Bitcoin Core version 0.10.2 is now available from:
<https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.10.2/>
This is a new minor version release, bringing minor bug fixes and translation updates. It is recommended to upgrade to this version.
Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:
<https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues>
Upgrading and downgrading =========================
How to Upgrade
If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the installer (on Windows) or just copy over /Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac) or bitcoind/bitcoin-qt (on Linux).
Downgrade warning
Because release 0.10.0 and later makes use of headers-first synchronization and parallel block download (see further), the block files and databases are not backwards-compatible with pre-0.10 versions of Bitcoin Core or other software:
received, really), which makes it incompatible with some tools or other programs. Reindexing using earlier versions will also not work anymore as a result of this.
stored on disk, which earlier versions won't support.
If you want to be able to downgrade smoothly, make a backup of your entire data directory. Without this your node will need start syncing (or importing from bootstrap.dat) anew afterwards. It is possible that the data from a completely synchronised 0.10 node may be usable in older versions as-is, but this is not supported and may break as soon as the older version attempts to reindex.
This does not affect wallet forward or backward compatibility.
Notable changes ===============
This fixes a serious problem on Windows with data directories that have non-ASCII characters (https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/6078).
For other platforms there are no notable changes.
For the notable changes in 0.10, refer to the release notes at https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.10.0/doc/release-notes.md
0.10.2 Change log =================
Detailed release notes follow. This overview includes changes that affect external behavior, not code moves, refactors or string updates.
Wallet:
824c011 fix boost::get usage with boost 1.58Miscellaneous:
da65606 Avoid crash on start in TestBlockValidity with gen=1.424ae66 don't imbue boost::filesystem::path with locale "C" on windows (fixes #6078)Credits =======
Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:
And all those who contributed additional code review and/or security research:
As well as everyone that helped translating on Transifex.