Parity Ethereum v2.5.10-stable

Parity Ethereum v2.5.10-stable is a patch release that adds block numbers for
activating the Istanbul hardfork on mainnet, as well as a large number of
various bugfixes, QoL changes, some code cleanup/refactoring and other
miscellaenous changes.

This release removes legacy aliases for the mainnet. If you specify --chain homestead, --chain frontier or --chain byzantium, this will need to be changed to one of: --chain eth, --chain ethereum, --chain foundation or --chain mainnet.

The full list of included changes:

• ropsten #6631425 foundation #8798209 (#11201)
• [stable] builtin, istanbul and mordor testnet backports (#11234)
  • ethcore-builtin (#10850)
  • [builtin]: support multiple prices and activations in chain spec (#11039)
  • [chain specs]: activate Istanbul on mainnet (#11228)
  • ethcore/res: add mordor testnet configuration (#11200)
• Update list of bootnodes for xDai chain (#11236)
• ethcore: remove test-helper feat from build (#11047)
• Secret store: fix Instant::now() related race in net_keep_alive (#11155) (#11159)
• [stable]: backport #10691 and #10683 (#11143)
  • Fix compiler warning (that will become an error) (#10683)
  • Refactor Clique stepping (#10691)
• Add Constantinople eips to the dev (instant_seal) config (#10809)
• Add cargo-remote dir to .gitignore (?)
• Insert explicit warning into the panic hook (#11225)
• Fix docker centos build (#11226)
• Update MIX bootnodes. (#11203)
• Use provided usd-per-eth value if an endpoint is specified (#11209)
• Add new line after writing block to hex file. (#10984)
• Type annotation for next_key() matching of json filter options (#11192) (but no FilterOption in 2.5 so…)
• Upgrade jsonrpc to latest (#11206)
• [CI] check evmbin build (#11096)
• Correct EIP-712 encoding (#11092)
• [client]: Fix for incorrectly dropped consensus messages (#11086)
• Fix block detail updating (#11015)
• Switching sccache from local to Redis (#10971)
• Made ecrecover implementation trait public (#11188)
• [dependencies]: jsonrpc 14.0.1 (#11183)
• [receipt]: add sender & receiver to RichReceipts (#11179)
• [ethcore/builtin]: do not panic in blake2pricer on short input (#11180)
• util Host: fix a double Read Lock bug in fn Host::session_readable() (#11175)
• ethcore client: fix a double Read Lock bug in fn Client::logs() (#11172)
• Change how RPCs eth_call and eth_estimateGas handle "Pending" (#11127)
• Cleanup stratum a bit (#11161)
• Upgrade to jsonrpc v14 (#11151)
• SecretStore: expose restore_key_public in HTTP API (#10241)

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System	Option	-	Resource
	Homebrew	-	github.com/paritytech/homebrew-paritytech
	Snapcraft	-	snapcraft.io/parity
	Docker	-	hub.docker.com/r/parity/parity
	All binaries	-	vanity-service.parity.io/parity-binaries?version=v2.5.10

Parity Ethereum v2.6.4-beta

Parity Ethereum v2.6.4-stable is a patch release that adds the block numbers for activating the Istanbul hardfork on test networks: Ropsten, Görli, Rinkeby and Kovan.

A full list of included changes:

• ethcore/res: activate Istanbul on Ropsten, Görli, Rinkeby, Kovan (#11068)
• cleanup json crate (#11027)
• [json-spec] make blake2 pricing spec more readable (#11034)
• Update JSON tests to d4f86ecf4aa7c (#11054)

System	Architecture	Binary	Sha256 Checksum
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	x64	parity	1b5fb1a33eba1f4549d7b33a1e8eba049c98fd1f45b901573ed72623cede05ea
System	Option	-	Resource
	Homebrew	-	github.com/paritytech/homebrew-paritytech
	Snapcraft	-	snapcraft.io/parity
	Docker	-	hub.docker.com/r/parity/parity
	All binaries	-	vanity-service.parity.io/parity-binaries?version=v2.6.4

Parity Ethereum v2.5.9-stable

Parity Ethereum v2.5.9-stable is a patch release that adds the block numbers for activating the Istanbul hardfork on test networks: Ropsten, Görli, Rinkeby and Kovan.

The full list of included changes:

• ethcore/res: activate Istanbul on Ropsten, Görli, Rinkeby, Kovan (#11068)
• [json-spec] make blake2 pricing spec more readable (#11034)

System	Architecture	Binary	Sha256 Checksum
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System	Option	-	Resource
	Homebrew	-	github.com/paritytech/homebrew-paritytech
	Snapcraft	-	snapcraft.io/parity
	Docker	-	hub.docker.com/r/parity/parity
	All binaries	-	vanity-service.parity.io/parity-binaries?version=v2.5.9

Parity Ethereum v2.6.3-beta

Parity Ethereum v2.6.3-beta is a patch release that improves security, stability and performance.

• The most noteworthy improvement in this release is incorporating all the EIPs required for the Istanbul hard fork.
• This release also fixes certain security and performance issues, one of which was suspected to be consensus-threatening but turned out to be benign. Thanks to Martin Holst Swende and Felix Lange from the Ethereum Foundation for bringing the suspicious issue to our attention.

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System	Option	-	Resource
	Homebrew	-	github.com/paritytech/homebrew-paritytech
	Snapcraft	-	snapcraft.io/parity
	Docker	-	hub.docker.com/r/parity/parity
	All binaries	-	vanity-service.parity.io/parity-binaries?version=v2.6.3

A full list of changes can be found in the CHANGELOG.md

Parity Ethereum v2.5.8-stable

Parity Ethereum v2.5.8-stable is a patch release that improves security, stability and performance.

