Alpha-1.0

This is the first release of the Chia testnet! Blockchain consensus, proof of time, and proof of space are included.
More details on the release at https://www.chia.net/developer/

Alpha 1.2

Chia Blockchain Testnet alpha 1.2 2020-01-08

  1. Performance improvements
     - Removes database access from blockchain, and handles headers instead of blocks
     - Avoid processing blocks and unfinished blocks that we have already seen.
     - Also adds test for load.
  2. Improvements to plotting via lookup table - as much as 15% faster
  3. Fixed a blockchain initialization bug

Alpha 1.1.1

Chia Blockchain Testnet alpha 1.1.1 2019-12-25
Installation is now separated into everything except timelord/vdf and timelord/vdf.
Added install instructions for Windows using WSL and Ubuntu.
Added install instructions for CentOS 7.7.
Added install instructions for Amazon Linux 2.
New install_timelord.sh and replaced VDF server compilation scripts with Makefile.

Alpha 1.1

Chia Blockchain Testnet alpha 1.1 2019-12-12

  1. FullNode: A long running or low ulimit situation could cause an “out of files” issue which would stop new connection creation. Removed the underlying socket leak.
  2. FullNode: Multiple SSH UI bugs fixed.
  3. Timelord VDF submission and management logic upgraded.
  4. Introducer now makes sure it only sends peer addresses to peers of peers that it can reach on port 8444 or their UPnP port.
  5. Updated blspy requirement to address an issue in the underlying bls-signatures library.
  6. Harvester: Farming  a plot of k = 30 or greater could lead to a segfault in the harvester.