-Supported captchas include Google reCaptcha v3 (score-based), Google reCaptcha v2 (checkbox and invisible) and hCaptcha ("Always Challenge" mode)
-Captcha options are global to the explorer even though the only form submission page is the "Claim Address" feature which takes full advantage of the new captcha options
-New settings allow reading of the hash algorithm used to mine a particular block for coins that support this feature and have the algorithm data stored in the raw block data
-An "Algorithm" column has been added to the block page and main transaction homepage when multi-algo data is enabled
-The /ext/getlasttxs api will now return the hash algorithm if reading of the multi-algo data is enabled
-As of Feb 2024 the free "keyless" coingecko api will be deprecated and will likely stop working. There is a free demo api key that can be used which can now be plugged into the explorer settings to allow the coingecko api to continue working. Read more here: https://support.coingecko.com/hc/en-us/articles/21880397454233
-The previous market price calculation setting was hardcoded to only display market and USD prices for a single exchange and trading pair which was not very accurate for coins listed on multiple exchanges or with multiple trading pairs. The new default is to average the market prices for all supported exchanges and trading pairs
-The coingecko market price option was added to allow fetching the market price directly from the coingecko api instead of calculating it via supported exchanges known to the explorer
-Added a new root setting option for default_coingecko_ids which allows presetting symbols to their associated internal coingecko id to help prevent matching to the wrong currency with same symbol via coingecko api calls
-Fixed an issue where the explorer would fail to start with an enabled exchange that had no defined trading pairs
-jQuery has been updated to v3.7.1
-Luxon has been updated to v3.4.3. Also updated the link to the documentation showing how to format dates in the settings.json.template and settings.js
-Datatables has been updated to v1.13.6
-Font Awesome has been updated to v6.4.2 and all icons in the project have been updated to use the newest v6.x codes
-OverlayScrollbars has been updated to v2.3.2
-flag-icons (previously called flag-icon-css) has been updated to v6.11.1
-Updated the main style.scss file with better color support for the new datatable loading animation color
-Exor theme has been updated to v3.0.2 with a small fix to support the new datatable loading animation color
-Added a new "powered_by_text" option to the page_footer settings which can be used to override the text in the middle of the footer without the need to modify the source code
-The word "Explorer" was removed from the powered by text for new installs
-The block sync will now remove orphaned block data from the txes collecton, address balances/sent/received data as well as addresstx data and now stores limited info in a new orphans collection
-Added a new optional page for viewing orphaned block data
-The coinbase address now updates sent totals from POS rewards and other transactions that have vout but no vin addresses
-Block and transaction pages now display a warning when viewing an orphaned block or tx
-Added a couple new fields to the coinstats collection for tracking orphaned blocks
-Added new locale strings for the orphaned block feature
-The port_filter settings for all 3 network page tables now support a -1 value which will completely hide the port from the associated table. If there are/were multiple ip addresses in the peers list with connections from different ports, this new option will consolidate those multiple records into a single entry since the port is no longer visible
-A new side menu option was added for displaying menu items vertically on the left-hand side of the page
-Added a new script called OverlayScrollbars v1.13.3 for displaying custom scrollbars on the mobile menu (both top and side menu) in the event that they extend beyond the visible screen
-Updated the market menu dropdown colors to better match the base menu colors (default, light and dark colors only)
-Updated the Exor theme to v3.0.1 with a few small fixes for displaying menu items in the side menu and updated market dropdown colors
-Updated how the richlist pie chart is sized to prevent it from creating unnecessary scrollbars because of the side menu
-Search field and button are now hidden in the top menu when the mobile menu is expanded to make it easier to scroll through menu items
-Added a tooltip title to the top menu search and menu toggler buttons
-Added a new port_filter setting to the 3 network_page tables which allows showing only results from peers on the selected port
-Added a new hide_protocols setting to the 3 network_page tables which allows hiding results from peers on the selected protocols
-Added a Port column to the data table on the Network page Connections tab
