Database Migrations
Note that downgrading from v0.7.0 to previous tapd versions is not presently supported. You should create backups of tapd database state before upgrading to tapd v0.7.0.
Verifying the Release
In order to verify the release, you'll need to have gpg or gpg2 installed on your system. Once you've obtained a copy (and hopefully verified that as well), you'll first need to import the keys that have signed this release if you haven't done so already: 
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/main/scripts/keys/roasbeef.asc | gpg --import
Once you have the required PGP keys, you can verify the release (assuming manifest-roasbeef-v0.7.0.sig and manifest-v0.7.0.txt are in the current directory) with:
gpg --verify manifest-roasbeef-v0.7.0.sig manifest-v0.7.0.txt
You should see the following if the verification was successful:
gpg: Signature made Wed Sep 30 17:35:20 2020 PDT
gpg:                using RSA key 60A1FA7DA5BFF08BDCBBE7903BBD59E99B280306
gpg: Good signature from "Olaoluwa Osuntokun <laolu32@gmail.com>" [ultimate]
That will verify the signature of the manifest file, which ensures integrity and authenticity of the archive you've downloaded locally containing the binaries. Next, depending on your operating system, you should then re-compute the sha256 hash of the archive with shasum -a 256 <filename>, compare it with the corresponding one in the manifest file, and ensure they match exactly.
Verifying the Release Timestamp
In addition to time-stamping the git tag with OpenTimestamps, we also timestamp the manifest file along with its signature. Two files are included in our release artifacts: manifest-roasbeef-v0.7.0.sig.ots and manifest-v0.7.0.txt.ots.
Assuming you have the opentimestamps client installed locally, the timestamps can be verified with the following commands: 
ots verify manifest-roasbeef-v0.7.0.sig.ots -f manifest-roasbeef-v0.7.0.sig
ots verify manifest-v0.7.0.txt.ots -f manifest-v0.7.0.txt
Alternatively, the OpenTimestamps website can be used to verify these timestamps if one doesn't have a bitcoind instance accessible locally.
Assuming you are using the OpenTimestamps ots-git-gpg-wrapper you can verify the timestamp of the git tag by  verifying the tag as explained in Verifying the Release Binaries.
These timestamps should give users confidence in the integrity of this release even after the key that signed the release expires. 
Verifying the Release Binaries
Our release binaries are fully reproducible. Third parties are able to verify that the release binaries were produced properly without having to trust the release manager(s). See our reproducible builds guide for how this can be achieved.
The release binaries are compiled with go1.24.9, which is required by verifiers to arrive at the same ones.
The make release command can be used to ensure one rebuilds with all the same flags used for the release. If one wishes to build for only a single platform, then make release sys=<OS-ARCH> tag=<tag> can be used. 
Finally, you can also verify the tag itself with the following command:
$ git verify-tag v0.7.0
gpg: Signature made Tue Sep 15 18:55:00 2020 PDT
gpg:                using RSA key 60A1FA7DA5BFF08BDCBBE7903BBD59E99B280306
gpg: Good signature from "Olaoluwa Osuntokun <laolu32@gmail.com>" [ultimate]
Verifying the Docker Images
To verify the tapd and tapcli binaries inside the docker images against the signed, reproducible release binaries, there is a verification script in the image that can be called (before starting the container for example):
shell
$ docker run --rm --entrypoint="" lightninglabs/taproot-assets:v0.7.0 /verify-install.sh v0.7.0
$ OK=$?
$ if [ "$OK" -ne "0" ]; then echo "Verification failed!"; exit 1; done
$ docker run lightninglabs/taproot-assets [command-line options]
Building the Contained Release
Users are able to rebuild the target release themselves without having to fetch any of the dependencies. In order to do so, assuming
that vendor.tar.gz and tapd-source-v0.7.0.tar.gz are in the current directory, follow these steps:
tar -xvzf vendor.tar.gz
tar -xvzf tapd-source-v0.7.0.tar.gz
go install -v -mod=vendor -ldflags "-X github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/build.Commit=v0.7.0" ./cmd/tapd
go install -v -mod=vendor -ldflags "-X github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/build.Commit=v0.7.0" ./cmd/tapcli
The -mod=vendor flag tells the go build command that it doesn't need to fetch the dependencies, and instead, they're all enclosed in the local vendor directory. 
Additionally, it's now possible to use the enclosed release.sh script to bundle a release for a specific system like so: 
make release sys="linux-arm64 darwin-amd64"
⚡️⚡️⚡️ OK, now to the rest of the release notes! ⚡️⚡️⚡️
Release Notes (curated)
See the in-repo release notes for a detailed list of high-level changes made since v0.6.1.
