dcrdex v0.5.8

DCRDEX v0.5.8

This release contains a minor fix for handling of flaky fiat exchange rate sources, and the addition of minor dexc options intended for advanced users.

Please read the v0.5.0 release notes for a full list of changes since v0.4.

For important information and an introduction to DCRDEX, read the initial release (v0.1.0) notes.

Until signed binaries become available from https://github.com/decred/decred-binaries/releases (they will be after v1.7.5), download the file for your distribution below.

NOTE: This release includes an experimental downloadable executable for Windows, the dexc-tray archive, which starts the DEX client with no terminal, and with a system tray icon. For Windows users, this should feel more natural. See #1828 for more info.

Features

• Add two new core.Config options aimed at improving startup and shutdown depending on the user's use case:

  • NoAutoWalletLock skips locking the wallet on shutdown. This can be helpful if the user wants the wallet to remain unlocked. e.g. They started with the wallet unlocked, or they intend to start again and wish to avoid the time to unlock a locked wallet on startup.
  • NoAutoDBBackup skips creation of a backup DB file on shutdown. This is useful if the consumer is using the BackupDB method, or simply creating manual backups of the DB file after shutdown.

  These options are intended for direct client/core.Core consumers, such as headless applications that drive Core directly instead of via the browser UI. However, they are accessible via the dexc switches --no-wallet-lock and --no-db-backup. (c35709c, 46f5489)

• Add the core.Config.UnlockCoinsOnLogin option to indicate that on wallet connect during login, or on creation of a new wallet, all coins with the wallet should be unlocked. This option is accessible via the --release-wallet-coins switch. (9870a0c)

Fixes

• Fix handling of fiat exchange rate sources that intermittently fail. (2ae50bb)

Server

No server changes.

Code Summary

6 commits, 19 files changed, 172 insertions(+), and 216 deletions(-)

v0.5.7...v0.5.8

2 contributor

• Jonathan Chappelow (@chappjc)
• Philemon Ukane (@ukane-philemon)