Grin and Grin wallet 3.0.0-beta.1 have been released and are ready for public testing in advance of the full release slated for early January.
There are a lot of new features in this release, with transactions exchange via TOR, Payment Proofs and many node sync improvements being a few. But with great change comes a great need for public testing, so we urge the entire community to help out with the effort:
Particular Areas to focus on for testing
Sync a new chain from scratch
Replace binary, using chain data from previous versions
Sending between 3.0.0 wallets and 2.x.x wallets
Sending/receiving between a 3.0.0 wallet and your exchange of choice (use small test amounts!)
Sending and receiving transactions via TOR, see the wallet change nodes below for how to do this.
Requesting payment proofs
IMPORTANT: Run a floonet node and perform transactions on floonet during the floonet test hardfork, scheduled for block 298,080, estimated to happen on or around December 19th.
Wallet Developers - Using the new V3 wallet API functions, see notes below for details
https://www.grin-forum.org/t/grin-grin-wallet-3-0-0-beta-1-released/6669