CHANGELOG.md

## Parity [v1.10.0](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/releases/tag/v1.10.0) (2018-03-22)

This is the Parity 1.10.0-beta release! Cool!

### Disabling the Parity Wallet

The **Parity Wallet (a.k.a. "UI") is now disabled by default**. We are preparing to split the wallet from the core client.

To reactivate the parity wallet, you have to run Parity either with `parity --force-ui` (not recommended) or `parity ui` (deprecated) from the command line. Or, if you feel super fancy and want to test our pre-releases of the stand-alone electron wallet, head over to the [Parity-JS repositories and check the releases](https://github.com/Parity-JS/shell/releases).

Further reading:

- [Docs: Parity Wallet](https://wiki.parity.io/Parity-Wallet)
- [Docs: How to customize Parity UI?](https://wiki.parity.io/FAQ-Customize-Parity-UI.html)
- [Github: Parity-JS](https://github.com/parity-js)

### Introducing the Wasm VM

We are excited to announce support for **Wasm Smart Contracts on Kovan network**. The hard-fork to activate the Wasm-VM will take place on block `6_600_000`.

To enable Wasm contracts on your custom network, just schedule a `wasmActivationTransition` at your favorite block number (e.g., `42`, `666`, or `0xbada55`). To hack your first Wasm smart contracts in Rust, have a look at the [Parity Wasm Tutorials](https://github.com/paritytech/pwasm-tutorial).

Further reading:

- [Docs: WebAssembly (wasm)](https://wiki.parity.io/WebAssembly-Home)
- [Docs: Wasm VM Design](https://wiki.parity.io/WebAssembly-Design)
- [Docs: Wasm tutorials and examples](https://wiki.parity.io/WebAssembly-Links)

### Empty step messages in PoA

To **reduce blockchain bloat, proof-of-authority networks can now enable _empty step messages_ which replace empty blocks**. Each step message will be signed and broadcasted by the issuing authorities, and included and rewarded in the next non-empty block.

To enable empty step messages, set the `emptyStepsTransition` to your favorite block number. You can also specify a maximum number of empty steps with `maximumEmptySteps` in your chain spec.

### Other noteworthy changes

We removed the old database migrations from 2016. In case you upgrade Parity from a really, really old version, you will have to reset your database manually first with `parity <options> db kill`.

We fixed  DELEGATECALL `from` and `to` fields, see [#7166](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/issues/7166).

We reduced the default USD per transaction value to 0.0001. Thanks, @MysticRyuujin!

The Musicoin chain is now enabled with Byzantium features starting at block `2_222_222`.

### Overview of all changes included

The full list of included changes:

