release-notes-0.6.3.md
1 Bitcoin version 0.6.3 is now available for download at: 2 http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.6.3/ 3 4 This is a bug-fix release, with no new features. 5 6 Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github: 7 https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues 8 9 CHANGE SUMMARY 10 11 Fixed a serious denial-of-service attack that could cause the 12 bitcoin process to become unresponsive. Thanks to Sergio Lerner 13 for finding and responsibly reporting the problem. (CVE-2012-3789) 14 15 Optimized the process of checking transaction signatures, to 16 speed up processing of new block messages and make propagating 17 blocks across the network faster. 18 19 Fixed an obscure bug that could cause the bitcoin process to get 20 stuck on an invalid block-chain, if the invalid chain was 21 hundreds of blocks long. 22 23 Bitcoin-Qt no longer automatically selects the first address 24 in the address book (Issue #1384). 25 26 Fixed minimize-to-dock behavior of Bitcoin-Qt on the Mac. 27 28 Added a block checkpoint at block 185,333 to speed up initial 29 blockchain download.