release note for version 1.1.5 (Cape Town) (#233)

Co-authored-by: mantre <[email protected]>

_config.yml

@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ feed:
 sass:
   style: compressed
 
-latest_version: "1.1.4"
+latest_version: "1.1.5"

website/_posts/2024-05-30-release-1-1-5.md

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+---
+layout: post
+title: "Pactus 1.1.5 (Cape Town) Released"
+date: 2024-05-30 00:00:00 +0000
+tags: announcement, release
+---
+
+## Overview
+
+Pactus Blockchain [Version 1.1.5 (Cape Town)](https://github.com/pactus-project/pactus/releases/tag/v1.1.5)
+is now available for download.
+This release includes the following applications:
+
+- [Pactus GUI]({{ site.baseurl }}/user-guides/pactus-gui/):
+  The graphical user interface (GUI) for the Pactus node that is suitable
+  for both beginners and experienced users.
+
+- [Pactus Daemon]({{ site.baseurl }}/user-guides/pactus-daemon/):
+  The command-line interface (CLI) for the Pactus node that is suitable for experienced users.
+
+- [Pactus Shell]({{ site.baseurl }}/user-guides/pactus-shell/):
+  The command-line tool that allows users to interact with a Pactus node.
+
+- [Pactus Wallet]({{ site.baseurl }}/user-guides/pactus-wallet/):
+  The wallet software that allows users to manage their wallet and send transactions
+  without the need to sync the entire blockchain.
+
+## Highlights
+
+### Rate limit
+
+This version applies a rate limit to the messages in the general topics including blocks and transactions.
+This will help nodes to manage the network traffic in times of network congestion or spam attacks.
+
+### Dynamic fee
+
+To prevent attackers from sending spam transactions, a dynamic fee model is introduced in this patch.
+Each node can define a minimum fee that is defaulted to 0.000001 PAC.
+However, if the transaction pool becomes full, the transaction fee can increase up to 1 PAC.
+
+To ensure network stability and security,
+it is recommended that all validators upgrade to this version as soon as they can.
+
+## Download
+
+To start using Pactus blockchain, download the latest version from the [download]({{ site.baseurl }}/download)
+page and join the Mainnet.
+
+## How to Upgrade
+
+If you are running an older version, close it first.
+Then uninstall the previous version and install the newer version.
+If you are using the archived version, simply replace it with the new version .
+
+## Change log
+
+This version includes several changes and improvements, such as:
+
+### Feat
+
+- add dynamic fee ([#1290](https://github.com/pactus-project/pactus/pull/1290))
+- **network**: define config for rate limit threshold ([#1284](https://github.com/pactus-project/pactus/pull/1284))
+- **network**: ratelimit gossip for prevent spamming ([#1283](https://github.com/pactus-project/pactus/pull/1283))
+
+### Fix
+
+- change CalculateFee to be backward compatible ([#1291](https://github.com/pactus-project/pactus/pull/1291))
+- proposal basic checks deferred to consensus ([#1288](https://github.com/pactus-project/pactus/pull/1288))
+- rejected spam tx for same from and to ([#1287](https://github.com/pactus-project/pactus/pull/1287))
+
+You can find the [full list of changes on Github](https://github.com/pactus-project/pactus/compare/v1.1.4...v1.1.5),
+as well as the [source code](https://github.com/pactus-project/pactus/releases/tag/v1.1.5)