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MMGen Version 0.11.0 Release Notes

Important new features:

  • Subwallets: 7538a94, d1b8aef, 82086c9 (see the Subwallets wiki page for additional information)

  • BIP69 ordering of transaction inputs and outputs: 6b2c138

  • Support for Microsoft Windows via MSYS2: dcab109, 13ab257 (see the Install MMGen on Microsoft Windows wiki page for complete information. Windows users should note the following caveats:

    • no autosigning support
    • no Monero wallet creation/syncing support (due to password file descriptor issues with monero-wallet-cli)
    • due to unpredictable behavior of MSYS2's Python getpass() implementation, passwords containing non-ASCII symbols should be entered using the --echo-passphrase option or via a password file. Otherwise, these symbols might end up being silently ignored.
    • Though MSYS2 support is well tested and considered stable, it’s a new feature and other glitches might remain. If you think you've found a bug, don't hesistate to file an issue at https://github.com/mmgen/mmgen/issues.

Other changes/additions:

  • rewritten mmgen-tool utility: 729a547
  • new tooltest2.py test: 558fa58
  • new unit_tests.py test: e2d5146, ab8b5d0
  • rewritten and modularized test.py test suite: 91410dd
  • complete rewrite of SHA2 implementation used for Zcash addresses: 2b6dc95
  • use of cryptography package instead of pycrypto: 8a3b921, 7cc69a2
  • pysha3 package dependency eliminated by using native Python implementation of Keccak hash function: a7126ed
  • dependencies on all Ethereum packages except py_ecc eliminated: 66d0f76, a7126ed
  • autosign: list non-MMGen output addresses and amounts as well as failed signing operations after each program run: d558822, 85236cd

This release has been tested on the following platforms:

    Ubuntu Bionic / x86_64
    Ubuntu Xenial (+Python 3.6.7) / x86_64
    Armbian Bionic / Orange Pi PC2 (no Parity or Monerod)
    Raspbian Stretch / Raspberry Pi B (no Parity or Monerod)
    Windows 7 Ultimate Eng. SP1 / MSYS2 / qemu-x86_64
    Windows 10 Professional Eng. / MSYS2 / qemu-x86_64

and with the following coin daemon versions:

    Bitcoin Core v0.17.1, v0.18.0
    Bitcoin-ABC v0.19.1, v0.19.6
    Litecoin Core v0.16.3, v0.17.1
    Monerod v0.14.0.2
    Parity Ethereum v2.5.1

Altcoin address generation has been additionally tested using the following tools as references:

    zcash-mini a2b3504 (https://github.com/FiloSottile/zcash-mini)
    pycoin 6fb55ec (https://github.com/richardkiss/pycoin)
    vanitygen-plus 2212312 (https://github.com/exploitagency/vanitygen-plus)