v1.9.5
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Release notes
This summer release introduces a new P2P status indicator, adds Bitcoin Core v23 compatibility, and (as always) makes many bug fixes and minor improvements across the board.
Improvements
- P2P network status indicator
- Prevent UI trading actions when there are no P2P connections
- Prepare Bisq for bitcoin-core v23 compatibility
- Possibility to copy addresses / transaction IDs
- Don't use all available funds by default when sending funds
- Show peer Info window only when left-clicking on avatar
- Allow mediated payout signature message to be re-sent
- Clear sensitive data from trade ProcessModel
Bug fixes
- Reset trigger price after switch to fixed price when editing an offer
- Improve clickable areas of toggle buttons in DAO charts view
- Fix NullPointerException when accessing DAO > BSQ Supply
- Fix ability to copy & paste QR code URL
- Fix NullPointerException in account name creation
Development & Documentation
- GetBlocksResponse lower chunk size (was 6000 now 4000)
- Remove 3 wiz seed nodes
- Add new seednodes from @jmacxx and @c4talys7
- Remove subproject daonode
- Update daonode
- Remove subproject inventory
- Set desktop version property in resources file
- Cleanup blockchain explorer URL code & add tests
- API:
takeoffer
- let user choose intended trade amount - API: Update API test-guide and gRPC method docs
- Fix snake_case field names in protobuf file
- Set Tor logging to DEBUG level at startup
- Show last successful response time in inventory monitor
- Add tutorial to clone exclusively specific branch
- Bump actions/setup-java from 3.4.0 to 3.4.1
- Bump actions/setup-java from 3.3.0 to 3.4.0
New Assets
No new assets added.
Verification
For a detailed description on how to verify your Bisq installer please have a look at our wiki: https://bisq.wiki/Downloading_and_installing#Verify_installer_file
Url of the signing key (Christoph Atteneder): https://bisq.network/pubkey/29CDFD3B.asc
Full fingerprint: CB36 D7D2 EBB2 E35D 9B75 500B CD5D C1C5 29CD FD3B
Import the key:
curl https://bisq.network/pubkey/29CDFD3B.asc | gpg --import
GPG prints a confusion warning: "This key is not certified with a trusted signature!" - See https://serverfault.com/questions/569911/how-to-verify-an-imported-gpg-key for background information what it means.
How to verify signatures?
gpg --digest-algo SHA256 --verify BINARY{.asc*,}
Replace BINARY with the file you downloaded (e.g. Bisq-1.9.5.dmg)
Verify jar file inside binary:
You can verify on OSX the jar file with:
shasum -a256 [PATH TO BISQ APP]/Bisq.app/Contents/app/desktop-1.9.5-all.jar
The output need to match the value from the Bisq-1.9.5.jar.txt file.
There are three hashes within the Bisq-1.9.5.jar.txt file (macOS, Windows, Linux).
If you want to reproduce and verify the hash of the jar file locally, you need to do so on Windows or Linux using Java 15.0.6 and the v1.9.5 release tag. Because of the signing and notarization process that requires the developer certificate used for the build on macOS it is not possible to create the same jar on macOS.
API
Starting with v1.9.0 you can use pre-built versions of the Bisq cli (bisq-cli-v1.9.5.zip) and Bisq daemon (bisq-daemon-v1.9.5.zip) to use Bisq without touching the user interface.
Just download the archives and extract them locally. You have to run the daemon to access the local Bisq daemon API endpoints.
To run daemon.jar on Mainnet:
$ java -jar daemon.jar --apiPassword=becareful
If you just want to control your headless daemon within your terminal you have to run the Bisq cli as well.
Again just download the bisq-cli archive and extract it locally.
To call getversion from cli.jar
$ java -jar cli.jar --password=becareful getversion
You can use the Bisq API to access local Bisq daemon API endpoints, which provide a subset of the Bisq Desktop application's feature set: check balances, transfer BTC and BSQ, create payment accounts, view offers, create and take offers, and execute trades.
The Bisq API is based on the gRPC framework, and any supported gRPC language binding can be used to call Bisq API endpoints.
You'll find in-depth documentation and examples under following link: https://bisq-network.github.io/slate/#introduction
Bisq gRPC API reference documentation example source code is hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq-api-reference. Java and Python developers interested in bot development may find this Intellij project useful for running the existing examples, and writing their own bots.
For additional developer support please join Development - Bisq v1 on Matrix.
Known issues with installation
Windows:
There is a known issue with Anti Virus software. We got several reports from users running into different problems. Either the AV software blocks Bisq or Tor, delete files in the data directory [2] or app directory [1]) or cause such a long delay at startup that Tor gets terminated and a file remains locked which can cause that Bisq cannot be started afterwards. To resolve that you need to restart Windows then the lock get released. We are working on solutions to fix those issues.
If you use Crypto currencies on your Windows system be aware that Windows is much more vulnerable to malware than Linux or OSX. Consider to use a dedicated non-Windows system when dealing with cryptocurrencies.
[1] Application directory (contains application installation files):
C:\Users<username>\AppData\Local\Bisq
[2] Data directory (contains all Bisq data including wallet):
C:\Users<username>\AppData\Roaming\Bisq\btc_mainnet\tor (you can delete everything except the hiddenservice directory)
Linux:
Hint for Debian users:
If you have problems starting Bisq on Debian use: /opt/bisq/bin/Bisq
If your Linux distro does not support .deb files please follow this instruction:
cd ~/Downloads
mkdir tmp
cd tmp
ar x ../Bisq-64bit-1.9.5.deb
sudo tar Jxvf data.tar.xz
sudo cp -rp opt/Bisq /opt/
That instruction is not tested on many different distros. If you encounter problems please report it in a Github issue so we can improve it.
Credits
Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:
- @Android-X13
- @chimp1984
- @Emzy
- @ghubstan
- @jmacxx
- @ripcurlx
- @w0000000t
- @wiz
- @xyzmaker123
A special thanks to our first time contributor:
As well as to everyone that helped with translations on Transifex.