HISTORY.rst

Release History

Unreleased (see master)

0.4.2 (2017-12-09)

• Optimized network API priorities
• Fixed Smartbit pushtx usage
• Updated 21.co to earn.com

0.4.1 (2017-11-01)

• Removed blockr.io network backend as Coinbase has shut it down.

0.4.0 (2017-04-19)

• Changed elliptic curve backend from OpenSSL to libsecp256k1. This results in an order of magnitude faster key creation and signing/verifying.
• Improved performance of base58 encoding/decoding.
• Breaking: Dropped support for Python 3.3 & 3.4.
• Breaking: :func:`~bit.verify_sig` now returns False for invalid signatures instead of raising an exception. Also, strict is no longer a parameter as BIP-62 compliance is now required.

0.3.1 (2017-03-21)

• Fixed :ref:`cold storage <coldstorage>` workflow.
• Improved performance of private key instantiation.

0.3.0 (2017-03-20)

• Implemented a way to use private keys in :ref:`cold storage <coldstorage>`.
• Changed the default timeout of services from 5 to 10 seconds.
• Fixed network service redundancy by failing if response code is not 200.

0.2.0 (2017-03-17)

• Improved stability of network tests.
• Added :func:`~bit.verify_sig`.
• Refactored crypto to yield over an order of magnitude faster hashing.

0.1.0 (2017-03-15)

• Initial release.