• The most noteworthy improvement in this release is incorporating all the EIPs required for the Istanbul hard fork.
• This release also fixes certain security and performance issues, one of which was suspected to be consensus-threatening but turned out to be benign. Thanks to Martin Holst Swende and Felix Lange from the Ethereum Foundation for bringing the suspicious issue to our attention.

System	Architecture	Binary	Sha256 Checksum
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	x64	parity	2d8f0e0b785124ca3c569502280d615d28dfaf47e313d98d2376dd89a49eef7b
System	Option	-	Resource
	Homebrew	-	github.com/paritytech/homebrew-paritytech
	Snapcraft	-	snapcraft.io/parity
	Docker	-	hub.docker.com/r/parity/parity
	All binaries	-	vanity-service.parity.io/parity-binaries?version=v2.5.8

A full list of changes can be found in the CHANGELOG.md

Parity Ethereum v2.6.2-beta

Parity Ethereum v2.6.2-beta is a bugfix release that fixes a potential DoS attack in the trace_call RPC method. This is a critical upgrade for anyone running Parity nodes with RPC exposed to the public internet (and highly recommended for anyone else). For details see this blog post.

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System	Option	-	Resource
	Homebrew	-	github.com/paritytech/homebrew-paritytech
	Snapcraft	-	snapcraft.io/parity
	Docker	-	hub.docker.com/r/parity/parity
	All binaries	-	vanity-service.parity.io/parity-binaries?version=v2.6.2

Parity Ethereum v2.5.7-stable

Parity Ethereum v2.5.7-stable is a bugfix release that fixes a potential DoS attack in the trace_call RPC method. This is a critical upgrade for anyone running Parity nodes with RPC exposed to the public internet (and highly recommended for anyone else). For details see this blog post.

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System	Option	-	Resource
	Homebrew	-	github.com/paritytech/homebrew-paritytech
	Snapcraft	-	snapcraft.io/parity
	Docker	-	hub.docker.com/r/parity/parity
	All binaries	-	vanity-service.parity.io/parity-binaries?version=v2.5.7

Parity Ethereum v2.6.1-beta

Parity-Ethereum 2.6.1-beta is a patch release that improves stability.

This release includes:

• Allow specifying hostnames for node URLs
• Fix a bug where archive nodes were losing peers
• Add support for Energy Web Foundations new chains 'Volta' and 'EWC', and remove their deprecated 'Tobalaba' chain.

System	Architecture	Binary	Sha256 Checksum
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	x64	parity	2178a9ee9656dd7669ba7528bec7ec0d54c93c54c5b693a39efa83fefa496348
System	Option	-	Resource
	Homebrew	-	github.com/paritytech/homebrew-paritytech
	Snapcraft	-	snapcraft.io/parity
	Docker	-	hub.docker.com/r/parity/parity
	All binaries	-	vanity-service.parity.io/parity-binaries?version=v2.6.1

The full list of included changes:

• Add support for Energy Web Foundation's new chains (#10957)
• Kaspersky AV whitelisting (#10919)
• Avast whitelist script (#10900)
• Docker images renaming (#10863)
• Remove excessive warning (#10831)
• Allow --nat extip:your.host.here.org (#10830)
• When updating the client or when called from RPC, sleep should mean sleep (#10814)
• added new ropsten-bootnode and removed old one (#10794)
• ethkey no longer uses byteorder (#10786)
• docs: Update Readme with TOC, Contributor Guideline. Update Cargo package descriptions (#10652)

Parity Ethereum v2.5.6-stable

Parity-Ethereum v2.5.6-stable is a bugfix release that improves stability.

The release includes:

• Allow specifying hostnames for node URLs
• Fix a bug where archive nodes were losing peers
• Add support for Energy Web Foundations new chains 'Volta' and 'EWC', and remove their deprecated 'Tobalaba' chain.

The full list of included changes:

• Add support for Energy Web Foundation's new chains (#10957)
• Kaspersky AV whitelisting (#10919)
• Avast whitelist script (#10900)
• Docker images renaming (#10863)
• Remove excessive warning (#10831)
• Allow --nat extip:your.host.here.org (#10830)
• When updating the client or when called from RPC, sleep should mean sleep (#10814)
• added new ropsten-bootnode and removed old one (#10794)
• ethkey no longer uses byteorder (#10786)
• Do not drop the peer with None difficulty (#10772)
• docs: Update Readme with TOC, Contributor Guideline. Update Cargo package descriptions (#10652)

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System	Option	-	Resource
	Homebrew	-	github.com/paritytech/homebrew-paritytech
	Snapcraft	-	snapcraft.io/parity
	Docker	-	hub.docker.com/r/parity/parity
	All binaries	-	vanity-service.parity.io/parity-binaries?version=v2.5.6

Parity Ethereum v2.6.0-beta

Parity-Ethereum 2.6.0-beta is a minor release that stabilizes the 2.6 branch by
marking it as a beta release.

This release includes:

• Major refactoring of the codebase
• Many bugfixes
• Significant improvements to logging, error and warning message clarity.
• SecretStore: remove support of old database formats (#10757)
  • This is a potentially breaking change if you have not upgraded for
    quite some time.

As of today, Parity-Ethereum 2.4 reaches end of life, and everyone is
encouraged to upgrade.

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System	Option	-	Resource
	Homebrew	-	github.com/paritytech/homebrew-paritytech
	Snapcraft	-	snapcraft.io/parity
	Docker	-	hub.docker.com/r/parity/parity
	All binaries	-	vanity-service.parity.io/parity-binaries?version=v2.6.0

A full list of changes can be found in the CHANGELOG.md