Parity 1.6.9

This is a first stable release of 1.6 series. It contains a number of minor fixes and introduces the --reseal-on-uncles option for miners.

OS	Architecture	File	MD5 Checksum
linux	aarch64	parity_1.6.9_arm64.deb	87f0231167613a99081e6de75c43e955
linux	armv7	parity_1.6.9_armhf.deb	b197707697b66efadb4f160679a9d616
linux	x86_64	parity_1.6.9_amd64.deb	35ef321c3f8a4c412fff8d59ce5905e5
linux	x86_64	parity_1.6.9_amd64.snap	a5ee94366b8eee9eef45b497589b55e7
windows	x86_64	InstallParity.exe	1849cd5861c9dd2776270196f85e13ba
darwin	x86_64	parity-1.6.9-osx-installer.pkg	cb46fb83bf2986f1d26db35406bdc7f1

Homebrew: https://github.com/ethcore/homebrew-ethcore/blob/master/README.md
Docker: https://hub.docker.com/r/parity/parity

Full list of changes:

• Backports #6061
  • Ethereum Classic Monetary Policy #5741
    • Update rewards for uncle miners for ECIP1017
    • Fix an off-by-one error in ECIP1017 era calculation
    • ecip1017_era_rounds missing from EthashParams when run in build bot
    • strip out ecip1017_eras_block_reward function and add unit test
  • JS precompiled set to stable
• Backports #6060
  • --reseal-on-uncle #5940
    • Optimized uncle check
    • Additional uncle check
    • Updated comment
  • Bump to v1.6.9
  • CLI: Export error message and less verbose peer counter. #5870
    • Removed numbed of active connections from informant
    • Print error message when fatdb is required
    • Remove peers from UI

Parity 1.6.8

Changelog:

This release addresses:

• a rare condition where quickly creating a new account was generating an account not matching the recovery phrase.
• compressed RLP strings caused wrong/empty transaction receipts on Classic network.
• blacklisting the empty phrase account from UI and RPC on non-development chains. See also this blog post.
• canceling transactions that didn't have a condition.
• the updated Expanse fork block and chain ID.

Full changelog:

• Backporting to beta #5791
  • Bump to v1.6.8
  • Update expanse json with fork at block 600000 #5351
    • Update expanse json with fork at block 600000
    • Update exp chainID to 2
  • Bumped mio #5763
  • Fixed default UI port for mac installer #5782
  • Blacklist empty phrase account. #5730
  • Update Cid/multihash/ring/tinykeccak #5785
    • Updating ring,multihash,tiny-keccak
    • Updating CID in ipfs.
  • Disable compression for RLP strings #5786
• Beta Backports #5789
  • Fix local transactions without condition. #5716
  • Block invalid account name creation #5784
    • Additional non-empty phrase check (fromNew)
    • Explicit canCreate check in create (not only on UI)
    • BN instance check (fixes Geth imports)
    • Fixup tests after better checks
  • Recover from empty phrase in dev mode #5698
    • Add dev chain to isTest
    • Fix signer
    • Fix no condition transactions
    • Fix case: old parity
    • Fix propTypes.

Downloads

OS	Architecture	File	MD5 Checksum
linux	aarch64	parity_1.6.8_arm64.deb	d49d2de3bab4538cfb6a5b504ec76494
linux	armv7	parity_1.6.8_armhf.deb	f78031df6777d369ac114598a193319a
linux	x86_64	parity_1.6.8_amd64.deb	92ff746bb2d64fab00e64bbcd7b97bfa
darwin	x86_64	parity-1.6.8-osx-installer.pkg	eb006a866b1bf618b34d45b6c4032c91
windows	x86_64	InstallParity.exe	80b865a677da0418e4aa23a6fc61ea32

Homebrew: https://github.com/ethcore/homebrew-ethcore/blob/master/README.md
Docker: https://hub.docker.com/r/ethcore/parity
Ubuntu snap package (Experimental)

Parity 1.6.7

This release addresses:

• potential usability issues with import and recovery of existing accounts.
• canceling scheduled transactions via RPC or UI.
• warp sync issues with the Kovan network.

