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| author | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2015-07-06 20:35:55 +0200 |
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| committer | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2015-07-06 20:36:04 +0200 |
| commit | ebad618919211941d24be3cd7c6501c7a338f495 (patch) | |
| tree | cfd5b0cc16e9f1c0829f77917d84fcee3633f076 | |
| parent | 7bf37e19d234d15547549ec59635230906d0304f (diff) | |
| parent | 9a2469e1ce73da88c1c52659bc8d667a492ad736 (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-ebad618919211941d24be3cd7c6501c7a338f495.tar.xz | |
Merge pull request #6383
9a2469e release notes for fee estimation changes (Alex Morcos)
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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index bbe8b879e4..5d369fe49a 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -131,6 +131,17 @@ of a node, among which: - Reduce the number of threads (#5964, #5679); lowers the amount of (esp. virtual) memory needed +Fee estimation changes +---------------------- + +This release improves the algorithm used for fee estimation. Previously, -1 +was returned when there was insufficient data to give an estimate. Now, -1 +will also be returned when there is no fee or priority high enough for the +desired confirmation target. In those cases, it can help to ask for an estimate +for a higher target number of blocks. It is not uncommon for there to be no +fee or priority high enough to be reliably (85%) included in the next block and +for this reason, the default for `-txconfirmtarget=n` has changed from 1 to 2. + Privacy: Disable wallet transaction broadcast ---------------------------------------------- |