2.4.4 Released!

[pmaslana]

Version 2.4.4 of the Chia reference client is now available for download! This update contains a variety of tweaks and enhancements, including the coin split and combine RPCs. The Rust migration is still ongoing.

2.4.4 Chia blockchain 2024-10-15

What's Changed

Added

• Build both sdist and wheel for upload to pypi
• Add a fee option to push_transactions
• Add bech32m options to some key functions
• Add --valid-at/--expires-at to all CLI transaction RPC endpoints
• Add TXConfig args to coin commands
• Add missing client endpoints for corresponding Wallet RPC endpoints
• Add version number to every log line

Changed

• Remove block_height_list from BlockGenerator
• Display sync percentage in 'chia show -s'
• Make 'chia plotnft -f fingerprint -i wallet_id' output JSON
• make Program.run() and Program.run_with_cost() default to enabling all the most recent features
• Remove soft-fork 4 special cases
• Log the rate at which blocks are added during long sync
• Rename Spend to SpendConditions
• Remove Backend* warning ignores
• Replace get_flags_for_height_and_constants() with Rust version
• Refactor get_puzzle_and_solution_for_coin() and introduce get_puzzle_and_solution_for_coin2()
• Warm up the cache once per batch in pre_validate_blocks_multiprocessing
• Cleanup and convert to a protocol for BlockchainInterface
• Update BlockGenerator type
• Extract coin splitting and combining logic from CLI and move to RPC
• Update long-reorg tests along with the reorg test chains
• Switch mempool TX prevalidation to the Rust version
• Remove initial_freeze_period from RPCs
• Introduce new AugmentedBlockchain class
• Use smarter coin selection algorithm for DAO wallet select_coins_for_asset_type
• Refactor multiprocess_validation
• Deduct block overhead from the mempool's maximum block clvm cost limit
• Update to macOS 13 for build and test
• Simplify batch pre validate blocks
• Add a configurable limit to the amount of DIDs that can be automatically added to the users wallet from transfer
• Datalayer: Revert ancestors table schema change from CHIA-645 Optimize build ancestors table. #18100
• Datalayer: separate DAT files in folders by store id
• Datalayer: Reduce level log spam when downloading DAT files
• Datalayer: Limit full file creation when processing subscription generations
• Bump aiohttp to 3.10.4
• Bump chia_rs to 0.14.0
• Bump chiavdf to 1.1.6
• Bump cryptography to 43.0.1
• Bump dnslib to 0.9.25
• Bump pip to 24.2
• Bump setuptools to 75.1.0

Fixed

• refactor new_peak_timelord
• Fixed missing partial count was incorrectly incremented on solo plotNFT farming
• Timelord logging: Updated peak to hex from bytestring
• Source offer confirmed height from original coin state (fixes [Bug] Offer Trade Status Not Updating Upon Fulfillment (remains pending accept) #18330)
• fix long sync cache
• Fix request_fee_estimates (thanks @Yakuhito)
• Fix confusing amount-related CLI help messages
• Fix raise on too much decimal precision in CLI
• Remove the coin amount from state layer solution
• Fix BrokenProcessPool error for Windows installer blueboxing
• Check to confirm external TXs submitted by wallet
• Correctly set start_index in create_more_puzzle_hashes
• Use better key resolution logic in derivation commands
• Fix new pool url detection (thanks @felixbrucker)
• Fixed logging for fast bluebox timelord (thanks @thesemaphoreslim)
• remove no-wallet-found traceback from /dl_owned_singletons (fixes [Bug] ValueError: DataLayerWallet not available - spam in Log file #18518)
• Fix DID balance reporting, and port DID tests to WalletTestFramwork
• Fix object has no attribute code errors
• Fix fee behavior with chia wallet coins combine
• Fix install.sh upgrade issue (thanks @wallentx) (fixes [Bug] install.sh upgrade failure SMH 😠 #18672)
• fix some comments typos (thanks @pengbanban, @murongshaozong, @linchizhen)

Known Issues

• The wallet rpc combine_coins requires number_of_coins to be set explicitly in the request and otherwise will return an error

Deprecated

• Python 3.8 is deprecated per the Python EOL schedule and this release (2.4.4) will be the last to support Python 3.8

Removed

• Support for macOS 12 (Monterey)

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