2.0.0-beta1

PyOTA v2.0.0-beta1

⚠️ This is pre-release software! Do not use in production contexts! ⚠️

⚠️ This release contains several changes that are not backwards compatible with PyOTA v1.x. Please review the Backwards-Incompatible Changes before upgrading! ⚠️

Release Notes (since v1.2.0b1)

If you are upgrading from PyOTA v1.1.3, please also review the release notes for v1.2.0-beta1.

Backwards-Incompatible Changes

• PyOTA now requires pip v9 or later.
  • If you are unable to install the latest version of PyOTA, run pip install --upgrade pip first.
• PyOTA now depends on the pysha3 library.
  • If you install PyOTA using pip, you do not need to do anything special.
  • If you install PyOTA by cloning the GitHub repo, you must re-run pip install . to install missing dependencies.
• [#61 (closed)] PyOTA now uses the new Kerl and Curl-P-81 algorithms.
  • These changes are coordinated with the Tangle snapshot created on 21 August, 2017.
  • If your application maintains a local database of keys/addresses, you may need to regenerate them.
  • More information:
    • https://forum.iota.org/t/snapshot-public-validation-22-09-2017/4256
  • Thanks @alon-e for assistance with PyKerl implementation!

New Features

• [#53 (closed)] Reduced default min_weight_magnitude (thanks @johngrantuk!):
  • New mainnet value: 14
  • New testnet value: 9
• Removed unnecessary dependencies from Python 3 installs.
  • If you use Python 3, you may uninstall the following libraries:
    • mock
    • typing

Bugfixes

• [#63 (closed)] Fixed conflict when importing PyOTA in a Django project (thanks @labovich!).

Misc

• [#34 (closed)] Added example script demonstrating how to route PoW to local node (thanks @johngrantuk)!.
• [#31 (closed)] Added example script demonstrating how to send IOTAs to an address (thanks @johngrantuk!).
• PyOTA now ships separate wheels for Python 2 and Python 3.
• Fixed incorrect PEP-484 type hints.
• Improved docstrings and comments.