Release v0.5.0 - Client Distribution Engine

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🚀 Release: BlockChainInfo v0.5.0

Client Distribution Engine + Unified Percent Normalization

This release introduces one of the most significant UI and architecture upgrades in BlockChainInfo so far. The Network panel is now more expressive, more accurate, and more professional — and the mempool subsystem is cleaner than ever.

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🆕 New Features

1. Client Distribution View (Toggle: c)

A brand-new alternative to the Version Distribution chart.
BlockChainInfo now identifies and classifies node clients (Core, Knots, Ronin, Unknown, Other).

• Toggle instantly using c

• Dynamic panel title shows what pressing c will switch to:

  • Version → (c→Client)
  • Client → (c→Version)

• Supports up to 5 client categories

• Automatically centers rows for better readability

• Shared styling with the rest of the TUI

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🎯 2. Unified Percent Normalization Engine

Percentages throughout the dashboard (Client Distribution, Mempool, RBF, Age buckets) now use a single shared function:

utils::normalize_percentages()

Benefits:

• All categories add up to exactly 100%
• No more 99/101% drifts
• Eliminates older hard-wired 3-bucket rounding
• Works with any number of buckets (N-bucket algorithm)
• Used across both Mempool and Network subsystems

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🔧 3. Mempool Refactor

The old calculate_rounded_percentages() was replaced everywhere with the new generalized normalization engine.

This makes the mempool panel:

• cleaner
• more consistent
• easier to maintain
• mathematically precise

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💄 4. UI/UX Improvements

• Client Distribution rows now include a top spacer to visually center results
• Bars scale cleanly using integer math derived from normalized percentages
• Network panel title now includes toggle hints
• Improved symmetry between Network, Mempool, and other panels

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🛠 Internal Improvements

• Better client parsing (Core, Knots, Ronin, Unknown, Other)
• Safer subver extraction logic
• Cleaner zipping of values + percentages during rendering
• Codebase prepared for future Help Panel integration

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📡 Stability

BlockChainInfo v0.5.0 has been tested under:

• live node data
• steady-state polling
• repeated toggling across panels
• mempool volatility
• multiple Network configurations

Everything runs stable, smooth, and without regressions.

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🛣 Path to v1.0.0

This release lays critical groundwork for:

• Help Panel (h)
• Enhanced keybinding discoverability
• New toggle-driven views
• Final UI polish
• Documentation improvements

The next versions will build toward a polished v1.0.0 experience.

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🏁 Upgrade Notes

Just pull the latest release tag and run:

cargo build --release

No configuration changes required.

Node connections, version detection, and mempool sampling all remain compatible with previous versions.

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