Announcing Verus v1.2.11 - OPTIONAL UPDATE, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, ESPECIALLY FOR POOLS AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDERS. MORE NODES UPGRADED WILL IMPROVE SYSTEM RELIABILITY, NETWORK-WIDE TRANSACTION RELAY EFFICIENCY, AND ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE SUPPORT

CLI RELEASE: https://github.com/VerusCoin/VerusCoin/releases/tag/v1.2.11
GUI RELEASE: https://github.com/VerusCoin/Verus-Desktop/releases/tag/v1.2.11

GUI TESTNET RELEASE: https://github.com/VerusCoin/Verus-Desktop/releases/tag/v1.2.11-testnet

v1.2.11 includes the following improvements and fixes:
* Improved transaction relay of parents and dependents, fixing remaining marketplace issues once enough nodes are upgraded and any similar kinds of propagation issues in the future,
* Fixed a segfault that can occur when using getcurrencyconverters
* Fixed a segfault that can occur when using getmininginfo
* Improved duplicate export handling in mempool during chain reorganizations

Announcing Verus v1.2.11-2 - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED UPDATE TO IMPROVE NETWORK SYNCHRONIZATION, CRITICAL FOR WITNESSES AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDERS

CLI RELEASE: https://github.com/VerusCoin/VerusCoin/releases/tag/v1.2.11-2
GUI RELEASE: https://github.com/VerusCoin/Verus-Desktop/releases/tag/v1.2.11-2

GUI TESTNET RELEASE: https://github.com/VerusCoin/Verus-Desktop/releases/tag/v1.2.11-2-testnet

v1.2.11-2 includes the following improvements and fixes:
* More thorough automatic cache clearing during reorganizations
* Enabled getvdxfid to accept lone hash and numeric index, where it previously required both together
* Renamed vrsc::identity.credentials to vrsc::identity.credential for VDXF indexing consistency
* Added the hex-encoded incoming viewing key (ivk) to the return result of z_getencryptionaddress

Announcing Verus v1.2.12 - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED/CRITICAL FOR WITNESSES AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDERS UPDATE TO IMPROVE NODE STABILITY AND NETWORK SYNCHRONIZATION

CLI RELEASE: https://github.com/VerusCoin/VerusCoin/releases/tag/v1.2.12
GUI RELEASE: https://github.com/VerusCoin/Verus-Desktop/releases/tag/v1.2.12

UI TESTNET RELEASE: https://github.com/VerusCoin/Verus-Desktop/releases/tag/v1.2.12-testnet

v1.2.12 includes the following improvements and fixes:
* Address old issue, present since Zcash to clear mempool state thoroughly when using clearrawmempool,,
* Additional fix to address CHIPS chain sticking issue hit earlier this week,,
* Add signatureversion return to identity signature return on signdata,,
* Provide an error if identities given to z_getencryptionaddress are not valid identity names or i-addresses,,
* Improved funding logic to enable submitting accepted notarizations with more funding fallback options

Announcing Verus v1.2.12-1 - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED/CRITICAL UPDATE FOR WITNESSES AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDERS TO IMPROVE NETWORK SYNCHRONIZATION. v1.2.12-1

* CLI RELEASE: https://github.com/VerusCoin/VerusCoin/releases/tag/v1.2.12-1
* GUI RELEASE: https://github.com/VerusCoin/Verus-Desktop/releases/tag/v1.2.12-1
* GUI TESTNET RELEASE: https://github.com/VerusCoin/Verus-Desktop/releases/tag/v1.2.12-1-testnet

