{"id":17177,"date":"2014-09-22T06:32:30","date_gmt":"2014-09-21T22:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2019.dash.org\/2014\/09\/22\/rc5-launch-mandatory-update\/"},"modified":"2021-09-18T11:40:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T11:40:19","slug":"rc5-launch-mandatory-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dash.org\/news\/rc5-launch-mandatory-update\/","title":{"rendered":"RC5 Launch (MANDATORY UPDATE)"},"content":{"rendered":"

****** PLEASE UPDATE TO RC5, THIS UPDATE INCLUDES A SPORK (A HARD FORK THAT CAN BE ACTIVATED AT WILL). WHEN 90% OF THE NETWORK HAS UPDATED, IT WILL BE ACTIVATED OR IN 3 WEEKS. *****<\/strong><\/p>\n

RC5 is officially available for download!<\/p>\n

This is a large update to the stability of Darksend, including:<\/p>\n

\u2013 Enforcement of masternode payments
\n\u2013 Vastly improved effectiveness of the anonymity provided by Darksend (due to the audit of Kristov)
\n\u2013 Improved speed of Darksend
\n\u2013 Prepared code for open sourcing
\n\u2013 Added Darksend overview screen so users can see what\u2019s happening<\/p>\n

This is the last release candidate we\u2019ll have. Open sourcing will happen in one week! After this, we\u2019ll have the community name releases and be doing a 2-3 month release schedule.<\/p>\n

For all changes, please see the changelog:
\nhttps:\/\/github.com\/darkcoinproject\/darkcoin-binaries\/blob\/master\/CHANGELOG.md<\/a><\/p>\n

What\u2019s next for Dash?<\/p>\n

Next we\u2019re going to start working on a demo version of Instant Transactions (https:\/\/www.dashpay.io\/downloads\/InstantTX.pdf). It\u2019s going to take a lot of work to lay the foundation, soon
\nafter we\u2019ll be calling for some testnet users to try it out and report back.<\/p>\n

Other improvements in the works include fixing DOS hardening for the Masternode network and Darksend.<\/p>\n

How To Use Darksend (Thanks vertoe!)
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