- Re-enable signer, even with no UI. ([#8167](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8167)) ([#8168](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8168))
  - Re-enable signer, even with no UI.
  - Fix message.
- Beta Backports ([#8136](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8136))
  - Support parity protocol. ([#8035](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8035))
  - updater: apply exponential backoff after download failure ([#8059](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8059))
	  - updater: apply exponential backoff after download failure
	  - updater: reset backoff on new release
  - Max code size on Kovan ([#8067](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8067))
	  - Enable code size limit on kovan
	  - Fix formatting.
  - Limit incoming connections.  ([#8060](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8060))
	  - Limit ingress connections
	  - Optimized handshakes logging
  - WASM libraries bump ([#7970](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7970))
	  - update wasmi, parity-wasm, wasm-utils to latest version
	  - Update to new wasmi & error handling
	  - also utilize new stack limiter
	  - fix typo
	  - replace dependency url
	  - Cargo.lock update
  - add some dos protection ([#8084](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8084))
  - revert removing blooms ([#8066](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8066))
  - Revert "fix traces, removed bloomchain crate, closes [#7228](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/issues/7228), closes [#7167](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/issues/7167)"
  - Revert "fixed broken logs ([#7934](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7934))"
	  - fixed broken logs
	  - bring back old lock order
	  - remove migration v13
	  - revert CURRENT_VERSION to 12 in migration.rs
  - more dos protection ([#8104](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8104))
  - Const time comparison ([#8113](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8113))
	  - Use `subtle::slices_equal` for constant time comparison.
	  - Also update the existing version of subtle in `ethcrypto` from 0.1 to 0.5
	  - Test specifically for InvalidPassword error.
  - fix trace filter returning returning unrelated reward calls, closes #8070 ([#8098](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8098))
  - network: init discovery using healthy nodes ([#8061](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8061))
	  - network: init discovery using healthy nodes
	  - network: fix style grumble
	  - network: fix typo
  - Postpone Kovan hard fork ([#8137](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8137))
	  - ethcore: postpone Kovan hard fork
	  - util: update version fork metadata
  - Disable UI by default. ([#8105](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8105))
  - dapps: update parity-ui dependencies ([#8160](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8160))
- Probe changes one step deeper ([#8134](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8134)) ([#8135](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8135))
- Beta backports ([#8053](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8053))
  - CI: Fix cargo cache ([#7968](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7968))
	  - Fix cache
	  - Only clean locked cargo cache on windows
  - fixed ethstore sign ([#8026](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8026))
  - fixed parsing ethash seals and verify_block_undordered ([#8031](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8031))
  - fix for verify_block_basic crashing on invalid transaction rlp ([#8032](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8032))
  - fix cache & snapcraft CI build ([#8052](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8052))
  - Add MCIP-6 Byzyantium transition to Musicoin spec ([#7841](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7841))
	  - Add test chain spec for musicoin byzantium testnet
	  - Add MCIP-6 Byzyantium transition to Musicoin spec
	  - Update mcip6_byz.json
	  - ethcore: update musicoin byzantium block number
	  - ethcore: update musicoin bootnodes
	  - Update musicoin.json
	  - More bootnodes.
- Make 1.10 beta ([#8022](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8022))
  - Make 1.10 beta
  - Fix gitlab builds
- SecretStore: secretstore_generateDocumentKey RPC ([#7864](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7864))
- SecretStore: ECDSA session for cases when 2*t < N ([#7739](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7739))
- bump tiny-keccak ([#8019](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8019))
- Remove un-necessary comment ([#8014](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/8014))
- clean up account fmt::Debug ([#7983](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7983))
- improve quality of vote_collector module ([#7984](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7984))
- ExecutedBlock cleanup ([#7991](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7991))
- Hardware-wallet/usb-subscribe-refactor ([#7860](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7860))
- remove wildcard imports from views, make tests more idiomatic ([#7986](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7986))
- moved PerfTimer to a separate crate - "trace-time" ([#7985](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7985))
- clean up ethcore::spec module imports ([#7990](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7990))
- rpc: don't include current block in new_block_filter ([#7982](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7982))
- fix traces, removed bloomchain crate ([#7979](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7979))
- simplify compression and move it out of rlp crate ([#7957](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7957))
- removed old migrations ([#7974](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7974))
- Reject too large packets in snapshot sync. ([#7977](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7977))
- fixed broken logs ([#7934](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7934))
- Increase max download limit to 128MB ([#7965](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7965))
- Calculate proper keccak256/sha3 using parity. ([#7953](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7953))
- Add changelog for 1.8.10 stable and 1.9.3 beta ([#7947](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7947))
- kvdb-rocksdb: remove buffered operations when committing transaction ([#7950](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7950))
- Bump WebSockets ([#7952](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7952))
- removed redundant Bloom conversions ([#7932](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7932))
- simplify RefInfo fmt ([#7929](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7929))
- Kovan WASM fork code ([#7849](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7849))
