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LBRY CREDITS (LBC) PRE RELEASE WALLET v0.20.0rc14

[0.20.0rc14] - 2018-06-09

Fixed

fix prm/brm typo
handling error from dht clients with old ping method
blobs not being re-announced if no peers successfully stored, now failed announcements are re-queued
issue where an AuthAPIClient (used by lbrynet-cli) would fail to update its session secret and keep making new auth sessions, with every other request failing
use_auth_http in a config file being overridden by the default command line argument to lbrynet-daemon, now the command line value will only override the config file value if it is provided
lbrynet-cli not automatically switching to the authenticated client if the server is detected to be using authentication. This resulted in lbrynet-cli failing to run when lbrynet-daemon was run with the --http-auth flag
fixed error when using claim_show with txid and nout arguments

Changed

updated default lbryum servers to use lbryumx
refactor add_completed_blobs on storage.py, simplifying into less queries
check headers file integrity on startup, removing/truncating the file to force re-download when necessary
support partial headers file download from S3
changed txrequests for treq
changed cryptography version to 2.2.2
removed pycrypto dependency, replacing all calls to cryptography
full verification of streams only during migration instead of every startup
database batching functions for starting up the file manager
several internal dht functions to use inlineCallbacks
DHTHashAnnouncer and Node manage functions to use LoopingCalls instead of scheduling with callLater.
store kademlia rpc method to block on the call finishing and to return storing peer information
refactored DHTHashAnnouncer to no longer use locks, use a DeferredSemaphore to limit concurrent announcers
decoupled DiskBlobManager from DHTHashAnnouncer
blob hashes to announce to be controlled bySQLiteStorage
kademlia protocol to minimally delay writes to the UDP socket
reactor and callLater, listenUDP, and resolve functions to be configurable (to allow easier testing)
calls to get the current time to use reactor.seconds (to control callLater and LoopingCall timing in tests)
blob_announce to queue the blob announcement but not block on it
blob completion to not callLater an immediate announce, let SQLiteStorage and the DHTHashAnnouncer handle it
raise the default number of concurrent blob announcers to 100
dht logging to be more verbose with errors and warnings
added single_announce and last_announced_time columns to the blob table in sqlite
pass the sd hash to reflector ClientFactory instead of looking it up
if the use_authentication setting is configured, use authentication for all api methods instead of only those with the auth_required decorator
regenerate api keys on startup if the using authentication
support both positional and keyword args for api calls
peer_list to return a list of dictionaries instead of a list of lists, added peer node ids to the results
download blockchain headers from s3 before starting the wallet when the local height is more than s3_headers_depth (a config setting) blocks behind
track successful reflector uploads in sqlite to minimize how many streams are attempted by auto re-reflect
increase the default auto_re_reflect_interval to a day
predictable result sorting for claim_list and claim_list_mine
changed the bucket splitting condition in the dht routing table to be more aggressive
ping dht nodes who have stored to us periodically to determine whether we should include them as an active peer for the hash when we are queried. Nodes that are known to be not reachable by the node storing the record are no longer returned as peers by the storing node.
temporarily disabled data price negotiation, treat all data as free
changed dht bootstrap join process to better populate the routing table initially
cache dht node tokens used during announcement to minimize the number of requests that are needed
implement BEP0005 dht rules to classify nodes as good, bad, or unknown and for when to add them to the routing table (http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0005.html)
refactored internal dht contact class to track failure counts/times, the time the contact last replied to us, and the time the node last requested something fom us
refactored dht iterativeFind
sort dht contacts returned by findCloseNodes in the routing table
disabled Cryptonator price feed

Added

virtual kademlia network and mock udp transport for dht integration tests
functional tests for bootstrapping the dht, announcing and expiring hashes, finding and pinging nodes, protocol version 0/1 backwards/forwards compatibility, and rejoining the network
configurable concurrent_announcers and s3_headers_depth settings
peer_ping command
--sort option in file_list
linux distro and desktop name added to analytics
certifi module for Twisted SSL verification on Windows
protocol version to dht requests and to the response from findValue
added port field to contacts returned by routing_table_get

Removed

announce_all argument from blob_announce
old blob_announce_all command
AuthJSONRPCServer.auth_required decorator
unused --wallet argument to lbrynet-daemon, which used to be to support PTCWallet.

