bisq-network/bisq v0.9.0

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A newer version is already available! Please don’t use this version anymore.

Release notes

This release is one of our biggest in Bisq's history. Not only is the Bisq DAO code included for Testnet, but we've also redesigned the client from the ground up. Thanks to @pedromvpg for initiating and leading this Bisq redesign! Of course this release is packed as always with lots of bug fixes and UI improvements in general.

As we have updated to Java 10 and Oracle has dropped support for 32 bit Operating systems we cannot provide 32 bit binaries anymore.

Release notes:

Bisq DAO (on Testnet)

• BSQ wallet (Send/Receive BSQ)
• Governance (Make and vote on proposals, create compensation requests, change DAO parameters, issue BSQ)
• Bonding (Create bonded roles/bonded reputation)
• Pay asset listing fee with BSQ
• Proof of burn with BSQ
• Pay trading fees with BSQ

Trading

• Warn users when closing the app with open offers
• Wait for offer availability check before allowing funding of wallet
• Add buyers payment account name to trade screen (if multiple payment accounts of the same type exist)
• Fix last request timestamp in price feed service
• Fix transaction broadcaster issue

Payment methods

• Add Monero address validation
• Improve Monero trade info popup
• Update instructions for Monero transaction proof
• Add Citibank to Zelle
• Add info for Faster Payment that the receivers name is not required
• Add Contact info for F2F
• Add warning popup for Cash Deposit
• Add PromptPay (Thailand)
• Add Interac E-transfer question/answer validation
• Remove account age from limitations of altcoin accounts

UI

• Redesign: Bisq in a fresh new green look including lots of minor UI improvements and bug fixes
• Improved text in various places (by @arunasurya)
• New locales (Thai and Vietnamese) by @initCCG
• Avoid standby mode
• Optimize initial data load
• Increase display time of notifications
• Convert long dash to short dash for minus values
• Add blockstream.info as default explorer
• Limit initial window size on application launch
• Save "Show all" state in currency selector (Trade Charts)
• Add arrow key support for preferences currency selection
• Add arrow key support for arbitrator language selection
• Fix truncation issue when using display scaling levels
• Fix issues with wrong base currency

Privacy/Security

• Make torrc "editable" via system properties
• Use tor binaries from TorBrowser 8.0.3

Development

• Move all repositories into one mono repository
• Add Java 10 support

Assets

• Add 25 new assets:
  Actinium (ACM), Bitcoin 2 (BTC2), Bitcoin Rhodium (XRC), Blur (BLUR), Chaucha (CHA), Croat (CROAT), Dragonglass (DRGL), EtherStone (ETHS), Kekcoin (KEK), Mask (MASK), MoX (MOX), MobitGlobal (MBGL), MonetaryUnit (MUE), Neos (NEOS), PZDC (PZDC), QMCoin (QMCoin), Radium (RADS), Ryo (RYO), SUB1X (SUB1X), Starwels (MAI), TurtleCoin (TRTL), Zero (ZER)
• Remove not traded assets.

Verification

Url of the signing key (Christoph Atteneder): https://bisq.network/pubkey/29CDFD3B.asc
Full fingerprint: CB36 D7D2 EBB2 E35D 9B75 500B CD5D C1C5 29CD FD3B

Import the key:
curl https://bisq.network/pubkey/29CDFD3B.asc | gpg --import
GPG prints a confusion warning: "This key is not certified with a trusted signature!" - See https://serverfault.com/questions/569911/how-to-verify-an-imported-gpg-key for background information what it means.

How to verify signatures?
gpg --digest-algo SHA256 --verify BINARY{.asc*,}
Replace BINARY with the file you downloaded (e.g. Bisq-0.9.0.dmg)

Verify jar file inside binary:
You can verify on OSX the jar file with:
shasum -a256 [PATH TO BISQ APP]/Bisq.app/Contents/Java/Bisq-0.9.0.jar
The output need to match the value from the Bisq-0.9.0.jar.txt file.

Known issues with installation

Windows:

There are some known issues (not introduced in that release) with installing Bisq on Windows.
The Windows installer does not cleanup or overwrite always correctly the old installation files. If you cannot start Bisq after installation please delete the application directory [1] (not the data directory! [2]). You could also try to uninstall Bisq from the operating system but then the data directory (including your wallet and account data) will be deleted as well. If you want to use the uninstall option be sure to have made a backup first and move the backup afterwards to the data directory location.

Another issue can be Anti Virus software. We got several reports from users running into different problems. Either the AV software blocks Bisq or Tor, delete files in the data directory or app directory) or cause such a long delay at startup that Tor gets terminated and a file remains locked which can cause that Bisq cannot be started afterwards. To resolve that you need to restart Windows then the lock get released. We are working on solutions to fix those issues.

If you use Crypto currencies on your Windows system be aware that Windows is much more vulnerable to malware than Linux or OSX. Consider to use a dedicated non-Windows system when dealing with cryptocurrencies.

[1] Application directory (contains application installation files):
C:\Users<username>\AppData\Local\Bisq

[2] Data directory (contains all Bisq data including wallet):
C:\Users<username>\AppData\Roaming\Bisq

Linux:

Hint for Debian users:
If you have problems starting Bisq on Debian use: /opt/Bisq/Bisq

If your Linux distro does not support .deb files please follow this instruction:

cd ~/Downloads  
mkdir tmp  
cd tmp   
ar x ../Bisq-64bit-0.9.0.deb  
sudo tar Jxvf data.tar.xz  
sudo cp -rp opt/Bisq /opt/

That instruction is not tested on many different distros. If you encounter problems please report it in a Github issue so we can improve it.