Full changelog:

• Backporting to beta #5657
  • Add CHANGELOG.md #5513
  • Reorg into blocks before minimum history #5558
  • Bump to v1.6.7
• Cancel Transaction #5656
  • option to disable persistent txqueue #5544
  • Remove transaction RPC #4949
  • Cancel tx JS #4958
  • Updating documentation for RPCs #5392
• Backport Recover button #5654
  • Backport #5645
• Add monotonic step to Kovan #5630
  • Add monotonic transition to kovan #5587
• Fix ethsign #5600
• Registry backports #5445
  • Fixes to the Registry dapp #4984
  • Fix references to api outside of parity.js #4981

OS	Architecture	File	MD5 Checksum
linux	aarch64	parity_1.6.7_arm64.deb	3e28a9c87d680ebfa9cccfd9ccd54d54
linux	armv7	parity_1.6.7_armhf.deb	71ad1693a0a167a095831e532df10e12
linux	x86_64	parity_1.6.7_amd64.deb	574fce5893ecc242aba4389af9fcc77f
windows	x86_64	InstallParity.exe	a653fa22772d7416f5abef848ece7234
darwin	x86_64	parity-1.6.7-osx-installer.pkg	816150b244ab186d14345ee780f1c91b

Homebrew: https://github.com/ethcore/homebrew-ethcore/blob/master/README.md
Docker: https://hub.docker.com/r/ethcore/parity

Parity 1.6.6

This release brings warp sync support for kovan network.

OS	Architecture	File	MD5 Checksum
linux	armv7	parity_1.6.6_armhf.deb	440a7e3a739ae0a1fea9c6cb2353503e
linux	aarch64	parity_1.6.6_arm64.deb	9af8f9b8631730d2723243bc3d2675b9
linux	x86_64	parity_1.6.6_amd64.deb	40d573218449915fb88064d0eb824c3a
darwin	x86_64	parity-1.6.6-osx-installer.pkg	2b5944c303fbe904e422d117e6dc12d0
windows	x86_64	InstallParity.exe	62f541d98237e416053140e35f3ff576

Homebrew: https://github.com/ethcore/homebrew-ethcore/blob/master/README.md
Docker: https://hub.docker.com/r/ethcore/parity

Parity 1.6.5

This release contains the following changes:

• Warp sync snapshot format improvements.
• Fix for Firefox UI issues.
• Fix for restoring from a file snapshot.
• Fix for auto-updater error handling.
• Updated configuration for Ropsten revival. Make sure to delete old Ropsten blockchain first with parity db kill --chain ropsten. After that you can sync normally with parity --chain ropsten.

OS	Architecture	File	MD5 Checksum
linux	aarch64	parity_1.6.5_arm64.deb	d51aa0071bf66fda7e9fca60195eacb0
linux	armv7	parity_1.6.5_armhf.deb	e0fefad4a20a0c8e9a2e9b66d91afbac
linux	x86_64	parity_1.6.5_amd64.deb	91b4355f4daa03dee68699d0f105030a
darwin	x86_64	parity-1.6.5-osx-installer.pkg	17d379b08914902241cd43f963d50421
windows	x86_64	InstallParity.exe	1a056b2397bd00f08cdfa7bdabec1456

Homebrew: https://github.com/ethcore/homebrew-ethcore/blob/master/README.md
Docker: https://hub.docker.com/r/ethcore/parity

Parity 1.5.12

Stable release that adds support for a new warp sync snapshot format.

OS	Architecture	File	MD5 Checksum
linux	armv7	parity_1.5.12_armhf.deb	9f2ca3d9ea596063f743cfdf343c8cfa
linux	aarch64	parity_1.5.12_arm64.deb	85a10e6abc204a4b696a46aaa8001777
linux	x86_64	parity_1.5.12_amd64.deb	abe12bf5f84b0a0e846c9e7067de59e9
darwin	x86_64	parity-1.5.12-osx-installer-EXPERIMENTAL.pkg	f8a56ba5b2ff8fd876152aa60c067d02
windows	x86_64	InstallParity.exe	89ec4bdd5bcb8cfe93b279f4ee49e3ce

Homebrew: https://github.com/ethcore/homebrew-ethcore/blob/master/README.md
Docker: https://hub.docker.com/r/ethcore/parity

Parity 1.6.4

A number of issues fixed in this release:

• Ledger device connectivity issues for some users on Windows.
• Improved vault usability.
• Stratum mining no longer requires --force-sealing.
• evm binary has been renamed to parity-evm to avoid conflict with cpp-ethereum package.

