Prepare 1.8

changelog.rst

@@ -7,6 +7,21 @@
    and memory consumption whilst serving clients.  Those problems
    should not occur with Python 3.7.
 
+
+Version 1.8.1 (in development)
+==============================
+
+Version 1.8  (06 Aug 2018)
+==========================
+
+* require aiorpcX 0.6.2
+* fix query.py; move to contrib.  Add :ref:`query <query>` function to RPC
+* rewrite :command:`electrumx_rpc` so that proper command-line help is provided
+* per-coin tx hash functions (erasmospunk)
+* coin additions / updates: Groestlcoin (Kefkius, erasmospunk),
+  Decred (erasmonpsunk)
+* other minor (smmalis37)
+
 Version 1.7.3  (01 Aug 2018)
 ============================
 

conf.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('..'))
-VERSION="ElectrumX 1.8beta"
+VERSION="ElectrumX 1.8"
 
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
 

rpc-interface.rst

@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ Peer data is obtained via a peer discovery protocol documented
   [...]
   electroncash.checksum0.com     good   50001 50002 ElectrumX 1.2.1    0.9  1.1          07h 30m 40s 07h 30m 41s     0                 peer 149.56.198.233
 
+.. _query:
+
 query
 -----