-The data table on the Network page Connections tab is now sortable
-The peer sync now refreshes data for peers that existed since last sync
-Adding and updating peers now displays the port # in the log output
-The /ext/getnetworkpeers api is now sorted by ip4/ip6, address and port which also means all data on the Network page is sorted this way by default as well
-The /ext/getnetworkpeers api no longer requires the internal argument for calls originating from the Network page
-The Network page now only makes a single call to the /ext/getnetworkpeers api instead of 3 calls
-The find_peer and drop_peer functions now requiresa port to distinguish between multiple connections to the same peer on different ports
-This exchange has 2 separate sites using the same api, so new functionality was added to the explorer to handle alt markets like this
-market files now allow for new field names: "market_name_alt" was added for the alternate market name, "market_logo_alt" was added for displaying an alternate logo, a "market_url" function was added that will return a url string to replace the {url_prefix} code in the market_url_template and an "isAlt" function was added to determine if the alt name/logo should be used
-A new freiexchange entry was added to the markets_page.exchanges setting
-Updated the README with the updated market info
-Difficulty chart would fail to populate if the shared_pages.difficulty setting was 'Hybrid' and is now handled properly. The chart now supports 2 datasets: POW and POS
-NetworkHistory.difficulty field was renamed to difficulty_pow and a new difficulty_pos field was added
-The shared_pages.page_header.network_charts.difficulty_chart.line_color setting was renamed to pow_line_color
-The shared_pages.page_header.network_charts.difficulty_chart.fill_color setting was renamed to pow_fill_color
NOTE: If you have existing NetworkHistory data from before this update, it will be automatically assumed to be POW. If it was actualy POS, you will need to either manually fix the data in mongo or simply wait a couple hours while syncing to eventually push the old data out of the chart
-Instead of using a single file for the favicon, there are now 4 size options for a more modern favicon experience as inspired by this article: https://www.emergeinteractive.com/insights/detail/The-Essentials-of-FavIcons/
-Old default favicon file has been replaced with 4 different sized pngs
-Not all sizes need to be set. If any of the new settings are left blank or the filename does not exist, that favicon size will be skipped
-All shell scripts have been removed and replaced with javascript equivalents which allows for better platform independence
-All scripts have been improved over the older shell scripts to be more functional and dynamic
-Updated all applicable cmds in the package.json to target the new js scripts + added the backup, restore and delete database functions to the list
-Removed the json and strip-json-comments-cli packages as they are no longer needed
-Added a new package realine-sync
-Updated cluster code with better Windows support when shutting down the explorer
-Backup and Restore scripts now use mongo's own encryption instead of tar.gz by default. Older tar.gz backups can still be restored as long as the tar.gz suffix is explicitly added
-Backup and Restore scripts now support connecting to remote database based on the mongo details in settings.json
-Updated README to include a new line for the 'platform independence' feature, updated script cmds and notes about certain steps being Linux only
-Added new setting 'show_exchange_url' which hides/shows the exchange link
-Updated all exchanges with a trade url template which can be used to automatically determine the correct url for each trading pair
-Hashrate chart is populated from get_hashrate
-Difficulty chart is populated from get_difficulty
-Added a networkhistories collection to hold the new network data
-Index sync and resync functions now check for and update network history data at the end of the sync process
-restore_backup.sh and delete_database.sh scripts now drop the new networkhistories collection
-Added a new javascript library chartjs-plugin-crosshair which adds crosshair functionality to the new chart.js line charts
-Added new settings to settings.json for controlling things like collecting network_history data, independently enabling/disabling the network charts and changing colors of various aspects of the charts
-Updated README to introduce the network charts and added a line for the chartjs-plugin-crosshair library
-Bootstrap was upgraded to latest version (v5.1.3) which required tons of changes to the UI. Many little UI problems have been resolved
-Bootswatchs themes have all been upgraded to support bootstrap v5.1.3 + 4 new themes were added (Morph, Quartz, Vapor and Zephyr)
-Exor theme upgraded to v3.0.0 with support for bootstrap v5.1.3
