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authorKrzysztof Jurewicz <krzysztof.jurewicz@gmail.com>2016-07-08 22:15:08 +0200
committerKrzysztof Jurewicz <krzysztof.jurewicz@gmail.com>2016-07-08 22:26:38 +0200
commitd6dc1bc49b958e3c89aa0885ce39ad7a0e0f7493 (patch)
treeb3ce78ae95f0ab0010ddb56bbc912429db874e35
parent67caef673089aca2ffb95cd15b2cb056c96e5c30 (diff)
downloadbitcoin-d6dc1bc49b958e3c89aa0885ce39ad7a0e0f7493.tar.xz
Fix 0.12 release notes on block relaying
The previous information about block relaying in pruned mode suggested that blocks are relayed only to nodes that support BIP 130, which is not true.
-rw-r--r--doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.12.0.md12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.12.0.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.12.0.md
index 1b7bd06ece..cf74a17975 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.12.0.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.12.0.md
@@ -104,9 +104,6 @@ announcing their headers directly, instead of just announcing the hash. In a
reorganization, all new headers are sent, instead of just the new tip. This
can often prevent an extra roundtrip before the actual block is downloaded.
-With this change, pruning nodes are now able to relay new blocks to compatible
-peers.
-
Memory pool limiting
--------------------
@@ -188,6 +185,14 @@ the OP_RETURN. The limit on OP_RETURN output size is now applied to the entire
serialized scriptPubKey, 83 bytes by default. (the previous 80 byte default plus
three bytes overhead)
+Relay: New and only new blocks relayed when pruning
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+When running in pruned mode, the client will now relay new blocks. When
+responding to the `getblocks` message, only hashes of blocks that are on disk
+and are likely to remain there for some reasonable time window (1 hour) will be
+returned (previously all relevant hashes were returned).
+
Relay and Mining: Priority transactions
---------------------------------------
@@ -887,4 +892,3 @@ Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:
- zathras-crypto
As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/).
-