OptimizedTreeRoutingTable class used by the dht node for the time being

Download:

https://github.com/lbryio/lbry...

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LBRY CREDITS (LBC) Final Release Wallet v 0.20.0

TL;DR

This milestone release includes a large number of bug fixes, changes and additions covering all aspects of the daemon. Notable improvements include:

Faster and more reliable downloading and uploading of content resulting from substantial work done on the Distributed Hash Table algorithms and protocol.
Faster blockchain synchronization (headers) by downloading them from Amazon S3 under certain conditions.
Faster overall app startup due to better optimized SQL queries.
Power users of the lbrynet-cli will benefit from many bug fixes to commonly used commands and improvements in sorting of output.
Please review the full change log for more details on specific fixes, changes and additions.

Fixed

fix payment rate manager typo (12361209)

Changed

if the use_authentication setting is configured, use authentication for all api methods instead of only those with the auth_required decorator
regenerate api keys on startup if the using authentication
support both positional and keyword args for api calls
blob_announce to queue the blob announcement but not block on it
peer_list to return a list of dictionaries instead of a list of lists, added peer node ids to the results
predictable result sorting for claim_list and claim_list_mine (12161208)
increase the default auto_re_reflect_interval setting to a day and the default concurrent_announcers setting to 10
download blockchain headers from s3 before starting the wallet when the local height is more than s3_headers_depth (a config setting) blocks behind (11771189)
refactor add_completed_blobs on storage.py, simplifying into less queries (12261195)
database batching functions for starting up the file manager
added single_announce and last_announced_time columns to the blob table in sqlite
track successful reflector uploads in sqlite to minimize how many streams are attempted by auto re-reflect (1194)
pass the sd hash to reflector ClientFactory instead of looking it up from the database
dht logging to be more verbose with errors and warnings
store kademlia rpc method to block on the call finishing and to return storing peer information
kademlia protocol to minimally delay writes to the UDP socket
several internal dht functions to use inlineCallbacks
DHTHashAnnouncer and Node manage functions to use LoopingCalls instead of scheduling with callLater.
refactored DHTHashAnnouncer to no longer use locks, use a DeferredSemaphore to limit concurrent announcers
decoupled DiskBlobManager from DHTHashAnnouncer, get blob hashes to announce from SQLiteStorage. The blob manager no longer announces blobs after they are completed, the hash announcer takes care of this now.
changed the bucket splitting condition in the dht routing table to be more aggressive
ping dht nodes who have stored to us periodically to determine whether we should include them as an active peer for the hash when we are queried. Nodes that are known to be not reachable by the node storing the record are no longer returned as peers by the storing node.
changed dht bootstrap join process to better populate the routing table initially
cache dht node tokens used during announcement to minimize the number of requests that are needed
implement BEP0005 dht rules to classify nodes as good, bad, or unknown and for when to add them to the routing table (http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0005.html)
refactored internal dht contact class to track failure counts/times, the time the contact last replied to us, and the time the node last requested something fom us (12111191)
updated cryptography version to 2.2.2
removed pycrypto dependency, replacing all calls to cryptography

Added

peer_ping command
--sort option in file_list (1174)
port field to contacts returned by routing_table_get
configurable concurrent_announcers and s3_headers_depth settings
virtual kademlia network and mock udp transport for dht integration tests
functional tests for bootstrapping the dht, announcing and expiring hashes, finding and pinging nodes, protocol version 0/1 backwards/forwards compatibility, and rejoining the network
linux distro and desktop name added to analytics (12181213)
protocol version to dht requests and to the response from findValue

Removed

announce_all argument from blob_announce
old blob_announce_all command
unused --wallet argument to lbrynet-daemon, which used to be to support PTCWallet.
AuthJSONRPCServer.auth_required decorator (1161)
OptimizedTreeRoutingTable class used by the dht node for the time being

Download:

https://github.com/lbryio/lbry...

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LBRY CREDITS (LBC) Final Release Wallet v0.20.2

Changed

Bumped lbryschema requirement to 0.0.16 see changelogsee changelog
save claims to sqlite in batches to speed up resolve queries for many uris

Download:

https://github.com/lbryio/lbry...

