This release of StealthCoin adds StealthAddresses to perfectly hide receivers in a transaction. StealthAddresses are a type of cryptographic block chain obfuscation where innumerable destination addresses can be created from each public receiving address. The destination addresses can not be linked to each other or to the public receiving address. StealthAddresses produce lightweight transactions, requiring no more storage overhead than standard StealthCoin transactions. Moreover, StealthAddresses are compatible with Proof-of-Stake.
StealthAddresses necessitate a new kind of transaction in the block chain, which all clients on the network must recognize. For this reason, StealthAddresses will not go into effect for StealthCoin until 11:00 PM October 8, 2014 MST. They are, however, fully incorporated into the wallet with release 1.3.0.0.
This release also adds support for leveldb, a super-fast database back-end. Because the leveldb database structure is different from the previous database backend (BSD), an upgrade will require re-syncing the block chain. To make this process easier, links to OS X and Linux/Windows leveldb databases are below. These files may be downloaded and unpacked into your existing application data folder, after removal of the existing database files. Instructions for this process are forthcoming.
Finally, the Tor backend has been updated to the latest version 0.2.5.8-rc, which is a release candidate version. This update should bring minor stability, performance, and security improvements.
Links for the data files, Mac, Linux, and Windows Qt wallets are below. Daemon builds will be made available soon. The github repository will also be updated within an hour. This post, the OP, and the website (https://www.stealth-coin.com/) will be updated as new files are made available.
Linux
LevelDB Block Chain Data: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8rWObF4xz1YN21ZYVg4SG9CcGc/edit?usp=sharing
Manual Installer (zip): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8rWObF4xz1YQk9jV1ZfaE55d3M/edit?usp=sharing
Mac OS X
LevelDB Block Chain Data: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8rWObF4xz1YUktlOHFySUdQSVk/edit?usp=sharing
Disk Image Installer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8rWObF4xz1YWk9BT3IwXzhYZWs/edit?usp=sharing
Windows
LevelDB Block Chain Data: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8rWObF4xz1YN21ZYVg4SG9CcGc/edit?usp=sharing
Auto Installer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8rWObF4xz1YbEFXQlpUcDg5bTQ/edit?usp=sharing
Manual Installer (zip): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8rWObF4xz1YWnBiNGo4R2lpV3M/edit?usp=sharing
Important: If you don't update to 1.3.0.0+ by 10/8, you will get dropped from the network.
Syncing with the New Build Made Easy
1. Back up your wallet (wallet.dat file)
2. Stop the old client
3. Go to the application data directory ( C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Roaming\StealthCoin )
4. Remove blk0001.dat, blkindex.dat, database, db.log, and debug.log
5. Download the LevelDB block chain data with the links above, appropriate to your system
6. Unpack the LevelDB block chain data into the application data directory ( C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Roaming\StealthCoin )
7. Start the new client
8. It may take 2 or three minutes to grab peers
9. The chain may take 5 to 10 minutes to sync
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