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doc/release-notes/release-notes-v13.1.0.md

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+### MMGen Version 13.1.0 Release Notes
+
+This release introduces a major reorganization of the MMGen code base: its
+full modularization and a clean separation between protocol-dependent and
+protocol-independent code.
+
+In addition to improved reliability, maintainability and extensibility, this
+code overhaul has led to significant performance improvements and reductions
+in memory usage.
+
+#### Important new features:
+
+ - message signing: 86e3b273, e5cf3b6ec, 25efac31b, 770b209af, a81ff33f0
+
+#### Other changes/additions/improvements (most recent first):
+
+ - add pure-Python RIPEMD-160 code and wrapper routine: 40d90b37
+ - mmgen-tool: add `extract_key_from_geth_wallet` command: 096f363d
+ - mmgen-tool: add `eth_checksummed_addr` command: aecc03e2
+ - crypto.py: improve user entropy implementation: 589c3780
+ - rewrite public key and address generation code: 32c522c0
+ - rewrite test/gentest.py utility: b43d827b
+
+#### Important bugfixes:
+
+ - mmgen-tool pubhex2addr: fix incorrect output for ETH, XMR and ZEC-Z
+   protocols: af65676d
+ - mmgen-tool addr2pubhash: reject non-PKH addresses: 4e3b11a3
+ - mmgen-passchg: improve secure wallet deletion logic: 9e3d8d92
+
+Python requirements: >= 3.7 (3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10 tested)
+
+This release has been tested on the following platforms:
+
+        Debian 10 (Buster) / x86_64
+        Debian 11 (Bullseye) / x86_64
+        Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal) / x86_64
+        Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy) / x86_64
+        Arch Linux / x86_64
+        Arch Linux [userspace] / Rock Pi 4 (armv8)
+        Debian 10 (Buster) [Armbian] / Rock Pi 4 (armv8)
+        Windows 10 Enterprise [MSYS2-2022.02.15] / x86_64 [qemu]
+
+and with the following coin daemon versions:
+
+        Bitcoin Core 23.0.0
+        Bitcoin-Cash-Node 24.0.0
+        Litecoin Core 0.18.1
+        Monerod 0.17.3.0
+        Parity Ethereum 2.7.2
+        Go-Ethereum (Geth) 1.10.14 (1.10.17 works but has geth init issues)
+        OpenEthereum 3.3.5
+        Erigon v2022.05.02 [14557a234] (partial testing, eth_call() issues with devnet)
+
+Solc v0.8.7 is required for ERC20 token contract creation
+
+Altcoin address generation has been additionally tested using the following
+reference tools:
+
+        zcash-mini a2b3504 (https://github.com/FiloSottile/zcash-mini)
+        pycoin 0.92.20220213 (https://github.com/richardkiss/pycoin)
+        vanitygen-plusplus e7858035 (https://github.com/10gic/vanitygen-plusplus)
+        MoneroPy 98e7feb (https://github.com/bigreddmachine/MoneroPy)
+        ethkey (OpenEthereum 3.3.5)

mmgen/data/version

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