Includes the following improvements and fixes:
* Fixes the last known edge case for chain sync, which can cause a node to get stuck when that node has an exact copy of an export in its mempool, generally from a reorg
* Includes a performance improvement opportunity discovered by @Alright 's recent profiling work to speed up the load of the memory compressed daemon by as much as 5x the normal load time. In our testing, this has been very noticeable and reduces the reason to use -fastload for all but the most time-sensitive loading requirements.
* Adds support for native Apple MAC ARM hardware - this support is not available as a pre-built binary and must currently be built by the user according to the instructions in the VerusCoin Github repository (* see below for more detail)
* * VerusCoin builds for Mac ARM have not been tested with the usual, full test pass that we use for all other platforms supported by the VerusCoin repository. It is also more complex to generate GUI builds for Native Mac ARM platforms. While we believe Native Mac ARM builds that you build yourself should function with the same features and capabilities of other supported platforms, we cannot release binaries or have the same people confirm empirically that this is the case until the effort as described above is funded via community donations. Remember, the people who have signed up to do the work to enable release builds if the community funds this effort are also community members who have agreed to donate their time, which will be donated by them and is not included in the funds required. We believe that if this effort is funded, it will expand the number of users who will use Verus Desktop and the Verus Daemon, making our releases even more useful and valuable than they already are. We have recalculated donations required based on current hardware and infrastructure availability and can confirm that if we raise the total of $12,000 in liquid currencies by the next week, we will still be able to start providing builds for native Mac ARM platforms as part of the normal release process.

Announcing Verus v1.2.12-2 - RECOMMENDED UPGRADE TO REDUCE BINARY SIZE AND NETWORK TRAFFIC

CLI RELEASE: https://github.com/VerusCoin/VerusCoin/releases/tag/v1.2.12-2
GUI RELEASE: https://github.com/VerusCoin/Verus-Desktop/releases/tag/v1.2.12-2

GUI TESTNET RELEASE: https://github.com/VerusCoin/Verus-Desktop/releases/tag/v1.2.12-2-testnet

v1.2.12-2 includes the following improvements and fixes:
* Return correct block time when using getcurrencystate,
* Stop broadcasting imports, except from external chains to reduce network traffic,
* Remove Komodo CCs and other unused code

Announcing Verus v1.2.14 - MANDATORY UPGRADE TO IMPROVE ETHEREUM BRIDGE AND NETWORK HEALTH TO REDUCE MINIMUM BRIDGE CROSSING FEES AND SUPPORT IMPROVEMENT OF THE ETHEREUM CONTRACTS, AS WELL AS OVERALL NETWORK SYNCHRONIZATION, UPGRADE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND BE SURE TO UPGRADE BY JANUARY 26TH, 12AM GMT.

CLI RELEASE: https://github.com/VerusCoin/VerusCoin/releases/tag/v1.2.14
GUI RELEASE: https://github.com/VerusCoin/Verus-Desktop/releases/tag/v1.2.14

GUI TESTNET RELEASE: https://github.com/VerusCoin/Verus-Desktop/releases/tag/v1.2.14-testnet

This update requires that you also upgrade your Verus Bridgekeeper by the date above if you are using it in CLI. GUI bridgekeeper will be upgraded automatically. Verus v1.2.14 provides a default, opt-in voting process to upgrade the Ethereum bridge contracts to improved contracts as described below, and makes the following changes to the Ethereum bridge:
1) Reduces the minimum bridge crossing cost from Verus to Ethereum to about 1/4th of what it has been for the last 2 months, making the minimum about 8-10 dollars in today’s funds. This change still enables even further reduced fees via fee refunds for crossings that include more than 3 or 4 cross-chain transactions in one bundle. This fee reduction will go into effect on the fork date posted above as the mandatory upgrade date.
2) Fixes an error in accounting for the DAI interest rate earned currency, which was discovered to have been stored correctly in one variable and incorrectly in another. This has not and does not affect security or proper accounting for DAI or any other currency, but if not upgraded, could cause recoverable errors sometimes on bridge crossings. This improvement will take effect as soon as enough people have upgraded and enough notarizations have been posted to Ethereum.

V1.2.14 also includes the following improvements for the Verus CLI and GUI:
* Improvement to the getidentitycontent command and API that allows simpler retrieval of content in an identity by key without requiring that the key be combined with the identity ID by using getvdxfid first.
* New -currencyindex indexing option for explorers and infrastructure that massively improves performance when retrieving balances on IDs or addresses that may have tokens in addition to native currency.
* Improved ability to examine the memory pool with the getrawmempool CLI command and API, including filtering return results by transaction type, expiry date, and also displaying entire transactions, instead of just transaction IDs as before.
* The ability to have more control over memory caches with the clearrawmempool command and API, a capability used to analyze issues that were rarely causing a few nodes on the network to get stuck every few weeks until clearrawmempool was run. We believe these issues are now fully resolved, and if any such issue recurs, it will be much easier to analyze.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO VERUS AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY! MAY WE ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL AND SUCCESSFUL 2026!