Alpha 1.8.0 Dubai

Alpha 1.8.0 — Dubai Release

Highlights

• Signet-gated hard fork at block 450,000: Fee burning, 3-of-5 multisig block signing, coinbase zeroing
• Integrated mining with -mine flag: Built-in RandomX mining support
• External miner support: getblocktemplate with coinbasetxn for standalone miners
• CI release builds: Automated Linux, Windows, and macOS binary builds

Fork Activation (Block 450,000)

• All transaction fees are burned (sent to OP_RETURN)
• Block production requires 3-of-5 authorized signing keys
• Coinbase reward zeroed post-fork
• SIGNET_HEADER (ecc7daa2) present in post-fork blocks

Downloads

Platform	File
Linux x86_64	alpha-1.8.0-dubai-core-27.0.0-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.tgz
Windows x64	alpha-1.8.0-dubai-core-27.0.0-win64-setup.zip
macOS aarch64	alpha-1.8.0-dubai-core-27.0.0-macos-sonoma-aarch64.zip
Docker	ghcr.io/unicitynetwork/alpha:1.8.0

Alpha 1.7.0

Updated timebomb to 450,000. Programmatic hardforks will be replaced with on-chain governance when implemented.
Coin subsidy drop to 5 alpha per block on block 400,000

To migrate your wallet from an old Alpha wallet see here https://github.com/unicitynetwork/alpha--june24

Alpha switched to RandomX hash function at block 70228 and ASERT at 70240.

Users are advised to build from source. Binaries are provided only for convenience.
On MacOS you may need to run the command xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine alpha-qt to launch the binary.

Verify checksums

It is recommended that users verify the SHA256 checksum of downloaded files before opening them.

-Linux: sha256sum
-MacOS: shasum -a 256
-Windows: certutil -hashfile SHA256

Linux (complied on Ubuntu 22.04)

Linux (complied on Ubuntu 22.04) (DONE)
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MacOS (Apple Silicon)
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Windows (cross-compiled on Ubuntu 22.04)
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Full Changelog: 1.6.0...1.7.0

1.6.0

Updated timebomb to 400,000. Programmatic hardforks will be replaced with on-chain governance when implemented.

To migrate your wallet from an old Alpha wallet see here https://github.com/unicitynetwork/alpha--june24

Alpha switched to RandomX hash function at block 70228 and ASERT at 70240.

Users are advised to build from source. Binaries are provided only for convenience.
On MacOS you may need to run the command xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine alpha-qt to launch the binary.

Verify checksums

It is recommended that users verify the SHA256 checksum of downloaded files before opening them.

-Linux: sha256sum
-MacOS: shasum -a 256
-Windows: certutil -hashfile SHA256

Linux (complied on Ubuntu 22.04)
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MacOS (Apple Silicon)
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Windows (cross-compiled on Ubuntu 22.04)
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Full Changelog: 1.5.0...1.6.0

1.5.0

Updated timebomb to 370,000. Programmatic hardforks will be replaced with on-chain governance when implemented.

To migrate your wallet from an old Alpha wallet see here https://github.com/unicitynetwork/alpha--june24

Alpha switched to RandomX hash function at block 70228 and ASERT at 70240.

Users are advised to build from source. Binaries are provided only for convenience.
On MacOS you may need to run the command xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine alpha-qt to launch the binary.

Verify checksums

It is recommended that users verify the SHA256 checksum of downloaded files before opening them.

-Linux: sha256sum
-Mac: shasum -a 256
-Windows: certutil -hashfile SHA256

Linux (complied on Ubuntu 22.04)
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MacOS (Apple Silicon)
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Windows (cross-compiled on Ubuntu 22.04)
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What's Changed

• Fixed the "Building Alpha" heading in build-alpha.md by @mareksepp in #7

Full Changelog: 1.4.1...1.5.0

1.4.1

Updated to enforce RandomX activation at block 303271

Users are advised to build from source. Binaries are provided only for convenience.
On MacOS you may need to run the command xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine alpha-qt to launch the binary.

Verify checksums

It is recommended that users verify the SHA256 checksum of downloaded files before opening them.

-Linux: sha256sum
-Mac: shasum -a 256
-Windows: certutil -hashfile SHA256

Linux (complied on Ubuntu 22.04)
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MacOS (Apple Silicon)
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Windows (cross-compiled on Ubuntu 22.04)
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Alpha 1.4.0

Updated timebomb to 350,000. Programmatic hardforks will be replaced with on-chain governance when implemented.

To migrate your wallet from an old Alpha wallet see here https://github.com/unicitynetwork/alpha--june24

Alpha switched to RandomX hash function at block 70228 and ASERT at 70240.

