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| author | MeshCollider <dobsonsa68@gmail.com> | 2017-10-09 21:45:01 +1300 |
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| committer | MeshCollider <dobsonsa68@gmail.com> | 2017-11-18 00:50:58 +1300 |
| commit | d9878890e4539d7113fae880f612e68640e69462 (patch) | |
| tree | cb14d16dc34625b45d514b9845bed7d3e7fcedaf /doc/release-notes.md | |
| parent | 80c5cbc14fdfca94aff24cd57dffd51d1d4d14bc (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-d9878890e4539d7113fae880f612e68640e69462.tar.xz | |
Add release notes for -walletdir and wallets/ dir
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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 6e4fed0a2d..32f1bef62c 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ 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 +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) or `bitcoind`/`bitcoin-qt` (on Linux). @@ -62,6 +62,20 @@ Due to a backward-incompatible change in the wallet database, wallets created with version 0.16.0 will be rejected by previous versions. Also, version 0.16.0 will only create hierarchical deterministic (HD) wallets. +Custom wallet directories +--------------------- +The ability to specify a directory other than the default data directory in which to store +wallets has been added. An existing directory can be specified using the `-walletdir=<dir>` +argument. Wallets loaded via `-wallet` arguments must be in this wallet directory. Care should be taken +when choosing a wallet directory location, as if it becomes unavailable during operation, +funds may be lost. + +Default wallet directory change +-------------------------- +On new installations (if the data directory doesn't exist), wallets will now be stored in a +new `wallets/` subdirectory inside the data directory. If this `wallets/` subdirectory +doesn't exist (i.e. on existing nodes), the current datadir root is used instead, as it was. + Low-level RPC changes ---------------------- - The deprecated RPC `getinfo` was removed. It is recommended that the more specific RPCs are used: |