- bring back trie and triehash benches ([#7926](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7926))
- removed redundant PodAccount::new method ([#7928](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7928))
- removed dummy wrapper structure - LogGroupPosition ([#7922](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7922))
- spec: Validate required divisor fields are not 0 ([#7933](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7933))
- simplify Client::filter_traces method ([#7936](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7936))
- gitlab cache ([#7921](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7921))
- Fix a division by zero in light client RPC handler ([#7917](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7917))
- triehash optimisations ([#7920](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7920))
- removed redundant Blockchain::db method ([#7919](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7919))
- removed redundant Blockchain::rewind method ([#7918](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7918))
- Pending transactions subscription ([#7906](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7906))
- removed redundant otry! macro from ethcore ([#7916](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7916))
- Make block generator easier to use ([#7888](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7888))
- ECIP 1041 - Remove Difficulty Bomb ([#7905](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7905))
- Fix CSP for dapps that require eval. ([#7867](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7867))
- Fix gitlab ([#7901](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7901))
- Gitlb snap master patch ([#7900](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7900))
- fix snap build master ([#7896](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7896))
- Fix wallet import ([#7873](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7873))
- Fix snapcraft nightly ([#7884](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7884))
- Add a timeout for light client sync requests ([#7848](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7848))
- SecretStore: fixed test ([#7878](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7878))
- Fix checksums and auto-update push ([#7846](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7846))
- Forward-port snap fixes ([#7831](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7831))
- Update gitlab-test.sh ([#7883](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7883))
- Fix installer binary names for macos and windows ([#7881](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7881))
- Fix string typo: "develoopment" -> "development" ([#7874](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7874))
- Update the instructions to install the stable snap ([#7876](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7876))
- SecretStore: 'broadcast' decryption session ([#7843](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7843))
- Flush keyfiles. Resolves #7632 ([#7868](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7868))
- Read registry_address from given block ([#7866](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7866))
- Clean up docs formatting for Wasm runtime ([#7869](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7869))
- WASM: Disable internal memory ([#7842](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7842))
- Update gitlab-build.sh ([#7855](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7855))
- ethabi version 5 ([#7723](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7723))
- Light client: randomize the peer we dispatch requests to ([#7844](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7844))
- Store updater metadata in a single place ([#7832](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7832))
- Add new EF ropstens nodes. ([#7824](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7824))
- refactor stratum to remove retain cycle ([#7827](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7827))
- Bump jsonrpc. ([#7828](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7828))
- Add binary identifiers and sha256sum to builds ([#7830](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7830))
- Update references to UI shell & wallet ([#7808](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7808))
- Adjust storage update evm-style ([#7812](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7812))
- Updated WASM Runtime & new interpreter (wasmi) ([#7796](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7796))
- SecretStore: ignore removed authorities when running auto-migration ([#7674](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7674))
- Fix build ([#7807](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7807))
- Move js & js-old code to github.com/parity-js ([#7685](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7685))
- More changelogs :) ([#7782](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7782))
- Actualized API set in help ([#7790](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7790))
- Removed obsolete file ([#7788](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7788))
- Update ropsten bootnodes ([#7776](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7776))
- CHANGELOG for 1.9.1 and 1.8.8 ([#7775](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7775))
- Enable byzantium features on non-ethash chains ([#7753](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7753))
- Fix client not being dropped on shutdown ([#7695](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7695))
- Filter-out nodes.json ([#7716](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7716))
- Removes redundant parentheses ([#7721](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7721))
- Transaction-pool fixes ([#7741](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7741))
- More visible download link in README.md ([#7707](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7707))
- Changelog for 1.9.0 ([#7664](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7664))
- Add scroll when too many accounts ([#7677](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7677))
- SecretStore: return HTTP 403 (access denied) if consensus is unreachable ([#7656](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7656))
- Moved StopGaurd to it's own crate ([#7635](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/pull/7635))

## Previous releases

- [CHANGELOG-1.9](docs/CHANGELOG-1.9.md) (_stable_)
- [CHANGELOG-1.8](docs/CHANGELOG-1.8.md) (EOL: 2018-03-22)
- [CHANGELOG-1.7](docs/CHANGELOG-1.7.md) (EOL: 2018-01-25)
- [CHANGELOG-1.6](docs/CHANGELOG-1.6.md) (EOL: 2017-10-15)
- [CHANGELOG-1.5](docs/CHANGELOG-1.5.md) (EOL: 2017-07-28)
- [CHANGELOG-1.4](docs/CHANGELOG-1.4.md) (EOL: 2017-03-13)
- [CHANGELOG-1.3](docs/CHANGELOG-1.3.md) (EOL: 2017-01-19)
- [CHANGELOG-1.2](docs/CHANGELOG-1.2.md) (EOL: 2016-11-07)
- [CHANGELOG-1.1](docs/CHANGELOG-1.1.md) (EOL: 2016-08-12)
- [CHANGELOG-1.0](docs/CHANGELOG-1.0.md) (EOL: 2016-06-24)
- [CHANGELOG-0.9](docs/CHANGELOG-0.9.md) (EOL: 2016-05-02)