assumes that the wallet has the
- private key corresponding to the public key passed as argument.
-
-* The encrypt and decrypt functions are available in the Qt GUI (from
- the menubar, or right click on one of your addresses if you want to
- use its public key).
-
* Command-line commands that require a connection to the network spawn
a daemon, that remains connected and handles subsequent
- commands. The daemon terminates if it remains unused for more than
- one minute.
-
-
+ commands. The daemon terminates itself if it remains unused for more
+ than one minute. The purpose of this is to make scripting more
+ efficient. For example, a bash script using many electrum commands
+ will open only one connection.
# Release 1.9.7
* Fix for offline signing