Release Notes (auto-generated)
What's Changed

[group key addrs 1/?]: add new authmailbox RPC server and client by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1502
universe: use correct ID comparison for sync config by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1610
Improve robustness of GenGroupAnchorVerifier with anchor checks by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1602
universe/supplycommit: create new state machine responsible for maintaining the supply commitment for an asset by @Roasbeef in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1464
Refactor: Split Pre-Commitment Logic to Support New Asset Groups by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1589
[group key addrs 3/5]: misc refactor by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1611
tapdb: retroactively insert old asset burns into burn table by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1612
CI: fix litd itest by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1615
[group key addrs 2/5]: internal/ecies: add encrypt/decrypt with ECIES by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1512
tapdb: add implementation of supplycommit.SupplyTreeView  by @Roasbeef in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1507
[group key addrs 4/5]: implement mailbox server and message store database by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1614
ecies: add version byte prefix to encoding format by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1619
tapfreighter+itest: store change script key to DB by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1620
tapdb: add implementation of supplycommit.CommitmentTracker and supplycommit.StateMachineStore by @Roasbeef in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1508
build(deps): bump the go_modules group across 4 directories with 1 update by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1624
tapdb: sanitize db errors before returning by @Roasbeef in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1630
tapdb: support delegation key and universe commitment flag in seedlings by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1638
[group key addrs 5/6]: Add Pedersen unique script key type by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1621
mod+server: update to lnd v0.19.2-beta.rc2, taprpc to v1.0.9 by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1644
itest: run in parallel, fix local flake by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1641
itest: convert AssertBalanceByID to eventually-style call by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1651
universe: fix asset stats being extremely slow by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1650
server+tapchannel: fix deadlock potential, queue msgs by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1652
tapchannel: add a one unit extra tolerance to invoice acceptor by @GeorgeTsagk in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1639
AddInvoice correctly handles existing route hints by @GeorgeTsagk in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1627
supplycommit: add MultiStateMachineManager for managing group state machines by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1643
Bump LND out of RC and fix CLI short name by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1657
Bugfix supply commit state machine by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1655
Refactor: move LND-related services into new lndservices package by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1668
[group key addrs 6/7]: bug fixes and refactors by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1658
RPC: Add Ignore Tree Endpoints by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1554
ci: fix litd itest by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1671
universe+tapdb: add new block_height field to universe_leaves use that to implement block height based supply tree queries by @Roasbeef in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1596
docs: add release notes template, add entries for v0.6.1 and v0.7.0 by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1679
mint: rename universe commit terminology to supply commit for consistency by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1682
Fix AuxInvoiceManager prop tests by @GeorgeTsagk in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1672
multi: allow supply commit state machine to accept pending updates during state transition by @Roasbeef in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1609
Add Multi-RFQ Send by @GeorgeTsagk in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1613
rpc+tapdb+tapfreighter: Add historical send event streaming with database-level filtering by @bhandras in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1685
proof: return early if mailbox is nil. by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1689
taprpc: update API documentation by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1688
cli: add missing assets removelease command, fix default value for balances by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1690
Improve grouped asset UX for onchain and offchain balances by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1691
tapfreighter: simplify ChainPorter state machine and fix itest flake by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1696
universe: improve robustness of proof leaf sync by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1698
itest: fix flakes by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1705
scripts: update ffranr release signing key by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1709
[group key addrs 7/7]: send and receive support for V2 addresses by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1587
Use nonce as HKDF salt and protocol name as info in ECIES encryption by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1669
universerpc: add FetchSupplyLeaves RPC for verifier sync by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1693
universe: emit SyncDiffEvent and add event subscription support to SimpleSyncer by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1702
mod: update Golang version to v1.23.12 to fix potential SQL bug by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1713
itest: fix flake in address v2 test by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1715
itest: increase proof courier timeout by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1711
address: clean up code, don't encode asset ID if all zeroes by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1719
itest: add test case for chain re-org with V2 addresses by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1718
cmd: asset list to correctly filter on and display anchor txid by @bhandras in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1734
rpcserver: return early on rejected quote by @GeorgeTsagk in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1640
universe/supplycommit: add done channel to enable sync processing of events by @Roasbeef in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1729
Use new NoopAddHtlc TLV when sending assets with default above-dust anchor amt by @GeorgeTsagk in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1567
Rename RPCS subsystem to TRPC by @jtobin in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1744
price oracle: add intent, optional peer_id and metadata to QueryAssetRates RPC by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1677
bugfix: fix two long-existing edge case bugs by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1741
internal/test: don't use dns for mock servers by @jtobin in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1747
