blog: add v0.18.0.0 release notes

_posts/2022-07-19-monero-0.18.0.0-released.md

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+---
+layout: post
+title: "Monero 0.18.0.0 'Fluorine Fermi' released"
+summary: Major release containing support for the August 13th network upgrade.
+tags: [releases]
+author: selsta
+---
+
+# Overview
+
+This is the v0.18.0.0 release of the Monero software. This major release is due to the August 13th network upgrade, which in turn adds support for Bulletproofs+, view tags, ring size increase to 16, and fee changes.
+
+Some highlights of this release are:
+
+- Consensus: add Bulletproofs+ to decrease transactions size and verification time (#[7170](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/7170))
+- Consensus: add view tags to outputs to reduce wallet scanning time (#[8061](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/8061))
+- Consensus: increase ring size to 16 (#[8178](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/8178))
+- Wallet: fee changes, adjusted dynamic block weight algorithm (#[7819](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/7819))
+- Wallet: multisig security fixes (#[8149](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/8149), #[8220](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/8220), #[8432](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/8432))
+- Wallet: disable multisig by default, enable with `--enable-multisig-experimental` (#[8328](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/8328))
+- Wallet: speed up transaction construction (#[8046](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/8046))
+- Wallet: avoid unnecessary DNS call, significantly speed up transaction construction in some cases (#[8408](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/8408))
+- Wallet: avoid hitting restricted /gettransactions RPC limit (#[8388](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/8388))
+- Wallet: decrease the amount of data exchanged for output export (#[8179](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/8179))
+- Wallet: fix spurious reorg detection with untrusted nodes (#[8331](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/8331))
+- Wallet: attempt to carve the fee from a partial payment early (#[7342](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/7342))
+- Wallet: try empty passphrase first when using Trezor (#[7793](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/7793))
+- Wallet: add new `scan_tx` command to scan for a list of transaction ids (#[7312](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/7312))
+- Wallet: add option to display wallet name, network mode to inactivity lock (#[7153](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/7153))
+- Wallet: add option for exporting tx keys (#[8180](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/8180))
+- Daemon: connection code rewrite, improve connectivity with SSL enabled (#[8426](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/8426))
+- Daemon: Tor / I2P tx-proxy connectivity fixes (#[8324](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/8324), #[8330](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/8330))
+- Daemon: fix a bug that causes transactions to not get re-relayed (#[8326](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/8326))
+- Daemon: improve cryptonote (block and tx) binary read performance (#[7661](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/7661))
+- Daemon: store RPC SSL key/cert for consistent authentication between runs (#[7366](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/7366))
+- Daemon: add support for storing database on a raw device/partition (#[7774](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/7774))
+- Daemon: add --max-connections-per-ip daemon option (#[6877](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/6877))
+- Daemon: full tx revalidation on fork boundaries (#[7169](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/7169))
+- Daemon: add proxy configuration support for bootstrap daemon (#[7326](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/7326))
+- RPC: fix `describe_transfer` for multiple transactions in a txset (#[7767](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/7767))
+- RPC: prevent `--password-file` from being used with `--wallet-dir` (#[7823](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/7823))
+- RPC: send confirmations in `get_transactions` result (#[7662](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/7662))
+- RPC: support regex for tags in `get_accounts` (#[8215](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/8215))
+- Optimized keccak implementation (#[8262](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/8262))
+- Mac ARM64 release binaries (#[8312](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/8312))
+- Minor bug fixes and improvements
+
+The complete list of changes is [available on GitHub](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/compare/v0.17.3.2...v0.18.0.0), along with [the source code](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/tree/v0.18.0.0).
+
+# Contributors for this Release
+
+This release was the direct result of 71 people who worked, largely unpaid and altruistically, to put out 420 commits containing 25749 new lines of code. We'd like to thank them very much for their time and effort. In no particular order they are:
+
+- lxop
+- dewyatt
+- OrvilleRed
+- ph4r05
+- erciccione
+- wirrickelliot
+- hMihaiDavid
+- hyc
+- JoeHCQ1
+- reemuru
+- drlef
+- suriyaa
+- ralphmapper
+- rating89us
+- tmoravec
+- TheCharlatan
+- timosarkar
+- rbrunner7
+- hinto.janaiyo
+- Xeonacid
+- gdmojo
+- perfect-daemon
+- benevanoff
+- xiphon
+- cabelo
+- codesoap
+- donkeydonkey
+- IceCruelStuff
+- glv2
+- gingeropolous
+- georgeleege
+- rex4539
+- fdov
+- AkritW
+- garth-xmr
+- Luxter77
+- im
+- kayabaNerve
+- normoes
+- iamamyth
+- 00-matt
+- mj-xmr
+- malbit
+- MoneroArbo
+- ndorf
+- zer-far
+- serhack
+- sethforprivacy
+- SomaticFanatic
+- LeoNero
+- SamsungGalaxyPlayer
+- malinero
+- Jkat
+- DangerOnTheRanger
+- kevinbarbour
+- kaythomas0
+- lza_menace
+- agowa338
+- luigi1111
+- woodser
+- jeffro256
+- sarangnoether
+- unseddd
+- SChernykh
+- moneromooo
+- loqs
+- tobtoht
+- UkoeHB
+- j-berman
+- selsta
+- vtnerd
+
+# Download
+
+The new binaries can be downloaded from the [Downloads page]({{ site.baseurl }}/downloads/#cli) or from the direct links below.
