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authorWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>2016-06-30 11:01:19 +0200
committerWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>2016-07-06 07:45:23 +0200
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Notable changes
===============
-Example item
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+Database cache memory increased
+--------------------------------
+
+As a result of growth of the UTXO set, performance with the prior default
+database cache of 100 MiB has suffered.
+For this reason the default was changed to 300 MiB in this release.
+
+For nodes on low-memory systems, the database cache can be changed back to
+100 MiB (or to another value) by either:
+
+- Adding `dbcache=100` in bitcoin.conf
+- Changing it in the GUI under `Options → Size of database cache`
+Note that the database cache setting has the most performance impact
+during initial sync of a node, and when catching up after downtime.
bitcoin-cli: arguments privacy
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