Version v1.2.0.1: Mandatory Update

Version 1.2.0.1

This is a mandatory update that will enforce a hard fork on Sunday, May 16, 2021 16:00 GMT.

• A fork could occur anytime between block 1212090 and the protocol enforcement.
• We strongly recommend you update as soon as possible and not wait until the fork.
• After *May 16th, 16:00 GMT, the veil-project repo will be updated with the v1.2 source code.

Overview

Version 1.2.0.1 includes hard fork and SHA256D mining fixes. The -miningaddress parameter works with RandomX and SHA256D in-wallet mining. There are new logging categories for MINING and STAKING. RPC updates include mining address.
Links to the full details of each change can be found below.

• 9f0212d PR #795: [RPC] fix mintzerocoin documentation. (sinetek)
• f5e7670 PR #939: [RPC][Trivial] Tweak exportzerocoins example to be sensible (Cave Spectre)
• 97b1508 PR #938: [Zerocoin][Validation] Cache checksum heights (Zannick)
• 4fe97db PR #915: [Mining][SHA256D] Reduce lock contention with SHA256D (Zannick)
• 564eb84 PR #937: [Trivial] Add config include for building DEBUG_LOCKCONTENTION (Zannick)
• 2207ed0 PR #924: [Staking][GUI] Unlock wallet for staking dialogue on click (Rock-N-Troll)
• 8c80d51 PR #923: [Mining] Use -miningaddress for in-wallet mining. (Zannick)
• a440ed6 PR #935: [Core] Properly shut down veild if init fails. (Zannick)
• bd492de PR #908: [Wallet] If nautomintdenom is set, prioritize its use (Rock-N-Troll)
• 02cc068 PR #928: [Logging] Define a STAKING log category. (Zannick)
• 1e2b060 PR #921: [Mining] IncrementExtraNonce without cs_main (Zannick)
• 5852183 PR #914: [Utils] Use gmtime_s with _WIN32 (Zannick)
• ddd0b15 PR #917: [GUI] Capitalize First Letter in Menu Option Words (Rock-N-Troll)
• be63fb7 PR #920: [Logging][Mining] Add BCLog::MINING category. (Zannick)
• 01b2ee5 PR #911: [RPC] Return mining addresses in listaddresses rpc command (Rock-N-Troll)
• 83db278 PR #907: [GUI] Fix: Address Book menu hover background is white and text is white (Rock-N-Troll)
• 7e19268 PR #919: [Build] Fix OSX Github Action (Cave Spectre)
• 924d457 PR #905: [GUI] Add missing resize Address_dot column (Rock-N-Troll)
• b47406b PR #900: [GUI] Update wallet overview with coin and wallet information (codeofalltrades)
• e55a309 PR #902: [GUI] Make total balance menu easier to display (Rock-N-Troll)
• 27d0429 PR #899: [GUI] Updated FAQ with the correct confirmation number (codeofalltrades)
• 92312a8 PR #898: [GUI] Display correct address when transaction has multiple addresses… (WetOne)
• 8bd686d PR #896: [PoW][RandomX] Cherry picked fixes from offical randomx repo - Part 2 (codeofalltrades)
• d93942b PR #895: [GUI] Change default automint denom to 1000 (codeofalltrades)

Authors:

• Cave Spectre
• codeofalltrades
• Rock-N-Troll
• sinetek
• WetOne
• Zannick