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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check if version argument is passed
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <VERSION>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+VERSION="$1"
+
+# Repository and branch information
+REPO="Qortal/qortal"
+BRANCH="master"
+WORKING_QORTAL_DIR='./qortal'
+
+# Fetch the latest 100 commits
+COMMITS_JSON=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/${REPO}/commits?sha=${BRANCH}&per_page=100")
+
+# Extract bump version commits
+BUMP_COMMITS=$(echo "$COMMITS_JSON" | jq -r '.[] | select(.commit.message | test("bump version to"; "i")) | .sha')
+
+CURRENT_BUMP_COMMIT=$(echo "$COMMITS_JSON" | jq -r ".[] | select(.commit.message | test(\"bump version to ${VERSION}\"; \"i\")) | .sha" | head -n1)
+PREV_BUMP_COMMIT=$(echo "$BUMP_COMMITS" | sed -n '2p')
+
+if [ -z "$CURRENT_BUMP_COMMIT" ]; then
+    echo "Error: Could not find bump commit for version ${VERSION} in ${REPO}/${BRANCH}"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Get changelog between previous and current commit
+echo "Generating changelog between ${PREV_BUMP_COMMIT} and ${CURRENT_BUMP_COMMIT}..."
+CHANGELOG=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/${REPO}/compare/${PREV_BUMP_COMMIT}...${CURRENT_BUMP_COMMIT}" | jq -r '.commits[] | "- " + .sha[0:7] + " " + .commit.message')
+
+# Fetch latest commit timestamp from GitHub API for final file timestamping
+COMMIT_API_URL="https://api.github.com/repos/${REPO}/commits?sha=${BRANCH}&per_page=1"
+COMMIT_TIMESTAMP=$(curl -s "${COMMIT_API_URL}" | jq -r '.[0].commit.committer.date')
+
+if [ -z "${COMMIT_TIMESTAMP}" ] || [ "${COMMIT_TIMESTAMP}" == "null" ]; then
+    echo "Error: Unable to retrieve the latest commit timestamp from GitHub API."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Define file names
+JAR_FILE="qortal/qortal.jar"
+EXE_FILE="qortal.exe"
+ZIP_FILE="qortal.zip"
+
+calculate_hashes() {
+    local file="$1"
+    echo "Calculating hashes for ${file}..."
+    MD5=$(md5sum "${file}" | awk '{print $1}')
+    SHA1=$(sha1sum "${file}" | awk '{print $1}')
+    SHA256=$(sha256sum "${file}" | awk '{print $1}')
+    echo "MD5: ${MD5}, SHA1: ${SHA1}, SHA256: ${SHA256}"
+}
+
+# Hashes for qortal.jar
+if [ -f "${JAR_FILE}" ]; then
+    calculate_hashes "${JAR_FILE}"
+    JAR_MD5=${MD5}
+    JAR_SHA1=${SHA1}
+    JAR_SHA256=${SHA256}
+else
+    echo "Error: ${JAR_FILE} not found."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Hashes for qortal.exe
+if [ -f "${EXE_FILE}" ]; then
+    calculate_hashes "${EXE_FILE}"
+    EXE_MD5=${MD5}
+    EXE_SHA1=${SHA1}
+    EXE_SHA256=${SHA256}
+else
+    echo "Warning: ${EXE_FILE} not found. Skipping."
+    EXE_MD5="<INPUT>"
+    EXE_SHA1="<INPUT>"
+    EXE_SHA256="<INPUT>"
+fi
+
+# Apply commit timestamp to files in qortal/
+echo "Applying commit timestamp (${COMMIT_TIMESTAMP}) to files..."
+mv qortal.exe ${WORKING_QORTAL_DIR} 2>/dev/null || true
+find ${WORKING_QORTAL_DIR} -type f -exec touch -d "${COMMIT_TIMESTAMP}" {} \;
+mv ${WORKING_QORTAL_DIR}/qortal.exe . 2>/dev/null || true
+
+# Create qortal.zip
+echo "Packing ${ZIP_FILE}..."
+7z a -r -tzip "${ZIP_FILE}" ${WORKING_QORTAL_DIR}/ -stl
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error: Failed to create ${ZIP_FILE}."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+calculate_hashes "${ZIP_FILE}"
+ZIP_MD5=${MD5}
+ZIP_SHA1=${SHA1}
+ZIP_SHA256=${SHA256}
+
+# Generate release notes
+cat <<EOF > release-notes.txt
+### **_Qortal Core V${VERSION}_**
+
+#### 🔄 Changes Included in This Release:
+
+${CHANGELOG}
+
+### [qortal.jar](https://github.com/Qortal/qortal/releases/download/v${VERSION}/qortal.jar)
+
+\`MD5: ${JAR_MD5}\`  qortal.jar  
+\`SHA1: ${JAR_SHA1}\`  qortal.jar  
+\`SHA256: ${JAR_SHA256}\`  qortal.jar  
+
+### [qortal.exe](https://github.com/Qortal/qortal/releases/download/v${VERSION}/qortal.exe)
+
+\`MD5: ${EXE_MD5}\`  qortal.exe  
+\`SHA1: ${EXE_SHA1}\`  qortal.exe  
+\`SHA256: ${EXE_SHA256}\`  qortal.exe  
+
+[VirusTotal report for qortal.exe](https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/${EXE_SHA256}/detection)
+
+### [qortal.zip](https://github.com/Qortal/qortal/releases/download/v${VERSION}/qortal.zip)
+
+Contains bare minimum of:
+* built \`qortal.jar\`  
+* \`log4j2.properties\` from git repo  
+* \`start.sh\` from git repo  
+* \`stop.sh\` from git repo  
+* \`qort\` script for linux/mac easy API utilization  
+* \`printf "{\n}\n" > settings.json\`
+
+All timestamps set to same date-time as commit.  
+Packed with \`7z a -r -tzip qortal.zip qortal/\`
+
+\`MD5: ${ZIP_MD5}\`  qortal.zip  
+\`SHA1: ${ZIP_SHA1}\`  qortal.zip  
+\`SHA256: ${ZIP_SHA256}\`  qortal.zip  
+EOF
+
+echo "Release notes generated: release-notes.txt"
+