proof: implement and hook up ignore checker by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1716
docs/debug-handbook: create new debug run books for developers to help pattern match common issues and knowledge by @Roasbeef in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1739
tapgarden: reduce flakiness in TestBatchedAssetIssuance by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1771
fn: fix loop var capture and clarify naming in ParSliceErrCollect by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1772
rfqrpc+rpcserver: fix peer_pub_key doc and simplify comments by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1774
multi: hook up burn and mint events to the supply commit state machine  by @Roasbeef in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1675
Invoice manager tolerance tweaks by @GeorgeTsagk in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1673
multi: increase commitment v0/v1/v2 unit test coverage by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1755
build(deps): bump the go_modules group across 4 directories with 1 update by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1756
docs: add generated and reviewed developer deep-dive docs by @guggero in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1759
server: enable ExtraBudgetForInputs to be called before full server start up by @Roasbeef in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1780
supplyverifier: add push syncer and universe server verification by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1674
supplyverifier: store and verify non-issuer supply pre-commitments by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1784
supplyverifier: add pull syncer and non-universe node verification by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1777
universe/supplyverifier: add logging and readme  by @Roasbeef in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1792
build: bump version to v0.7.0 rc1 by @Roasbeef in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1793
rpc: update new supply commit calls to use the global universe server rate limiter by @Roasbeef in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1785
tapd: add universe.disable-supply-verifier-chain-watch config flag by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1796
tools: migrate linter config to v2 by @jtobin in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1790
tapd: bump maxFeeRatio for funded psbts by @GeorgeTsagk in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1545
scripts: add jtobin release signing key by @jtobin in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1798
Mark pre-commit outputs spent on supply insert in supplyverifier by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1797
scripts: add darioanongba signing key by @darioAnongba in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1803
scripts: signing key maintenance by @jtobin in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1806
supplycommit+rpcserver: move ignore asset logic from RPC server to supplycommit pkg by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1801
rfq+taprpc: add asset ID and group key to PeerAccepted[Buy/Sell]Quote by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1805
allow building taprpc by itself by @ZZiigguurraatt in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1789
gemini: add config and style guidelines by @Roasbeef in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1804
Bump go to v1.24.6 by @GeorgeTsagk in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1815
cmd: add locator args to supplycommit fetch by @jtobin in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1819
tapdb: fix flaky TestQueryMessages due to close timestamps by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1816
itest: introduce rpcassert package with RPC helpers to reduce flakes by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1799
cli: include unset and zero-valued proto fields in JSON output by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1821
Filter AddrReceives by timestamp by @darioAnongba in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1794
Add support for fetching latest supply commitment via new locator type by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1823
itest: fix address receives test: timestamp in the future by @darioAnongba in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1828
taprpc: upgrade falafel to v0.9.2 by @darioAnongba in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1827
Full asset burn  by @darioAnongba in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1791
tapgarden: harden MockKeyRing and fix flaky queueSeedlingsInBatch test by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1824
universerpc+itest: add and verify string outpoint in SupplyCommitChainData by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1822
Extract supply pre-commits from mint leaves during supply verifier sync by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1820
docs: add docs that detail the asset chan funding process by @Roasbeef in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1783
docs: add docs on e2e RFQ arch by @Roasbeef in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1787
taprpc+itest: whitelist FetchSupplyLeaves RPC and add integration test by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1829
Add block header support to supply RPCs and related integration tests by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1839
tapdb: error on dirty database versions by @ViktorT-11 in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1826
proof+tapsend: sanity-check STXO proof structure at creation time by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1836
rfq+server: properly configure gRPC keep alive settings for client+server by @Roasbeef in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1834
Feature bits by @GeorgeTsagk in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1748
Prepare tap channels for v1 proofs by @GeorgeTsagk in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1779
githubci: update Litd itest branch by @GeorgeTsagk in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1852
Improve troubleshooting logs for bug reports 1845 and 1850 by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1853
rpcserver: NewAddr universal courier connectivity check, offline skip, and local asset precheck by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1854
build: bump version to v0.7.0-rc2 by @jtobin in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1851
scripts/keys: update roasbeef keys with new expiry by @Roasbeef in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1856
itest: limit asset lists when minting and asserting mints by @jtobin in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1842
proof: expand validation logging for inclusion/exclusion proofs by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1866
Improve proof transfer logging and adjust log levels for clearer diagnostics by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1871
go.mod: bump lnd@v0.20.0-beta; bump lndclient@v0.20.0-5 by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1861
build: bump version to v0.7.0 by @ffranr in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1873

New Contributors

@jtobin made their first contribution in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1744
@ZZiigguurraatt made their first contribution in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1789
@darioAnongba make their first contribution in https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/pull/1794

Full Changelog: https://github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets/compare/v0.6.0...v0.7.0