New in 0.5 - 2011-08-16
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* Big speed improvement for address history and transaction pages.

* Big load time improvement for SQLite: below 10 hours for the BTC
  chain.

* MySQL supported.

* Oracle supported, but slow due to lack of transparent bind variable
  use in cx_Oracle.

* BBE-compatible HTTP API functions: nethash totalbc addresstohash
  hashtoaddress hashpubkey checkaddress

* New HTTP API functions: translate_address decode_address

* Online list of API functions (/q).

* Native BeerTokens currency support.

* Many minor improvements; see the Git log.


New in 0.4.1 - 2011-08-16
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* Security enhancement: refer to orphan blocks by hash, not height.

* Fixed bugs affecting new chains defined via the configuration.

* Warn, do not exit, if a block file is missing or unparsable.

* Abe parses the new merged-mining block field, CAuxPow.

* Decrement the value returned by getblockcount for compatibility.

* Bug fix: remove '-' from parenthesized amounts.

* Fixed previous/next block links on /chain/CHAIN/b/NUMBER pages.

* Accept "var += val" in configuration as equivalent to "var = val"
  where "var" has not been defined.

* Added --commit-bytes option to adjust the database commit interval.

* Minor robustness and cosmetic improvements.


Major changes from 0.3 to 0.4 (2011-07-04 to 2011-07-15)
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* The chain summary page (the one listing several blocks in the same
  chain) loads much faster than before.

* Address search accepts an initial substring, still without storing
  addresses in the database.

* FastCGI support has matured.  See README-FASTCGI.txt for setup.

* Abe supports Weeds currency natively.  Weeds info:
  http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=24209.0

* The "datadir" configuration directive can add a new currency without
  changes to Python code.

* "auto-agpl" provides a link to download the source directory: a
  license compliance aid for those not wishing to use a Github fork.

* /chain/Bitcoin/q/getblockcount: first of (I hope) many
  BBE-compatible APIs.

* Several small fixes and speedups.