This release adds support for creating and managing Bolt 12 offers and a new channel closing protocol (option_simple_close) that supports RBF.
We also add support for storing small amounts of (encrypted) data for our peers (option_provide_storage).
⚠️ This release also starts using Java 21, which means you may need to update your runtime.
⚠️ We also update our dependency on Bitcoin Core to v28.1 to benefit from package relay.
We've also made more progress on splicing, which is getting into the final stage of cross-compatibility tests.
This cannot be used yet with other implementations, but will likely be available in the next release.
This release also contains various performance improvements, more configuration options and bug fixes.
One notable performance improvement is a change in one of our database indexes (see #2946), which may take a few seconds to complete when restarting your node.
The detailed release notes can be found here.
Verifying signatures
You will need gpg and our release signing key E04E48E72C205463. Note that you can get it:
- from our website: https://acinq.co/pgp/drouinf2.asc
- from github user @sstone, a committer on eclair: https://api.github.com/users/sstone/gpg_keys
To import our signing key:
$ gpg --import drouinf2.ascTo verify the release file checksums and signatures:
$ gpg -d SHA256SUMS.asc > SHA256SUMS.stripped
$ sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS.strippedBuilding
Eclair builds are deterministic. To reproduce our builds, please use the following environment (*):
- Ubuntu 24.04.1
- Adoptium OpenJDK 21.0.4
Use the following command to generate the eclair-node package:
./mvnw clean install -DskipTestsThat should generate eclair-node/target/eclair-node-<version>-XXXXXXX-bin.zip with sha256 checksums that match the one we provide and sign in SHA256SUMS.asc
(*) You may be able to build the exact same artefacts with other operating systems or versions of JDK 21, we have not tried everything.
Upgrading
This release is fully compatible with previous eclair versions. You don't need to close your channels, just stop eclair, upgrade and restart.