The BitShares Core software has been updated to the 7.0.0 Protocol Release. The codename of the 7.x releases is "Suez". The BitShares Core software is used to build the validation nodes that perform consensus of all transactions on the BitShares blockchain. This release includes additions, improvements and changes to the consensus protocol.
The scheduled protocol upgrade (hard fork) time is Thursday, November 16, 2023 14:00:00 UTC (2023-11-16T14:00:00Z).
Documentation for users may be be found at How BitShares Works.
Documentation for BitShares developers may be found at the BitShares Developer Portal.
All nodes need to be upgraded to handle the protocol upgrade (hard fork).
Command-line wallets need to be upgraded to connect to upgraded nodes.
6.1.0 release (the previous version). If you are upgrading from an earlier version, please see the 6.1.0 release notes for more information.The pre-built Docker image can be found on the BitShares Core Docker page and can be downloaded with the following command.
docker pull bitshares/bitshares-core:7.0
Note:
The source code may be obtained by checking out the 7.0.0 tag. Download the source at:
The binaries may be built by using your pre-existing process, or by following the standard instructions that can be found in the wiki:
Your standard process for deploying the node software may be used. No additional requirements or precautions will be required to deploy the new release.
Binaries of the command-line interface (CLI) wallet and the node software are pre-built and available for download.
Note:
7.0.0, pre-built Linux binaries will not run on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic).| Platform | SHA256 Checksum |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows | 984401f1e46c0458e8991ec61719f4e7c1bd1d96a351c3013e01592efacbd75d |
| Mac | edfc685d6c9af6008fb35b3fed3e0368dbc256ab8fbaeb32118f58f558fc954c |
| Linux | 4229c0ae8b64c7edd607c705815d79c4c925c4e0486c403a13eab7eef443fad6 |
The changes for 7.0.0 Protocol Release are summarized below.
| Description | Issue | Pull Request |
|---|---|---|
| Add Order-Sends-Take-Profit-Order (OSO) feature for market making | 2535 | 2749, 2759, 2762 |
| Add new operation to modify existing limit order (see notes about breaking changes) | 1604 | 2743, 2776 |
| Add credit deal auto-repayment feature | 2595 | 2735, 2755, 2757, 2760 |
| Add operation to update liquidity pools | 2604 | 2720, 2754 |
| Tighter peg when collateral price rises and settlement fund is not empty or settlement order exists (see notes about breaking changes) | 2591 | 2721, 2727, 2748, 2768 |
| Allow settling more than total debt amount in individual settlement fund when no sufficient price feeds | 2587 | 2716, 2764 |
| Description | Issue | Pull Request |
|---|---|---|
Add return value (what and how much is refunded) to virtual limit_order_cancel operation | - | 2729 |
| Update default values of market history plugin options | - | 2702 |
| Update seed nodes | - | 2769 |
| Description | Issue | Pull Request |
|---|---|---|
| Improve node networking stability by better handling asio operation cancellation exceptions | - | FC-249, 2775 |
| Description | Plugins | Issue | Pull Request |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support ElasticSearch 8 (see notes about deployment) | ElasticSearch Operations, ElasticSearch Objects | 2706 | 2707, 2709 |
Add missing is_virtual field in account history in ES, and fix a related API | ElasticSearch Operations | - | 2730 |
This release does not contain any API changes.
| Description | Issue | Pull Request |
|---|---|---|
Improve performance of account history wallet APIs by using the block_time field in operation_history_object | 2643 | 2644 |
Fix "gethelp command in CLI wallet built with Ubuntu 20 lacks docs for command parameters" | 2770 | 2771 |
| Description | Issue | Pull Request |
|---|---|---|
Improve safe<T> | 2147 | FC-248, 2739 |
| Fix Network Mapper Tool | - | 2718 |
| Fix code smells | - | 2703, 2705, 2745, 2747 |
| Description | Issue | Pull Request |
|---|---|---|
Use gcovr to process code coverage data | - | 2739, 2742, FC-248 |
| Set a timeout for running unit tests in Github Actions | - | 2732 |
| Remove SonarCloud cache and threads configuration as it is now by default | 2738 | 2736, 2737, FC-248 |
| Stop supporting Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | 2670 | 2707, FC-248, Gitian-72 |
| Update dependency versions used in Github Actions | - | 2724, 2752, 2775, 2779 |
| Bump docker/build-push-action from 3 to 4 | - | 2722, 2726 |
| Description | Issue | Pull Request |
|---|---|---|
| Fix Doxygen warnings | - | 2780 |
| Update project links, version and description in sonar-project.properties | - | 2714, 2715, 2740 |
| Update license year | - | 2731 |
| Update project brief and version in Doxyfile | - | 2767 |
