🔐 PrivateChest 2.0 - Major Update!

🚀 What's New

🔒 Enhanced Security

• Password Encryption: All passwords are now securely hashed using SHA-256 with salt. Your old passwords will work and be automatically upgraded when used.
• Better Data Protection: Significantly improved security against potential data breaches.

👥 Trust System

• Share Access Safely: Give other players access to your locked chests without sharing passwords
• New Commands: /trust <player> and /untrust <player>
• Easy Management: Use /trust list to see who you trust, /untrust all to remove everyone

📋 Sign Protection

• Visual Locking: Place a sign with [Private] on the first line near your chest to lock it
• No Commands Needed: Perfect for players who prefer visual interactions over typing commands
• Break to Unlock: Simply break the sign to unlock your chest

📊 Chest Limits

• Permission-Based Limits: Control how many chests players can lock based on their rank/permissions
• Perfect for Economy Servers: Reward VIP players with more chest locks
• Admin Control: Set custom limits from 1 to unlimited chests per player

⚡ Performance Improvements

• SQLite Support: Optional database storage for servers with many locked chests (better performance)
• Optimized Code: Faster chest interactions and reduced memory usage
• Smart Caching: Improved response times for large servers

🔧 Developer API

• Public API: Other plugins can now safely interact with PrivateChest
• Better Integration: Perfect for custom plugins and advanced server setups

📥 Migration from v1.x

✅ Fully Automatic Migration

• All your existing locked chests will continue working normally
• Passwords are automatically upgraded to secure format when used
• No manual configuration needed - just replace the plugin file
• All new features are disabled by default for compatibility

Migration Steps:

1. Backup your plugins/PrivateChest/ folder (recommended)
2. Stop your server
3. Replace the old PrivateChest.jar with v2.0.0
4. Start your server
5. Enable new features in config.yml if desired

⚙️ Configuration

New options in config.yml:

• storage-type: yaml (or "sqlite" for better performance)
• enable-sign-protection: true
• enable-chest-limits: false
• default-chest-limit: 5

🎯 Permission Examples

# Chest Limits (when enabled)
privatechest.limit.unlimited  # No limits
privatechest.limit.100        # Up to 100 chests
privatechest.limit.25         # Up to 25 chests
privatechest.limit.10         # Up to 10 chests
privatechest.limit.5          # Up to 5 chests

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed rare double chest synchronization issues
• Improved hopper protection reliability
• Better error handling for corrupted data
• Enhanced explosion protection

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🔥 This is our biggest update yet! 🔥

Perfect for survival servers, economy servers, and any server that wants secure, user-friendly chest protection!

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Compatible with Minecraft 1.16.x - 1.21.5 | Tested on Paper, Purpur, Pufferfish