Merit 0.3.0

I am pleased to announce that Merit 0.3.0. Merit is now an invite-only for the next 6 months and an invite is required to be able to use an address for transactions. This restriction is to allow the Merit network to have a controlled growth in users, secure the network, and further provide a sufficient time for users to acquire the desired alias should they choose to. The invites are distributed completely randomly and any address pre-daedalus is automatically invited. Merit 0.3.0 also brings a working Desktop Wallet which will be improved in further point releases. The summary of features are.

• Invite-Only.
• Distributed Invite Generation System.
• Addresses can have globally unique Aliases.
• Desktop Wallet.
• Prebuilt Binaries.
• Improved Networking.
• Miscellaneous Bug Fixes.

The invite-only will go into effect on block 49000.

For a more detailed technical description of these features, please read the whitepaper.

If you discover any issues with this release, we encourage you to submit Issues on the github repository

You can also ask questions in the #merit IRC channel on freenode or the merit mailing list

Merit 0.2.0

Merit 0.2.0

I am pleased to announce the first Merit release, version 0.2.0. This release of Merit is intended for early adopters who are interested in mining or supporting the project by running full nodes.

Mining Merit is supported out of the box and the software is configured to automatically connect to the main network when it starts running.

Features provided in this release include.

• Ambassador Tree and Lottery
• Easy Send
• Vaults
• Cuckoo Cycle Mining Algorithm
• Mining on CPU

For a more detailed technical description of these features, please read the whitepaper.

If you discover any issues with this release, we encourage you to submit Issues on the github repository

You can also ask questions in the #merit IRC channel on freenode or the merit mailing list