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1Bitcoin version 0.4.4 is now available for download at:2http://luke.dashjr.org/programs/bitcoin/files/bitcoind-0.4.4/4This is a bugfix-only release based on 0.4.0.6Please note that the wxBitcoin GUI client is no longer maintained nor supported. If someone would like to step up to maintain this, they should contact Luke-Jr.8Please report bugs for the daemon only using the issue tracker at github:9https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues11Stable source code is hosted at Gitorious:12http://gitorious.org/bitcoin/bitcoind-stable/archive-tarball/v0.4.4#.tar.gz14BUG FIXES16Limit the number of orphan transactions stored in memory, to prevent a potential denial-of-service attack by flooding orphan transactions. Also never store invalid transactions at all.17Fix possible buffer overflow on systems with very long application data paths. This is not exploitable.18Resolved multiple bugs preventing long-term unlocking of encrypted wallets (issue #922).19Only send local IP in "version" messages if it is globally routable (ie, not private), and try to get such an IP from UPnP if applicable.20Reannounce UPnP port forwards every 20 minutes, to workaround routers expiring old entries, and allow the -upnp option to override any stored setting.21Various memory leaks and potential null pointer deferences have been22fixed.23Several shutdown issues have been fixed.24Check that keys stored in the wallet are valid at startup, and if not,25report corruption.26Various build fixes.27If no password is specified to bitcoind, recommend a secure password.28Update hard-coded fallback seed nodes, choosing recent ones with long uptime and versions at least 0.4.0.29Add checkpoint at block 168,000.
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