Users are advised to build from source. Binaries are provided only for convenience.
On MacOS you may need to run the command xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine alpha-qt to launch the binary.

Verify checksums

It is recommended that users verify the SHA256 checksum of downloaded files before opening them.

-Linux: sha256sum
-Mac: shasum -a 256
-Windows: certutil -hashfile SHA256

Linux (complied on Ubuntu 22.04)
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2ea51841c4be745a149f9fec973555144d84f162e5954653fbd5f0871a2072f9 alphad
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MacOS (Apple Silicon)
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MacOS (Apple x86)
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Windows (cross-compiled on Ubuntu 22.04)
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What's Changed

• Docker by @vrogojin in #4

New Contributors

• @vrogojin made their first contribution in #4

Full Changelog: 1.3.0...1.4.0

1.3.0

Updated timebomb to 300,000. Programmatic hardforks will be replaced with on-chain governance when implemented.

To migrate your wallet from an old Alpha wallet see here https://github.com/unicitynetwork/alpha--june24

Alpha switched to RandomX hash function at block 70228 and ASERT at 70240.

Users are advised to build from source. Binaries are provided only for convenience.
On MacOS you may need to run the command xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine alpha-qt to launch the binary.

Verify checksums

It is recommended that users verify the SHA256 checksum of downloaded files before opening them.

-Linux: sha256sum
-Mac: shasum -a 256
-Windows: certutil -hashfile SHA256

Linux (complied on Ubuntu 22.04)
b47e96829076ed0d11c7a13f670579eb0f1ba0b508f72c2147539fd51d0272de alpha-cli
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MacOS (Apple Silicon)
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MacOS (Apple x86)
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Windows (cross-compiled on Ubuntu 22.04)
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Full Changelog: 1.2.0...1.3.0

Full Changelog: 1.2.0...1.3.0

Alpha 1.2.0

Updated timebomb to 250,000. Programmatic hardforks will be replaced with on-chain governance when implemented.

To migrate your wallet from an old Alpha wallet see here https://github.com/unicitynetwork/alpha--june24

Alpha switched to RandomX hash function at block 70228 and ASERT at 70240.

Users are advised to build from source. Binaries are provided only for convenience.
On MacOS you may need to run the command xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine alpha-qt to launch the binary.

Verify checksums

It is recommended that users verify the SHA256 checksum of downloaded files before opening them.

-Linux: sha256sum
-Mac: shasum -a 256
-Windows: certutil -hashfile SHA256

Linux (complied on Ubuntu 22.04)

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MacOS (Apple Silicon)
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MacOS (Apple x86)
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Windows (cross-compiled on Ubuntu 22.04)
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1.1.0

Updated timebomb to 200,000
added seed nodes

To migrate your wallet from an old Alpha wallet see here https://github.com/unicitynetwork/alpha--june24

Alpha switched to RandomX hash function at block 70228 and ASERT at 70240.

Users are advised to build from source. Binaries are provided only for convenience.
On MacOS you may need to run the command xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine alpha-qt to launch the binary.

Verify checksums

It is recommended that users verify the SHA256 checksum of downloaded files before opening them.

-Linux: sha256sum <filename>
-Mac: shasum -a 256 <filename>
-Windows: certutil -hashfile <filename> SHA256

Linux (complied on Ubuntu 22.04)

581f00cca2b47981651c39d16fc396dcea79e032c466e5e4ce697accbdefecee alpha-cli
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MacOS (Apple Silicon)
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MacOS (Apple x86)
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Windows (cross-compiled on Ubuntu 22.04)
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Full Changelog: 1.0.0...1.1.0

Alpha 1.0.0

To migrate your wallet from an old Alpha wallet see here https://github.com/unicitynetwork/alpha--june24

Alpha switched to RandomX hash function at block 70228 and ASERT at 70240.

Users are advised to build from source. Binaries are provided only for convenience.
On MacOS you may need to run the command xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine alpha-qt to launch the binary.

Verify checksums

It is recommended that users verify the SHA256 checksum of downloaded files before opening them.

• Linux: sha256sum <filename>
• Mac: shasum -a 256 <filename>
• Windows: certutil -hashfile <filename> SHA256

Linux (complied on Ubuntu 22.04)
1e835f8ceec2331db17666105a3707d5ff87c02b7cc70e557ca0883ddee62245 alpha-cli
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MacOS
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Windows (cross-compiled on Ubuntu 22.04)
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Full Changelog: https://github.com/unicitynetwork/alpha/commits/1.0.0