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LBRY CREDITS (LBC) Final Release Wallet v0.20.3

Fixed

blob_list raising an error when blobs in a stream haven't yet been created (8a0d0b4)

stopping a download potentially raising an attribute error (#1269)

file manager startup locking up when there are many files for some channels (#1281)

improper sorting when getting the closest peers to a hash (#1282)

Changed

raised the default peer_search_timeout setting from 3 to 30 and added logging for when it happens (#1283)

change iterative find stop condition on find value to allow it to continue until a value is found or it times out (#1283)

include all of our own blobs in the local dht datastore (as if we had announced them to ourselves) (#1280)

ignore dht store token validation errors for the first expiration-time after startup (fixes failed store requests after a restart) (#1280)

Removed

jsonrpclib as a requirement for the project (#1274)

Download

https://github.com/lbryio/lbry...

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LBRY CREDITS Final (LBC) Release WALLET V0.21.2

Fixed

issue in dht ping queue where enqueued pings that aren't yet due wouldn't be rescheduled
blob mirror downloader not finishing streams that were partially uploaded at the time of the download attempt (#1376)

SOURCE CODE

https://github.com/lbryio/lbry...

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The LBRY Economy

The Evolution of Content

For most of history all artistic content was tangible. Your eyes had to stare at the original canvas for you to enjoy the beauty of a painting. Your ears had to absorb the sound waves generated by locally played instruments in order to take pleasure in the beauty of a song's melody. To see a story played out, you had to be in the presence of actors on a stage. Enjoying a novel meant you had a physical copy of a book, which were sparse until the invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg in 1440.

Over time, each medium of entertainment became more accessible due to technological evolution.

Paintings found their way onto prints, music found its way onto records, plays made their way onto film reels, and books became mass produced commodities.

This was the first wave of evolution, but then came another wave: the digital revolution.

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Prints turned into .PNG files, music turned into .MP3 files, movies turned into .MP4 files, and books turned into .PDF files.

Even physical objects that used to require complex manufacturing processes made their way into 3D printable file formats like .STL and .OBJ, enabling one-click manufacturing for many objects.

Once media is formed into bytes (1s and 0s) it lives in a state of what's known as post-scarcity: the cost to recreate the work done to create the original file is near zero.

Each piece of content can now be played on the same piece of hardware: the computer. We take for granted that we walk around with paintings, recording studios, Hollywood sets, and printing presses in our pockets.

The major tech companies like Apple, Amazon, and Google now own three of the major media distribution platforms: iTunes, Kindle, and YouTube, respectively.

Amazon takes 30% for each eBook sold via Kindle, Apple takes 30% for each song sold via iTunes, and Google takes a whopping 45% of a YouTuber's ad revenue.

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It's easy to point fingers at these corporations and say "Those greedy fat cats don't need such a big cut, after all, they're not even the ones creating the content!", but the fact is that the fat cats enabled the skinny cats (independent content creators) to get fatter.

Without YouTube, most YouTubers probably wouldn't be known. iTunes has allowed artists to monetize single songs, and Amazon enables eBooks to be sold to audiences who might not be interested in buying a physical copy of an author's book but are willing to pickup a discounted digital copy to store on their electronic device.

LBRY: Middleman-less Publishing

These corporations have largely bettered the playing field for content creators, but what they haven't done is created the ideal platform to share music on: one in which creators are supported directly by their fans without a corporation or third party in the way to censor their content or take a cut of their profit. This is exactly the value that LBRY provides as a decentralized content sharing protocol.

LBRY lets fans fund their favorite creators rather than advertisers (who couldn’t care less about the content). It does so in two ways: bidding for channels/URLs, and enabling micropayments.

Currently if you want to own a URL like internet.com you’d have to buy it for a high price considering somebody already owns it, and the owner of the domain could decide not to sell it. On LBRY, you can actually outbid ‘lbry://internet’ by staking more credits than the person claiming that URL.

Although it’s true that a bad actor could post unrelated content by scooping popular claims, they are limited by the amount of resources they can stake and have to wait a certain period of time before they're able to take over an already existing claim with a higher bid. Since they won’t be creating any value, it’s unlikely to sustain in the long run.

Let’s say you want to post content at lbry://nerd (since it’s safe to say that you are one if you’re reading this). In order to claim this URL you have to stake some amount of LBC (it can be any amount assuming the URL is untaken).

You want to sell a video of you walking around dressed up as Steve Urkel from Family Matters asking people what their favorite invention is (I would buy it).

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You decide to stake 50 in LBC and set a price for your video of $.005 (the half penny is back!).

