{"id":74553,"date":"2021-11-05T17:27:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T17:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.dash.org\/?p=74553"},"modified":"2021-11-11T21:54:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T21:54:47","slug":"dash-core-group-release-announcement-dash-platform-v0-21-on-testnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.dash.org\/news\/dash-core-group-release-announcement-dash-platform-v0-21-on-testnet\/","title":{"rendered":"Dash Core Group Release Announcement: Dash Platform v0.21 on Testnet"},"content":{"rendered":"
Release Highlights include: Platform Protocol Upgrade, Comprehensive Error Codes, Cryptographic Proofs Improvements, Node.JS 16 Migration, Dashmate Stability Improvements, JavaScript Wallet Library Improvements<\/span><\/i>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Dash Core Group is pleased to announce the release of Dash Platform v0.21 on testnet. This release comes with redefined error handling, improvements to cryptographic proofs and technical improvements related to both dependencies and internal entities like Dashmate and the JavaScript Wallet Library.<\/span><\/p>\n The new release introduces several breaking changes which make previous platform data invalid. Instead of adding a significant amount of extra work to handle these changes we had to wipe Layer 2 platform state data as part of this release. Layer 1 Core chain and payment transactions remain untouched.<\/span><\/p>\n In addition, updates to the DashPay wallets for Android and iOS are being verified on this new version of Dash Platform. Alpha Program users will receive an update after stability of the network has been confirmed.<\/span><\/p>\n To update your testnet node please <\/span>update the distribution package and reset platform data<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n DCG development teams will continue to work diligently to increase stability and to deliver innovative features for Dash Platform. Whilst the features associated with an MVP version of the DashPay wallets continues to be one of our main priorities, future versions of Dash Platform should bring greater stability and new features for community developers as well.<\/span><\/p>\n We have already begun work on the next release which is expected to include a new hierarchical storage system for providing cryptographic proofs of data consistency, the possibility for each Identity to store multiple keys which are used for different purposes (see <\/span>DIP11<\/span><\/a>), and the ability to update existing data contract schemas to support several features. Additionally, the release will include usability improvements for the SDK and the removal of some <\/span>technical debt<\/span><\/a> which currently complicates maintenance. We would like to thank our Community of developers once again for their continued patience as we work to release better and more stable versions of our software going forward.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0Furthermore – big thanks to the Community for taking active and serious involvement in Platform development and testing – thanks to you we were able to deploy a significantly more stable testnet than with previous versions.<\/span><\/p>\n As with this release we are expecting a data wipe to occur during our next release of v0.22 as well. Observers can expect the next platform release to occur roughly 6 weeks from now in the middle of December.<\/span><\/p>\n Follow the Dash blog and social media channels for more releases and updates, and as usual, your thoughts, feedback, and pull requests are greatly appreciated.<\/span><\/p>\nRelease Highlights<\/h2>\n
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