+
+- [Windows, 64-bit](https://downloads.getmonero.org/cli/monero-win-x64-v0.18.0.0.zip)
+- [Windows, 32-bit](https://downloads.getmonero.org/cli/monero-win-x86-v0.18.0.0.zip)
+- [macOS, Intel](https://downloads.getmonero.org/cli/monero-mac-x64-v0.18.0.0.tar.bz2)
+- [macOS, ARM](https://downloads.getmonero.org/cli/monero-mac-armv8-v0.18.0.0.tar.bz2)
+- [Linux, 64-bit](https://downloads.getmonero.org/cli/monero-linux-x64-v0.18.0.0.tar.bz2)
+- [Linux, 32-bit](https://downloads.getmonero.org/cli/monero-linux-x86-v0.18.0.0.tar.bz2)
+- [Linux, armv7](https://downloads.getmonero.org/cli/monero-linux-armv7-v0.18.0.0.tar.bz2)
+- [Linux, armv8](https://downloads.getmonero.org/cli/monero-linux-armv8-v0.18.0.0.tar.bz2)
+- [Android, armv7](https://downloads.getmonero.org/cli/monero-android-armv7-v0.18.0.0.tar.bz2)
+- [Android, armv8](https://downloads.getmonero.org/cli/monero-android-armv8-v0.18.0.0.tar.bz2)
+- [FreeBSD, 64-bit](https://downloads.getmonero.org/cli/monero-freebsd-x64-v0.18.0.0.tar.bz2)
+
+# Hashes
+
+If you would like to verify that you have downloaded the correct file, please use the following SHA256 hashes:
+
+```
+monero-win-x64-v0.18.0.0.zip, 0b94088db62d0ded1d62d02a631b93978984acce337e01a802edd87e521dfcd1
+monero-win-x86-v0.18.0.0.zip, d55e86e1434a7e1cebd6931d21063e82c25a7126ddad8704f15501bb9a6e64a4
+monero-mac-x64-v0.18.0.0.tar.bz2, 6278a16ec64e2f261c2023c7be9bf904627bec58f8e4237b609eb4c842d9ff68
+monero-mac-armv8-v0.18.0.0.tar.bz2, 5f2261fe821e0fe88c193ad6251e68aeb7639e9b529952df823706d424a513d7
+monero-linux-x64-v0.18.0.0.tar.bz2, 74c440aa1e38a41ded0c4844b50f094146170ef83f1bd79d7e23d0d69b589faf
+monero-linux-x86-v0.18.0.0.tar.bz2, 14f8e658750b9301de3e4923355adf4bdfb33348d905b74a02191fa8147c247d
+monero-linux-armv8-v0.18.0.0.tar.bz2, 15cf4db8810d39104dbc230a985c7819ee96f9a7264d3f65e012b4bc36dc9f40
+monero-linux-armv7-v0.18.0.0.tar.bz2, 9af9842b6725f070e568b7bbf02277e6da2ae7a5a544b4b214c60125bab5c93b
+monero-android-armv8-v0.18.0.0.tar.bz2, 2656f968293b32cccf9daed36976e9331386950ad291f10f8061fc7bc87f8508
+monero-android-armv7-v0.18.0.0.tar.bz2, 8c6bb7df79e350275252967f08461eda6dfcd161c0d898722af467efa114f6d6
+monero-freebsd-x64-v0.18.0.0.tar.bz2, f556259345ac6e5c95421156693ec5011914355ebdc7d0d1bb97a0e6cdb29b5a
+```
+
+A GPG-signed list of the hashes is at [https://www.getmonero.org/downloads/hashes.txt]({{ site.baseurl_root }}/downloads/hashes.txt) and should be treated as canonical, with the signature checked against the appropriate GPG key in the source code (in /utils/gpg_keys). To ensure that the files you download are those originally posted by the maintainers, you should both check that the hashes of your files match those on the signed list, and that the signature on the list is valid.
+
+Two guides are available to guide you through the verification process: [Verify binaries on Windows (beginner)]({{ site.baseurl }}/resources/user-guides/verification-windows-beginner.html) and [Verify binaries on Linux, Mac, or Windows command line (advanced)]({{ site.baseurl }}/resources/user-guides/verification-allos-advanced.html).

_posts/2022-07-19-monero-GUI-0.18.0.0-released.md

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+---
+layout: post
+title: "Monero GUI 0.18.0.0 'Fluorine Fermi' released"
+summary: Major release containing support for the August 13th network upgrade.
