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This continues/fixes #6719. `event_base_loopbreak` was not doing what I expected it to, at least in libevent 2.0.21. What I expected was that it sets a timeout, given that no other pending events it would exit in N seconds. However, what it does was delay the event loop exit with 10 seconds, even if nothing is pending. Solve it in a different way: give the event loop thread time to exit out of itself, and if it doesn't, send loopbreak. This speeds up the RPC tests a lot, each exit incurred a 10 second overhead, with this change there should be no shutdown overhead in the common case and up to two seconds if the event loop is blocking. As a bonus this breaks dependency on boost::thread_group, as the HTTP server minds its own offspring. Zcash: cherry-picked from commit a264c32e3321ae909ca59cb8ce8bf5d812dbc4e1
Zcash 1.0.10-1
What is Zcash?
Zcash is an implementation of the "Zerocash" protocol. Based on Bitcoin's code, it intends to offer a far higher standard of privacy through a sophisticated zero-knowledge proving scheme that preserves confidentiality of transaction metadata. Technical details are available in our Protocol Specification.
This software is the Zcash client. It downloads and stores the entire history of Zcash transactions; depending on the speed of your computer and network connection, the synchronization process could take a day or more once the blockchain has reached a significant size.
Security Warnings
See important security warnings in doc/security-warnings.md.
Zcash is experimental and a work-in-progress. Use at your own risk.
Deprecation Policy
This release is considered deprecated 16 weeks after the release day. There is an automatic deprecation shutdown feature which will halt the node some time after this 16 week time period. The automatic feature is based on block height and can be explicitly disabled.
Where do I begin?
We have a guide for joining the main Zcash network: https://github.com/zcash/zcash/wiki/1.0-User-Guide
Need Help?
- See the documentation at the Zcash Wiki for help and more information.
- Ask for help on the Zcash forum.
Participation in the Zcash project is subject to a Code of Conduct.
Building
Build Zcash along with most dependencies from source by running ./zcutil/build.sh. Currently only Linux is officially supported.
License
For license information see the file COPYING.