What changes are in the Monero 0.11.0.0 release?

Question

0.11.0.0 was just released. What are the major changes in this version?

Answer 1

Major improvements

• minimum ringsize increased from 3 to 5
• mandatory RingCT for all transactions
• major synchronisation speed-up
• massively improved the blockchain import function
• changed terminology from "mixin" to "ring size"
• add a --fluffy-blocks option to relay blocks as fluffy blocks if possible
• allow for password verification without loading the subsequently unencrypted - - - wallet into RAM
• reduced privacy leak risks when using untrusted remote nodes

Full release notes can be found on Github as usual.