+tags: [releases]
+author: selsta
+---
+
+# Overview
+
+This is the v0.18.0.0 release of the Monero GUI software. This major release is due to the August 13th network upgrade, which in turn adds support for Bulletproofs+, view tags, ring size increase to 16, and fee changes.
+
+[The latest CLI release notes can be found on the precedent blog post]({{ site.baseurl_root }}/2022/07/19/monero-0.18.0.0-released.html)
+
+Some highlights of this release are:
+
+- Add support for v0.18 network upgrade (#[3972](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pull/3972))
+- Add scan transaction option (#[3932](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pull/3932))
+- Fix payment proof button (#[3910](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pull/3910))
+- Fix restoring from default restore height (#[3902](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pull/3902))
+- Display wallet files with a dot in name #[3968](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pull/3968))
+- Add separate Ledger Nano S+ entry (#[3903](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pull/3903))
+- Fix stagenet approximated block height (#[3846](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pull/3846))
+- Update Mac icon (#[3560](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pull/3560))
+- Update p2pool to v2.2.1 (#[3966](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pull/3966))
+- Only kill p2pool when we started it (#[3917](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pull/3917))
+- Minor bug fixes and UI improvements
+
+The complete list of changes is [available on GitHub](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/compare/v0.17.3.2...v0.18.0.0), along with [the source code](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/tree/v0.18.0.0).
+
+# Contributors for this Release
+
+This release was the direct result of 55 people who worked, largely unpaid and altruistically, to put out 67 commits containing 20610 new lines of code. We'd like to thank them very much for their time and effort. In no particular order they are:
+
+- selsta
+- luigi1111
+- rating89us
+- reemuru
+- ComputeryPony
+- SChernykh
+- netrik182
+- plowsof
+
+A special thanks to translators
+
+Agent LvM, TheFuzzStone, foresle, reketen, Josep Mengual, Miguel Medina, Peter Liska, Júlia Forgáčová, Boris Sipos, Carlo, tomas, alreadyburnt, Nima Ghotbi, Parsa Abbasi, E-Moji, MasFlam, Gregg S, Gilberto F da Silva, v1docq47, snipeTR, xmoreee, darckme, Simon Fouilleul, Julian Fouquet, nightwolf3, tedtei, Casimir, CryptoMonero, jindouyunz, Muge Niu, TaoHuachen, MaxQiu0108, Winslow Hee, Lekton Zhang, kingoflove, netrik182, Pozsonyi Péter, liimee, siptruk, I. Musthafa, Wobole, PauleBertt, Marta Kozera, Crusty, GreenPiece, Lennard Merten, Paul Janowitz
+
+# Download
+
+The new binaries can be downloaded from the [Downloads page]({{ site.baseurl }}/downloads/#gui) or from the direct links below.
+
+- [Windows, 64-bit](https://downloads.getmonero.org/gui/monero-gui-win-x64-v0.18.0.0.zip)
+- [Windows, 64-bit (Installer)](https://downloads.getmonero.org/gui/monero-gui-install-win-x64-v0.18.0.0.exe)
+- [macOS, 64-bit](https://downloads.getmonero.org/gui/monero-gui-mac-x64-v0.18.0.0.dmg)
+- [Linux, 64-bit](https://downloads.getmonero.org/gui/monero-gui-linux-x64-v0.18.0.0.tar.bz2)
+
+A complete guide for the GUI wallet is included in the archives, but [an online version is available](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-GUI-guide/blob/master/monero-GUI-guide.md).
+
+# Download Hashes
+
+If you would like to verify that you have downloaded the correct file, please use the following SHA256 hashes:
+
+```
+monero-gui-win-x64-v0.18.0.0.zip, 41446de539a20c5f5e1c5098ebaebd77009347b7263bdfc61587d27b6b2ff13f
+monero-gui-install-win-x64-v0.18.0.0.exe, a42ea47f6cc128e428ed115b0496d5d9817542dcf29807c2b674e518864418b5
+monero-gui-mac-x64-v0.18.0.0.dmg, c1beab6aa2351a940bfa585d5bff558babb983a8a70600e5166aacf0c47cc2eb
+monero-gui-linux-x64-v0.18.0.0.tar.bz2, a0680b4fcd4b5b75db9a903d17a8216cd250eff91ecbce769e6b920825c9a4c9
+```
+
+A GPG-signed list of the hashes is at [https://www.getmonero.org/downloads/hashes.txt]({{ site.baseurl_root }}/downloads/hashes.txt) and should be treated as canonical, with the signature checked against the appropriate GPG key in the source code (in /utils/gpg_keys). To ensure that the files you download are those originally posted by the maintainers, you should both check that the hashes of your files match those on the signed list, and that the signature on the list is valid.
+
+Two guides are available to guide you through the verification process: [Verify binaries on Windows (beginner)]({{ site.baseurl }}/resources/user-guides/verification-windows-beginner.html) and [Verify binaries on Linux, Mac, or Windows command line (advanced)]({{ site.baseurl }}/resources/user-guides/verification-allos-advanced.html).