OS	Architecture	File	MD5 Checksum
linux	aarch64	parity_1.6.4_arm64.deb	378baa2d0e4068ec395a915a5bde371e
linux	armv7	parity_1.6.4_armhf.deb	b82a9799af8f57803a0971a0274308d6
linux	x86_64	parity_1.6.4_amd64.deb	f0714c5ab3a86cf8715385ede9770e18
darwin	x86_64	parity-1.6.4-osx-installer.pkg
windows	x86_64	InstallParity.exe	f96ce7bdfe912b289cab4ccfd1abae80

Homebrew: https://github.com/ethcore/homebrew-ethcore/blob/master/README.md
Docker: https://hub.docker.com/r/ethcore/parity

Parity 1.6.3

This release fixes issue compatibility with Safari on MacOS.

OS	Architecture	File	MD5 Checksum
linux	aarch64	parity_1.6.3_arm64.deb	924bb9453441f42a5badfea3ac006832
linux	armv7	parity_1.6.3_armhf.deb	2b7f8bebeab984e4950bc038a972ae9b
linux	x86_64	parity_1.6.3_amd64.deb	358ad5948c0e2aac4b60b7a575a375a7
darwin	x86_64	parity-1.6.3-osx-installer.pkg	0fddd59c4104d26bafb0b1e2baf8a795
windows	x86_64	parity-1.6.3-windows-installer.exe	60fe1b73a92c4f52d349244e0e0f0f04

Homebrew: https://github.com/ethcore/homebrew-ethcore/blob/master/README.md
Docker: https://hub.docker.com/r/ethcore/parity

Parity 1.5.11

Parity 1.5.11 Includes a patch for a more comprehensive block verification.

OS	Architecture	File	MD5 Checksum
linux	armv7	parity_1.5.11_armhf.deb	2040727717a5c549a4cf4feb4454c7cb
linux	aarch64	parity_1.5.11_arm64.deb	564c44b452c3be160cdc9b5d3aeac6ee
linux	x86_64	parity_1.5.11_amd64.deb	35d3deffd8d450aea0f740247fd60a90
darwin	x86_64	parity-1.5.11-osx-installer-EXPERIMENTAL.pkg	d78bc6d3f2394e3b2883570809124f40
windows	x86_64	InstallParity.exe	534701919f380ddf9a60944a72516486

Homebrew: https://github.com/ethcore/homebrew-ethcore/blob/master/README.md
Docker: https://hub.docker.com/r/ethcore/parity

Parity 1.6.2

A major release introducing a few new features:

• Revamped UI.
• Account Vaults.
• Support for Ledger hardware wallet devices.
• Stratum protocol for PoW mining.
• A new MacOS installer. Parity for MacOS now includes a Menu Bar icon that allows controlling Parity service.
• Disk backed transaction store. Pending transactions are now saved to disk and won't get lost when Parity is restarted.
• Improved memory management.

See the blog post for more details.

OS	Architecture	File	MD5 Checksum
linux	aarch64	parity_1.6.2_arm64.deb	e30fd619d0200ba0f7297f7891858f66
linux	armv7	parity_1.6.2_armhf.deb	dc768005de4e081832197dc61149bb61
linux	x86_64	parity_1.6.2_amd64.deb	287820da29843c2f3dedbd31df68e452
darwin	x86_64	parity-1.6.2-osx-installer.pkg	ee8d8bb3d02c7d84e47bf32e57375ae4
windows	x86_64	parity-1.6.2-win64-installer.exe	9dcfcf13c6d74462797a47d59e650988

Homebrew: https://github.com/ethcore/homebrew-ethcore/blob/master/README.md
Docker: https://hub.docker.com/r/ethcore/parity