Sure, this content technically isn't free, (though most content on LBRY is free with a tipping option) but you would have to watch 200 videos at this rate just to spend a single dollar. The crazy thing? Most creators would actually make more money this way.

Now whenever people search "nerd" you'll be the first result to show up, and you'll automatically make half a penny in LBC anytime someone new wants to view the content.

Oh, and that half a penny goes towards the staking of lbry://nerd to help you keep your epic Steve Urkel video in its place on the decentralized network.

How does this differ from the traditional way of monetizing video content?

Well, if you want to use YouTube there is no bidding system for URLs. You simply come up with a name for a video and add tags, and YouTube reserves the right to make your content undiscoverable no matter how entertaining it is.

Oh, you're just starting out and you want to make money? Sorry, you have to have at least 1,000 subscribers before you can make any money, that is, if YouTube decides to run ads on your content..

With LBRY, your content is censorship resistant, and you remain in control of how you monetize it.

In other words, where and how you do business is up to you, not YouTube and its big-money advertisers.

The LBRY Economy draws upon true demand for content, rather than conflating the demands of advertisers with that of consumers. Direct support of content creators from their fans is best for both creators and their fans.

So, what are you waiting for? Download the LBRY App here today and take back control.

Know a YouTuber who's starting out or already has a large following? Let them know about our YouTube sync program where they can earn just for agreeing to make their channel available on LBRY.

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LBRY CREDITS Release wallet v0.30.0rc2

[v0.30.0rc2] - 9-26-2018

Python 3 upgrade of the entire code base and switching to a brand new wallet implementation are the major changes in this release.

Security

upgraded cryptography package.

API

unified all command line executables into a single lbrynet executable.
added use_https configuration setting (off by default), if true the api server will generate a self signed ssl certificate when started and only handle api requests on the https address (default of https://localhost:5279/lbryapi)
deprecated daemon_stop command, use stop instead.
deprecated wallet_balance command, use account_balance instead.
deprecated wallet_unlock command, use account_unlock instead.
deprecated wallet_decrypt command, use account_decrypt instead.
deprecated wallet_encrypt command, use account_encrypt instead.
deprecated wallet_prefill_addressescommand, use account_fund instead.
deprecated wallet_list command, use address_list instead.
deprecated wallet_is_address_minecommand, use address_is_mineinstead.
deprecated wallet_public_keycommand.
deprecated wallet_new_addresscommand, use address_generateinstead.
deprecated wallet_unused_addresscommand, use address_unused instead.
deprecated claim_renew command.
added account_list command to list accounts including their balance.
added account_add command to add a previously created account from seed or private key.
added account_create command to generate a new account.
added account_remove command to remove an account from wallet.
added account_set command to change a setting on an account.
added account_balance command to get just the account balance.
added account_unlock command to unlock an encrypted account.
added account_lock command to lock an encrypted account.
added account_encrypt command to encrypt an account.
added account_decrypt command to decrypt an account.
added account_fund command to move funds between or within an account in various ways.
added account_max_address_gapcommand to find large gaps of unused addresses.
added address_list command to list addresses.
added address_is_mine command to check if an address is one of your addresses.
added address_public_key command to get public key of an address.
added address_generate command to generate a new address.
added address_unused command to get existing or generate a new unused address.
removed send_amount_to_addresscommand previously marked as deprecated
removed channel_list_mine command previously marked as deprecated
removed get_availability command previously marked as deprecated

Wallet

changed to a new wallet implementation: torba.
changed wallet file format to support multiple accounts in one wallet.
moved transaction data from wallet file into an sqlite database.
changed channel certificates to be keyed by txid:nout instead of claim_id which makes it possible to recover old certificates.

File Manager

Extensive internal changes as a result of porting to Python 3.

DHT

Extensive internal changes as a result of porting to Python 3.

P2P

Extensive internal changes as a result of porting to Python 3.

Source Code

https://github.com/lbryio/lbry...

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LBRY CREDITS (LBC) Pre Release Wallet v0.30.0rc7

[0.30.0] - 2018-10-17

This release is the most ambitious upgrade to lbrynet yet; including a brand new wallet implementation, switch to Python 3 of the entire code base and many changes to the API such as pagination and a more consistent output from most commands.

