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BRS 2.3.0 released by Burst Apps Team

The first Burst Apps Team Release for BRS 2.3.0 has been published to GitHub. This version contains a solution to the Reward Assignment issue which has been affecting miners recently, gRPC mining support, dramatically improved bootstrap times, and a plethora of other performance improvements – including a fix for a significant security vulnerability (more information on that below). Due to the important security update in this release, node operators are urged to upgrade immediately.



Changes with this release :

Fix of major security vulnerability where passphrase was sent to node upon login.

gRPC-based V2 API. Currently only contains calls needed for mining, will be expanded in future if well received.

Migrate to GSON as JSON library

Significantly improve sync speed, as well as other minor performance improvements

New Semver-based versioning system

Fix bug where reward recipient assignments would not go into unconfirmed transactions

Lightweight Desktop GUI, with tray icon (For windows and mac, can be disabled with “–headless” command line argument)

Automatically add conf/ directory to classpath

Configurable TestNet UI/API port

New getAccountsWithName API call

UI: Fix 24h timestamp display option

Allow development versions of wallet to run on TestNet only

Fixed bug where string validation could fail in certain locales

Use FlywayDB for database migration management





Development

Development Activity

This only includes a portion of the activity from the Burst Apps Team.

It does not include private repositories or projects belonging to other teams:

Additions: 1,449

Deletions: 138

Commits: 3

Critical Security Update

A critical security issue was discovered on Saturday, March 3, 2019 which impacts some users of online BURST wallets. Introduced in 2.2.0, this bug results in some users of online wallets having their passphrase sent to the server upon login. If you used a wallet that was not setup to use SSL, your passphrase will have been sent over the wire in plaintext, meaning anyone who intercepts your packet could read your passphrase. Even with SSL, a proxy on the server could have intercepted, potentially even logged, your passphrase. If you have used an online BURST wallet since 2.2.0, it is recommended to transfer any funds from accounts that may be impacted. As a reminder, usage of online wallets is discouraged. If you must use an online wallet, please be sure it uses HTTPS. Users of the Android mobile app are not impacted.



This issue is fixed in BRS 2.3.0, which has been released and will be available via QBundle soon. All BURST users, especially pool operators, are encouraged to upgrade to 2.3.0 immediately

A critical security issue was discovered on Saturday, March 3, 2019 which impacts some users of online BURST wallets. Introduced in 2.2.0, this bug results in some users of online wallets having their passphrase sent to the server upon login. If you used a wallet that was not setup to use SSL, your passphrase will have been sent over the wire in plaintext, meaning anyone who intercepts your packet could read your passphrase. Even with SSL, a proxy on the server could have intercepted, potentially even logged, your passphrase. If you have used an online BURST wallet since 2.2.0, it is recommended to transfer any funds from accounts that may be impacted. As a reminder, usage of online wallets is discouraged. If you must use an online wallet, please be sure it uses HTTPS. Users of the Android mobile app are impacted. This issue is fixed in BRS 2.3.0, which has been released and will be available via QBundle soon. All BURST users, especially pool operators, are encouraged to upgrade to 2.3.0 immediately Optimised Shabals brought to jminer and creepMiner

Burst Apps Team member harry1453 ported Scavenger’s super fast shabal routines for mining to miners jminer and creepMiner. This gave a ~27% performance in creepMiner, and the difference in jminer is not easily measured as it was previously GPU-only, but rest assured that it will be very fast. The performance improvements are available in creepMiner 1.9.0 (pre-release) and in jminer 0.6.0 and should bring back some competition between mining software, meaning more choice for miners.

Burst Apps Team member ported Scavenger’s super fast shabal routines for mining to miners jminer and creepMiner. This gave a ~27% performance in creepMiner, and the difference in jminer is not easily measured as it was previously GPU-only, but rest assured that it will be very fast. The performance improvements are available in creepMiner 1.9.0 (pre-release) and in jminer 0.6.0 and should bring back some competition between mining software, meaning more choice for miners. Addressing the Reward Recipient Assignment Issue

In the last Weekly, we addressed a problem with Reward Assignment.

Burst App Team member harry1453 analysed in detail the problem and fixed it within the current BRS 2.3.0 release. A detailed report can be found on reddit.

In the last Weekly, we addressed a problem with Reward Assignment. Burst App Team member analysed in detail the problem and fixed it within the current BRS 2.3.0 release. A detailed report can be found on reddit. BURST Explorer Update

The Burst Apps Team announced that a new chart has been added to explorer.burstcoin.dk depicting the Burst estimated network size

New BlagoMiner Version

User andzno1 released two days ago a new version of Blago-Miner. The newest version atm is v1.190301.0

Community Contributions

BURST Traffic Award

BMF member Semaphore_Slim announced the winners of the BURST Traffic Award (Week 2) and also provided updates about Week 3 of the raffle – including an increase in the price pool to 50,000 Burst . Purchases of Burst from exchanges, regular transactions on the network, donations to BMF, and joining the BMF50 pool all earn you raffle entries. Check out the introductory reddit post for more details on the raffle and the Week 2 reward announcement for the list of this week’s winners.

BMF member announced the winners of the BURST Traffic Award (Week 2) and also provided updates about Week 3 of the raffle – including an increase in the price pool to . Purchases of Burst from exchanges, regular transactions on the network, donations to BMF, and joining the BMF50 pool all earn you raffle entries. Check out the introductory reddit post for more details on the raffle and the Week 2 reward announcement for the list of this week’s winners. Interview with BAT member nixops

User Samus Aran moderated a interview with nxiops aka Daniel Jones last sunday 02/24/2019. Read the full interview here

New Online-Only Wallet Announced

Twitter account @Burst_ES recently tweeted some screenshots of a new online-only BURST wallet in development, aimed at businesses seeking to accept BURST as payment. Notable features include automatic account funding and personal payment URL.

Marketing

BMF Weekly Funds Report

The BMF owns 3 account with the following balances:

The BMF paid 2,025 BURST for bounties and NDS-A.

All bounties can be found on the BMF trello



The BMF50 Pool generated an income of 15,800.33 BURST. ( weekly )

The pool has 67 miners and 5,725 estimated TB.

Bounty Reward Update

The BMF-team decided this week to double the bounty offered for Ledger-Hardware Wallet Integration – raising the reward from 50,000 to 100,000 Burst. Read more

The BMF-team decided this week to double the bounty offered for Ledger-Hardware Wallet Integration – raising the reward from 50,000 to 100,000 Burst. Read more Weekly NDS-Award paid on 03/02/2019

81 node operators received the NDS-A while 2,025 BURST in total were distributed.

Exchange & Trading

Trading Metrics ( via ChainSage)

via ChainSage) Market Cap $7,755,848 (rank 256 -15)

$7,755,848 (rank 256 -15) 7d Volume $ 140,533 (-3,60%)

$ 140,533 (-3,60%) 30d Volume $696,983 (-10,98%)

$696,983 (-10,98%) Total Supply 2,158,812,800

2,158,812,800 Charts

Exchange Coverage

The Burst Apps Team has agreed to support new and existing exchanges wishing to list BURST. Exchanges may contact exchanges@burst-coin.org for technical support.

Disclaimer:

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