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@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ the dialer, blocking dials to reachable peers. Importantly, this should improve

45 DHT performance as it tends to spend a disproportional amount of time connecting

46 to peers.

47

48 -We have also made a few noticeable changes to the DHT: significantly improved

49 -the chances of finding a value on the DHT, we've tightened up some of our

48 +We have also made a few noticeable changes to the DHT: we've significantly

49 +improved the chances of finding a value on the DHT, tightened up some of our

50 validation logic, and fixed some issues that should reduce traffic to nodes

51 running in dhtclient mode over time.

52

@@ -58,20 +58,20 @@ peers. We now try to put the value to the K peers we can actually connect to.

58

59 ### Multiformats

60

61 -Finally, we are changing the way that people write 'ipfs' multiaddrs. Currently,

61 +We are also changing the way that people write 'ipfs' multiaddrs. Currently,

62 ipfs multiaddrs look something like

63 `/ip4/104.131.131.82/tcp/4001/ipfs/QmaCpDMGvV2BGHeYERUEnRQAwe3N8SzbUtfsmvsqQLuvuJ`.

64 -However, calling them 'ipfs' multiaddrs is a bit misleading as this is actually

64 +However, calling them 'ipfs' multiaddrs is a bit misleading, as this is actually

65 the multiaddr of a libp2p peer that happens to run ipfs. Other protocols built

66 -on libp2p right now still have to use multiaddrs that say 'ipfs', without

67 -actually having anything to do with ipfs. Therefore, we are renaming them to

68 -'p2p' multiaddrs. Moving forward these addresses will be written as:

66 +on libp2p right now still have to use multiaddrs that say 'ipfs', even if they

67 +have nothing to do with ipfs. Therefore, we are renaming them to 'p2p'

68 +multiaddrs. Moving forward, these addresses will be written as:

69 `/ip4/104.131.131.82/tcp/4001/p2p/QmaCpDMGvV2BGHeYERUEnRQAwe3N8SzbUtfsmvsqQLuvuJ`.

70

71 This release adds support for *parsing* both types of addresses (`.../ipfs/...`

72 and `.../p2p/...`) into the same network format, and the network format is

73 remaining exactly the same. A future release will have the ipfs daemon switch to

74 -*printing* out addresses this way, once a large enough portion of the network

74 +*printing* out addresses this way once a large enough portion of the network

75 has upgraded.

76

77 N.B., these addresses are *not* related to IPFS *file* names (`/ipfs/Qm...`).

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Disambiguating the two was yet another motivation to switch the protocol name to

81 ### IPFS

82

83 On the ipfs side of things, we've started embedding public keys inside IPNS

84 -records and have enabled the git plugin by default.

84 +records and have enabled the Git plugin by default.

85

86 Embedding public keys inside IPNS records allows lookups to be faster as we only

87 need to fetch the record itself (and not the public key separately). It also

@@ -90,14 +90,14 @@ have their public key already. Combined with some of the DHT and dialing fixes,

90 this should improve the performance of IPNS (once a majority of the network

91 updates).

92

93 -The second feature added is the automatic inclusion of the git plugin in the

94 -default build. With this, ipfs can ingest and operate over git repositories

95 -and commit graphs directly. For more information on this, see [the go-ipld-git

96 -repo](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-git).

93 +Second, our public builds now include the Git plugin (in past builds, you could

94 +add it yourself, but doing so was not easy). With this, ipfs can ingest and

95 +operate over Git repositories and commit graphs directly. For more information

96 +on this, see [the go-ipld-git repo](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-git).

97

98 -Various other changes were merged in this release including great documentation,

99 -a good number of smaller bugfixes, refactoring, and a good bit more. For the

100 -full details, see the changelog below.

98 +Finally, we've included many smaller bugfixes, refactorings, improved

99 +documentation, and a good bit more. For the full details, see the changelog

100 +below.

101

102 ## 0.4.16-rc3 2018-07-09

103 - Bugfixes

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ full details, see the changelog below.

110 - Fix usage of file name vs path name in adder ([ipfs/go-ipfs#5167](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/5167))

111 - Fix `ipfs update` working with migrations ([ipfs/go-ipfs#5194](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/5194))

112 - Documentation

113 - - Grammer fix in fuse docs ([ipfs/go-ipfs#5164](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/5164))

113 + - Grammar fix in fuse docs ([ipfs/go-ipfs#5164](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/5164))

114

115 ## 0.4.16-rc1 2018-06-27

116 - Features

Tweak grammar and language in changelog