Security

upgraded cryptography package.
switch to coincurve for private / public key generation (addresses)
support for connecting to daemon via SSL
improved workflow for encrypt/decrypt of wallet

API

unified all command line executables into a single lbrynet executable.
added use_https configuration setting (off by default), if true the api server will generate a self signed ssl certificate when started and only handle api requests on the https address (default of https://localhost:5279/lbryapi)
deprecated daemon_stop command, use stop instead.
deprecated wallet_balance command, use account_balance instead.
deprecated wallet_unlock command, use account_unlock instead.
deprecated wallet_decrypt command, use account_decrypt instead.
deprecated wallet_encrypt command, use account_encrypt instead.
deprecated wallet_prefill_addresses command, use account_fund instead.
deprecated wallet_list command, use address_list instead.
deprecated wallet_is_address_mine command, use address_is_mine instead.
deprecated wallet_public_key command.
deprecated wallet_new_address command.
deprecated wallet_unused_address command, use address_unused instead.
deprecated claim_renew command.
added account_list command to list accounts including their balance.
added account_add command to add a previously created account from seed or private key.
added account_create command to generate a new account.
added account_remove command to remove an account from wallet.
added account_set command to change a setting on an account.
added account_balance command to get just the account balance.
added account_unlock command to unlock an encrypted account.
added account_lock command to lock an encrypted account.
added account_encrypt command to encrypt an account.
added account_decrypt command to decrypt an account.
added account_fund command to move funds between or within an account in various ways.
added account_max_address_gap command to find large gaps of unused addresses.
added address_list command to list addresses.
added address_is_mine command to check if an address is one of your addresses.
added address_unused command to get existing or generate a new unused address.
added pagination support for address_list, channel_list, claim_list_mine, transaction_list and utxo_list.
removed send_amount_to_address command previously marked as deprecated
removed channel_list_mine command previously marked as deprecated
removed get_availability command previously marked as deprecated

Wallet

changed to a new wallet implementation: torba.
changed wallet file format to support multiple accounts in one wallet.
moved transaction data from wallet file into an sqlite database.
changed channel certificates to be keyed by txid:nout instead of claim_id which makes it possible to recover old certificates.

File Manager

Extensive internal changes as a result of porting to Python 3.

DHT

Extensive internal changes as a result of porting to Python 3.

P2P

Extensive internal changes as a result of porting to Python 3.

Reflector

No major changes to reflector.

Database

No changes to existing storage module.

Known Issues

Channel certificate import/export is currently not working.

Source Code:

https://github.com/lbryio/lbry...

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LBRY CREDITS (LBC) Release Wallet v0.30.1rc103

[v0.30.1rc9] - 2018-12-06

API

add aioupnp_version to upnp field in the response to status
fixed uncaught claim signature errors

Schema

updated protobuf to 3.2.0 (#1602)

Wallet

fixed resolving names with invalid channel signatures
fixed wallet sync issues
fixed wallet locking/encryption issues

DHT

fixed retrying kademlia rpc calls (#1495)
fixed KeyError in iterativeFindValue, this is used by peer_list and when finding peers to download blobs from (#1638)

Misc

brought back icon for windows binary
using custom list of mime types with more types

Source Code:

https://github.com/lbryio/lbry...

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LBRY (LBC) Final Release Wallet v0.30.1

API

add aioupnp_version to upnp field in the response to status
fixed uncaught claim signature errors
--blocking support for abandon command (#1618)
don't create SSL keys if SSL is disabled (#1644)
added account_send command (#1654)
fixes for claim send to address (#1651)
better handle errors on resolve (#1662)
fix transaction_show (#1689)

Schema

merged lbryschema repository into lbrynet (#1444)
updated protobuf to 3.2.0 (#1602)
use types repo for generating python protobufs (#1605)

Wallet

fixed resolving names with invalid channel signatures
fixed wallet sync issues
fixed wallet locking/encryption issues

DHT

fixed retrying kademlia rpc calls (#1495)
fixed KeyError in iterativeFindValue, this is used by peer_list and when finding peers to download blobs from (#1638)
settings external ip address and ability to disable more DHT components (#1604)
improved routing table bucket initialization (#1633)

Database

resolved too many variables in sqlite issue (#1612)

Misc

switch to Python 3.7
brought back icon for windows binary
using custom list of mime types with more types (#1700)
add balance to startup report (#1613)
drop six dependency (#1660)
drop mock dependency (#1661)

Source Code:

https://github.com/lbryio/lbry...