This is an experimental release, including the multichain feature. The multichain is a blockchain based piece of technology, in which your peers digitally sign your contribution to the network. In the future, this technology will be used to ensure that the best contributors also get the best service from their peers. In practice, this means that seeders get better download speeds, encouraging more people to seed, which increases speed and availability of the network overall.

In testing this release, you will help us iron out any remaining bugs and instabilities, as well as help contribute to the data on the multi-chain that will allow us to choose the best mechanism to rank peers by their contribution.

Since this release includes a whole new component, please be prepared for some instability. Be sure to backup your .Tribler directory, so you can revert to 6.5 if necessary.

As this release is specifically to test this feature, the multi-chain is enabled by default, unless you have run a build with multichain before, in which case you need to turn it on manually. This setting is located under the “Anonymity” tab.

If you find a bug in this release, please mention you’re running this experimental release in any bug reports.

Get it here.

Thanks to all bug reporters and testers!