Bt v1.3 Release Notes

Release Date: 2017-07-29 // over 6 years ago
  • Date: 07/29/2017

    Official BEPs:

    🔄 Changes/New Features:

    • ➕ Added ByteRange for working with binary ranges based on byte arrays and byte buffers
    • 👌 Support creating torrents from binary representation of info dictionary

    🐛 Bug Fixes/Improvements:

    • Introduced notion of torrent processing chain
    • 🛠 Fixed bug in extended protocol (invalid message type id mapping for peers) that sometimes prevented peers from receiving extended messages from Bt
    • ⬇️ Reduced dependency on the presence of a torrent; using torrent ID where possible
    • Perform peers lookup for active torrents only
    • 👌 Support HTTPS trackers
    • 🔧 Configurable list of bootstrap DHT nodes
    • 🔧 Configurable MSE private key size
    • 🏁 Headless mode in CLI client (Windows compatibility)
    • 🛠 Fix for occasional UI crashes in CLI client
    • 👍 Allow to specify the desired log level in CLI client (normal, verbose, trace)