-Many layout and UI improvements such as more consistent hover effects on most tables and more readable text across all themes
-Market sync now sets the last USD price based on the default market pair even if it is not BTC
-Removed the coindesk api which was only really useful for getting the USD price of BTC
-Added a couple coingecko apis which are used to get the current USD value of the default market pair
-Updated the readme, settings file comments and info/api page with better verbiage regarding the market price which was previously only measured in BTC
-More graceful shutdown of node cluster on 'npm stop' with better cleanup of resources on exit
-Added new stop_explorer.sh script which looks up the explorer port # via settings file and closes the application running on that port # instead of saving and killing the process by pid as it did before
-Added support for pm2 and forever using 'npm run start-pm2' and 'npm run start-forever' respectively
-pm2 is automatically installed when starting with 'npm run start-pm2' if it is not already installed
-forever is automatically installed when starting with 'npm run start-forever' if it is not already installed
-Updated existing npm commands in package.json by replacing hardcoded 'node' with '$(which node)'
-/path/to/nodejs changed to /path/to/node in the /settings.json.template, /lib/settings.js and /scripts/sync.js files
-README updates:
-Added a new 'Start/Stop the Explorer' section
-Added PM2 instructions to the 'Start/Stop the Explorer' section
-Moved Start/Stop Explorer instructions to the 'Start/Stop the Explorer' section
-Moved Forever instructions to the 'Start/Stop the Explorer' section
-/path/to/nodejs changed to /path/to/node
-Some additional small misc fixes
-All pages (including the reward and error pages) were updated to include options for displaying a configurable page header with title, image, description and in some cases a last updated date
-The error page was restructured slightly to display a different description based on the type of error (page not found error vs problem loading page error)
-Added new setting options to the `shared_pages` setting for `page_title_image` which allows changing the page title image displayed on applicable pages and also determines whether it uses a flip/spin animation or not
-Added a collection of new `page_header` settings to all pages that control displaying the new page title + image + description and also moved the last updated date from applicable pages into this section as well
-Existing `show_last_updated` settings that were moved a level deeper into the `page_header` have been automatically mapped to the new setting location upon statup to help older installs to work better out-of-the-box
-Added new css rules to the styles.scss file to support the new page header/title options
-Added a number of new locale strings for page titles and descriptions, and moved a few locale strings around to different names internally that were already using the same naming scheme for different elements (such as api_title being moved to api_documentation for example)
-Started adding new locale strings with replacement text such as {1} and {2} that get automatically replaced with proper values when loaded to allow for locale strings that support dynamic text
-Fixed an issue with too much empty space in the page header (especially in mobile and tablet modes) when `show_panels` was set to false on any page
-Added a new `shared_pages.page_header.search.position` setting that determines where the search bar is located (valid options include the old 'below-header' and the new 'inside-header' options)
-`shared_pages.page_header.show_search` setting has been re-mapped to `shared_pages.page_header.search.enabled`
-Updated the search placeholder locale text
-Changed the Explorer menu item icon from a magnifying glass to a cubes/blocks icon
-Updated css rules to fix some small glitches and allow the new 'inside-header' search option to function
-Added a new client-side library for date/time formatting: Luxon v1.26.0
-Added new date/time settings for display format, timezone (utc or local) and an option to enable alternate timezone tooltips
-All date/time values are now formatted via Luxon and displayed according to the new configurable settings
-All markets now return Trade History timestamp values as unix timestamp values formatted in seconds
-Added new settings for Expresss webserver TLS/SSL options
-Added instructions to the README for running the explorer on port 80
-Added instructions to the README for setting up a secure TLS/SSL connection for the explorer
-Moved the 'CORS Support' section higher up in the README
-Add new address_page.enable_hidden_address_view setting which controls whether the special hidden_address address page can be viewed
-Add new address_page.enable_unknown_address_view setting which controls whether the special unknown_address address page can be viewed
-route to special coinbase address is permanently disabled
Joe Uhren