BCH Unlimited Bitcoin Cash Client has now been updated to version 1.9.1.1

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Release Notes for BCH Unlimited 1.9.1.1

BCH Unlimited version 1.9.1.1 is now available from:

https://bitcoinunlimited.info/download

This release is focussed on bug fixes in preparation for the upcoming upgrade in May. There will be another release (1.9.2) coming up before the May upgrade and this will contain some major new features.

Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:

https://gitlab.com/bitcoinunlimited/BCHUnlimited/-/issues

This is a bugs fix release of BCH Unlimited compatible with the upcoming protocol upgrade of the Bitcoin Cash network. You could find a detailed list of all the specifications here:

https://gitlab.com/bitcoin-cash-node/bchn-sw/bitcoincash-upgrade-specifications/-/blob/master/spec/uahf-technical-spec.md (Aug 1st '17, ver 1.1.0.0)
https://gitlab.com/bitcoin-cash-node/bchn-sw/bitcoincash-upgrade-specifications/-/blob/master/spec/nov-13-hardfork-spec.md (Nov 13th '17, ver 1.1.2.0)
https://gitlab.com/bitcoin-cash-node/bchn-sw/bitcoincash-upgrade-specifications/-/blob/master/spec/may-2018-hardfork.md (May 15th '18, ver 1.3.0.0, 1.3.0.1, 1.4.0.0)
https://gitlab.com/bitcoin-cash-node/bchn-sw/bitcoincash-upgrade-specifications/-/blob/master/spec/2018-nov-upgrade.md (Nov 15th '18, ver 1.5.0.0, 1.5.0.1, 1.5.0.2, 1.5.1.0)
https://gitlab.com/bitcoin-cash-node/bchn-sw/bitcoincash-upgrade-specifications/-/blob/master/spec/2019-05-15-upgrade.md (May 15th '19, ver 1.6.0)
https://gitlab.com/bitcoin-cash-node/bchn-sw/bitcoincash-upgrade-specifications/-/blob/master/spec/2019-11-15-upgrade.md (Nov 15th '19, ver 1.7.0)
https://gitlab.com/bitcoin-cash-node/bchn-sw/bitcoincash-upgrade-specifications/-/blob/master/spec/2020-05-15-upgrade.md (May 15th '20, ver 1.8.0)
https://gitlab.com/bitcoin-cash-node/bchn-sw/bitcoincash-upgrade-specifications/-/blob/master/spec/2020-11-15-upgrade.md (Nov 15th '20, ver 1.9.0, 1.9.0.1, 1.9.1)

Upgrading

If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the installer (on Windows) or just copy over /Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac) or bitcoind/bitcoin-qt (on Linux).

Main Changes in 1.9.1.1

This is list of the main changes that have been merged in this release:

Properly handle bogus value for datadir param
Fix node behaviour while running with disablewallet=1
Align getblock API with BCHN's
Add orphans transactions to getrawtransaction RPC call
Fix shutdown during reindex
Implement O(1) OP_IF/NOTIF/ELSE/ENDIF logic
Improve transactions rate computation

Credits

Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:

Andrea Suisani
Greg Griffith
Justin Holmes
Peter Tschipper

We have backported an amount of changes from other projects, namely Bitcoin Core. Following all the indirect contributors whose work has been imported via the above backports: