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@whirm whirm released this 02 Sep 11:33
v6.3.1
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Complete re-write of most important functions in Tribler.

  • hot fix from 6.3.0 for database upgrade
  • A year of bug fixing, polishing and performance tweaking
  • towards anonymous streaming
    • Tor-like anonymous tunnel building, based on UDP
    • Support for Cell,Create,Extend, and Ping Tor protocol messages
    • Diffie-Hellman session key exchange
    • Real-time crawler for bandwidth performance (inspired by metrics.torproject.org)
    • decentralised directory service for Tor-like routers
    • automatic anonymous 50MByte test download using new Tor-like protocol
    • no general anonymous downloads yet, trial-only
  • thumbnail navigation
    • single-click streaming from main screen
    • channels can now optionally be browsed by thumbnails
    • Youtube-like GUI composed of user-generated images
    • Prepares the way for remote control navigation & operation
  • complete rewrite of the elastic database engine (the dispersy overlay)
    • use of Twisted frameworks instead of our custom event-handlers
    • less reliance on master bootstrap servers (new discovery community)
    • improvements in NAT puncturing efficiency
    • faster data synchronisation between Tribler peers
  • dropped support for Mac models from 2008, due to Python support issues

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