new release: Gridcoin version 3.5.8.9

A new version was released: Gridcoin 3.5.8.9

For Windows users specifically:

• the new Windows installer 3.5.8.9 is downloadable from here.
• upgrade from within their client still "broken" (see this bug, you'll see a message like: "Unable to retrieve upgrade files from Azure cluster. Try to open port 1433")

All other users:

• can find the source code here, OR: 
• upgrade from their used location (e.g. package managers, once the responsible person for those package managers made the new version available)

Changes in this version are (more detailed here):

• Reduced memory usage by around 100MB+. Optimize released resources.
• Make client readvertise beacon using existing keypair after 5 months
• voting: implement voting functionality for Linux and OSX; Replace Windows voting dialog with the new dialog
• update translations: Hungarian, Portuguese
• update Gridcoin icons
• Change splash screen
• Windows are now resizable
• Improve UI when used with dark themes on Linux
• Fix occasional crashes when starting on Linux
• Fix freeze when clicking on the "Amount" field under Send Coins when using KDE
• Fix OSX build issues
• Add manpages, add Travis, various spelling corrections

 

Please tell us when you experience problems!

• e.g. in our bugtracker (forum, reddit, IRC, twitter, ...)