Tall Moose (v1.9.12)

Geth v1.9.12 is a small bugfix release, mostly to keep a semi-regular schedule.

One small breaking change in the release is that eth_call will not default to your first account any more if you don't explicitly specify a sender. This was done to avoid the same input behaving differently in different environments. You should never do eth_call without explicitly setting a sender in the first place.

Changes:

• Default to the zero (0x00...0) account for eth_call sender if none was specified (#20702).
• Add missing CallOpts.SetFrom for mobile to permit setting a sender on calls (#20721).
• Decouple constants in two EIPs applied together in Istanbul (#20646).

Fixes:

• Fix a console regression that lost support for escape and unescape (#20700).
• Fix failing CI runs due to randomness in tx fetcher scenario tests (#20712).
• Fix a goroutine leak in transaction propagation (#20762).
• Fix a possible data race in the downloader (#20690).

The release also includes a few changes towards supporting Go 1.14, but the switch-over is postponed until Go 1.14.1 is released due to an issue in Go around faulty Linux kernel detection.

For a full rundown of the changes please consult the Geth 1.9.12 release milestone.

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As with all our previous releases, you can find the:

• Pre-built binaries for all platforms on our downloads page.
• Docker images published under ethereum/client-go.
• Ubuntu packages in our Launchpad PPA repository.
• OSX packages in our Homebrew Tap repository.