Release 4.5.0 (January 12, 2024)

• General:
  • remove SSL options from config (012ce1c)
  • make number of logfiles to keep configurable (5e8b14f)
  • refactored SimpleConfig and added ConfigVars (#8454)
  • incremental writes of wallet file (#8493)
  • add warnings and prompt users when signing txs with non-default sighashes (#8687)
  • refactored bip21/bolt11/lnurl/etc-handling into PaymentIdentifiers (#8462)
  • add option to merge duplicate outputs (#8474)
  • fix: consider bip21 URIs as invalid if they contain unknown req-* param (#8781)
• Lightning:
  • fix BOLT-04 "MUST set short_channel_id to the short_channel_id used by the incoming onion" (ca93af2)
  • add support for hold invoices (1acf426)
  • add support for bundled payments (c4eb7d8)
  • various MPP improvements (#7987, ..)
  • support large channels (40f2087)
  • new flow for normal submarine swaps (fd10ae3)
    • the client now uses hold invoices, just like the server
    • the client waits until HTLCs are received before going on-chain
    • the user may cancel the swaps during that waiting time
  • don't create invoice with duplicate route hints (a3997f8)
  • don't set channel OPEN before channel_ready has been both sent and received (#8641)
  • if trampoline is enabled, do not add non-trampoline nodes to invoices (120faa4)
• QML GUI (Android):
  • port to Qt6 (#8545)
  • fix regression for lnurl-pay (#8585)
  • fix invoice amount bounds check (#8582)
  • fix places where text was rendered off-screen for certain translations (#8611)
  • fix lnworker undefined when node alias requested (#8635)
  • fix BIP39 cosigner script type must be same as primary (8cd95f1)
  • fix: never use current fiat exchange rate for old historical amounts (#8788)
  • better handle android back-gesture (#8464)
  • new: show private key in address details (016b5eb)
  • new: show tx inputs in TxDetails and other dialogs (#8772)
  • new: label sync plugin toggle (b6863b4)
  • fix: properly suggest paying BOLT11 invoice onchain if insufficient balance (0a80460)
  • new: message sign & verify (e5e1e46)
  • new: allow never expiring payment requests (#8631)
  • new: add coins/UTXOs to addresses list, add filters (cf91d2e)
  • new: delete addresses from imported wallet (#8675)
  • new: add support for lightning address and openalias (03dd38b)
  • new: add setting to allow screenshots everywhere (0dae1733)
  • simplify welcome page for first-start network settings (#8737)
  • various UI fixes (b846eab, #8634, 9ed5f7b, 941f425, b20a4b9, af61b9d, 0fb47c8, 2995bc8, ..)
• Qt Desktop GUI:
  • port wizard to new implementation
  • fix fiat balance sorting in address list window (#8469, #8478)
  • remove thousands separator when copying numbers to clipboard (#8479)
  • new: option to use extra trampoline for legacy payments (b2053c6)
  • new: send change to lightning option for on-chain payments (649ce97)
  • new: notes tab for saving text in the (encrypted) wallet file (d691aa07)
  • simplify welcome page for first-start network settings (#8737)
  • various UI fixes (#8587, #6526, ..)
• Hardware wallets:
  • Trezor: allow multiple change outputs (#3920)
  • Trezor: support external pre-signed inputs (#8324)
  • Bitbox02: update to 6.2.0 (#8459)
• Plugins:
  • new: swapserver plugin (#8489)
• Builds/binaries:
  • update bundled zbar, for security fixes (#8805)