From: ecdsa Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:28:08 +0000 (+0100) Subject: update release notes X-Git-Url: https://git.novaco.in/?p=electrum-nvc.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=0c51347d9d33e789ad07c8574de237133638a2c6 update release notes --- diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 54d46b8..87f8d95 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -1,14 +1,21 @@ # Release 1.7 -* The wallet does not create new addresses until transactions have 2 -confirmations. This makes recovery from seed more robust. Note that it +* The Classic GUI can be extended with plugins. Developers who want to +add new features or third-party services to Electrum are invited to +write plugins. Some previously existing and non-essential features of +Electrum (point-of-sale mode, qrcode scanner) were removed from the +core and are now available as plugins. + +* The wallet waits for 2 confirmations before creating new +addresses. This makes recovery from seed more robust. Note that it might create unwanted gaps if you use Electrum 1.7 together with older versions of Electrum. -* An interactive Python console replaces the 'wall' tab. The provided -python environment gives users access to the wallet and gui. Custom -scripts an be loaded with a "run(filename)" command. Tab-completions -are available. +* An interactive Python console replaces the 'Wall' tab. The provided +python environment gives users access to the wallet and gui. Most +electrum commands are available as python function in the +console. Custom scripts an be loaded with a "run(filename)" +command. Tab-completions are available. * The location of the Electrum folder in Windows changed from LOCALAPPDATA to APPDATA. Discussion on this topic can be found here: @@ -18,15 +25,18 @@ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=144575.0 For a single address, use the address menu (right-click). To export the keys of your entire wallet, use the settings dialog (import/export tab). -* It is possible to create, sign and redeem multisig transaction, using the command line interface. -This is made possible by the following new commands: +* It is possible to create, sign and redeem multisig transaction using the +command line interface. This is made possible by the following new commands: dumpprivkey, listunspent, createmultisig, createrawtransaction, decoderawtransaction, signrawtransaction The syntax of these commands is similar to their bitcoind counterpart. For an example, see Gavin's tutorial: https://gist.github.com/gavinandresen/3966071 -* Offline wallets do not need to be resynchronized in order to sign a transaction. - For this, use 'signrawtransaction'. ('signtx' is deprecated'). - See the help in docs/offline_wallets +* Offline wallets now work in a way similar to Armory: + 1. user creates an unsigned transaction using the online (watching-only) wallet. + 2. unsigned transaction is copied to the offline computer, and signed by the offline wallet. + 3. signed transaction is copied to the online computer, broadcasted by the online client. + +* Many command line commands have been renamed in order to make the syntax consistent with bitcoind.