Release notes for v0.2.0 (#530)

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+# bisonrelay-v0.2.0
+
+See bisonrelay-v0.2.0-manifest.txt and the other manifest files for SHA-256 hashes and the associated .asc signature files to confirm those hashes.
+
+See [README.md](./README.md#verifying-binaries) for more info on verifying the files.
+
+
+# brclient
+
+brclient has been given a lot of improvements for general usage and user
+experience for 0.2.0.  There has been a revamp of how exchange rates are
+consistently polled so that information can be available more often for the
+various subsystem that require it.  
+
+There was a bump of the underlying dcrlnd to v0.6.0.  This involved over 
+590 commits across more than 645 files.  Those changes can be reviewed [here](https://github.com/decred/dcrlnd/compare/v0.5.0...v0.6.0). Overall, this will
+lead to improved stability and efficiency with all the core LN infrastructure
+that BR utilizes.
+
+
+## Improvements
+
+- Add spinner/loading animation to fetched pages loading.
+
+- Add seed confirmation to all new wallet/BR set up.
+
+- Add warning about invite keys is now shown to users about how to handle
+  their invite keys.
+
+- Make invite fetch async.
+
+- Show last completed KX time of all counterparties.
+
+- Add autosubscribe to posts whenever a user is KX'd with a novel user.
+
+## Bug fixes
+
+- Fix unable to subscribe to prepaid RV.
+
+- Fix issue with reset causing autounsub with idle clients.
+
+# Bison Relay GUI (bruig)
+
+Bison Relay GUI was given an almost full design change for mobile and most of
+the rough edges have been smoothed for the android implemenation. Due to 
+the development teams reluctance to implement Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM),
+there was siginificant work done to limit the CPU usage on android.  There
+should be further improvements in the future as we figure out other ways to 
+utilize less overall CPU footprint. 
+
+Notifications are now available on most platforms besides Windows.
+
+Avatars are now supported for GUI.  Users may select an image to be used as
+their avatar and that image will be automatically sent to other users that have
+KX'd with them and will update in their clients automatically.
+
+## Improvements
+
+- Chat scroll has been improved and the position is now saved when clicked away.
+  There is no longer a scroll that occurs when first going to a particular chat 
+  window.
+
+- Improve dropdowns overall styling and experience.
+
+- Add confirmation dialogs for most major decisions to attempt to limit mistaken
+  clicks.
+
+- Refine chat lists into one long list and remove redundant buttons that
+  accomplish the same functionality.
+
+- Add a light theme that can be toggled in Settings.
+
+- Add new functionality for creating a 'new message' and creating a new group
+  chat.
+
+- Replace multiple uses of reused StartupScreen to streamline widgets.
+
+- Disable some buttons if client not connected.  Also make it much more clear
+  when the client is not currently connected.
+
+- Improve attachment UX and UI to follow a similar method that most other chat/
+  social media applications use.
+
+- Update GC message styling to also follow how other chat applications look and
+  feel.
+
+- Allow rendering PDFs in chats.  This may be replaced with just an option for 
+  downloading, but for now they can be shown to the user in place.
+
+- Add collapsable logs to startup screens to hide information that most users
+  aren't required to view.
+
+- Add timed profiling and zip logs for export to help developers track CPU usage
+  and other platform specific information.
+
+## Bug Fixes
+
+- Properly scroll position.
+
+- Scroll to last read now properly reacting to user interaction.
+
+### Code Contributors (alphabetical order):
+
+- Alex Yocom-Piatt (ay-p)
+- David Hill (dhill)
+- miki-totefu
+
+## Changelog
+
+All commits since the last release may be viewed on GitHub
+[here](https://github.com/companyzero/bisonrelay/compare/v0.1.10...v0.2.0).