Release 1.0.0-alpha.1

Summary

The BDK 1.0.0-alpha release should be used for experimentation only, APIs are still unstable and the code is not fully tested. This alpha.1 release introduces the new ChainOracle struct for more efficient chain syncing. A new std default feature was added for bdk, bdk_chain and bdk_esplora crates; when disabled these crates can be used in no-std projects. BDK 1.0.0-alpha.x docs are now published to docs.rs.

Changelog

Fixed

• Fixed a bug in the policy condition calculation. #932
• Pin base64 to 0.21.0 #990
• Fix docsrs publishing for bdk crate. #1011

Changed

• Refactor bdk_chain to use new ChainOracle structure. #926 #963 #965 #975 #976
• Better no std support. #894
  • Set default-features = false for rust-bitcoin and rust-miniscript.
  • Introduce std default feature for bdk, bdk_chain and bdk_esplora.

Added

• Add a simple conversion tool for going to kilo weight units. #953
• Add Custom spk iterator. #927
• Add taproot descriptor template (BIP-86). #840

What's Changed

• Add fixes for publishing to crates.io by @notmandatory in #914
• Fix policy condition calculation by @afilini in #932
• Introduce redesigned bdk_chain structures by @evanlinjin in #926
• Add sat_per_kwu to FeeRate by @benthecarman in #953
• Cleanup IndexedTxGraph test. by @rajarshimaitra in #959
• Reenable code coverage upload to Coveralls by @notmandatory in #960
• Custom spk iterator by @LagginTimes in #927
• Various tweaks to redesigned structures by @evanlinjin in #963
• Implement persistence with the new structures by @evanlinjin in #965
• Improve txout listing and balance APIs for redesigned structures by @evanlinjin in #975
• Fixed typos in CONTRIBUTING.md by @jonmarrs in #981
• Pin base64 to 0.21.0 to keep the MSRV to 1.57.0 by @danielabrozzoni in #990
• Unpin base64 by @danielabrozzoni in #993
• Documentation regarding absolute_fee and fee_rate updated by @roy9495 in #957
• Rename "keychanins" to keychains by @danielabrozzoni in #1001
• Reimplement Wallet, ElectrumExt and Esplora{Async}Ext with redesigned structures. by @evanlinjin in #976
• Pin log dependency to 0.4.18 to keep the MSRV to 1.57.0 by @danielabrozzoni in #1009
• create taproot descriptor template by @vladimirfomene in #840
• Better no-std support by @evanlinjin in #894
• Fix cargo features by @evanlinjin in #1017
• [ci] fix docsrs error for bdk crate by @notmandatory in #1011
• Bump version to 1.0.0-alpha.1 by @notmandatory in #1026

New Contributors

• @LagginTimes made their first contribution in #927
• @jonmarrs made their first contribution in #981
• @roy9495 made their first contribution in #957

Full Changelog: v1.0.0-alpha.0...v1.0.0-alpha.1