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| author | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2017-09-11 00:12:40 +0200 |
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| committer | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2017-09-11 00:13:03 +0200 |
| commit | 3751912e8e044958d5ccea847a3f8eab0b026dc1 (patch) | |
| tree | d669676ad0330d9580a3a5d8c52a27f22e81e92b /doc/release-notes.md | |
| parent | 5f2cf88c2311ebb178dacd9776f237b16b3a4e5a (diff) | |
| parent | fa120bd01c7fc27eb9d3e4ecbf4b4ccc3b728686 (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-0.15.0.tar.xz | |
Merge #11295: doc: Old fee_estimates.dat are discarded by 0.15.0v0.15.0
fa120bd01 doc: Old fee_estimates.dat are discarded by 0.15.0 (MarcoFalke)
Pull request description:
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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 5a391462c7..3d25dd2317 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -21,13 +21,17 @@ How to Upgrade If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the -installer (on Windows) or just copy over /Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac) +installer (on Windows) or just copy over `/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt` (on Mac) or `bitcoind`/`bitcoin-qt` (on Linux). The first time you run version 0.15.0, your chainstate database will be converted to a new format, which will take anywhere from a few minutes to half an hour, depending on the speed of your machine. +The file format of `fee_estimates.dat` changed in version 0.15.0. Hence, a +downgrade from version 0.15.0 or upgrade to version 0.15.0 will cause all fee +estimates to be discarded. + Note that the block database format also changed in version 0.8.0 and there is no automatic upgrade code from before version 0.8 to version 0.15.0. Upgrading directly from 0.7.x and earlier without redownloading the blockchain is not supported. |