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| author | MarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com> | 2019-03-14 16:45:28 -0400 |
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| committer | MarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com> | 2019-03-14 16:45:32 -0400 |
| commit | d3a038200709c48922faab96d0ba558a574fa4d9 (patch) | |
| tree | dcc5dded96c601bde9f511a99edf99c25bcbdc21 /doc/release-notes.md | |
| parent | 889af0eaacd9c858471a53d4125057eece6a4f3d (diff) | |
| parent | a7563633d25a99bb3ef170aaaeccacf44990f2d9 (diff) | |
Merge #15602: 0.18: [p2p] Enable reject messages by defaultv0.18.0rc2
a7563633d2 [docs] document BIP 61 deprecation (John Newbery)
da14d90984 [p2p] Enable BIP 61 REJECT messages by default (John Newbery)
Pull request description:
This PR reverts #14054 following discussion on the bitcoin-dev mailing list.
It also adds release notes to clearly document that the `enablebip61` option will be disabled by default in a future release before being removed entirely.
Tree-SHA512: 0c9162045a4fb95689a0cb2de19f98a83636c9a6fb7ffa6809773b593c6c00b14e0480683e4d1c48e9b7f90e89cf7c2dca18bff42f5d2da2a43c522039e9f1ee
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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 16146288da..a528a232af 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -78,13 +78,6 @@ Configuration option changes documentation](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/zmq.md#usage) for details. -- The `enablebip61` option (introduced in Bitcoin Core 0.17.0) is - used to toggle sending of BIP 61 reject messages. Reject messages have no use - case on the P2P network and are only logged for debugging by most network - nodes. The option will now by default be off for improved privacy and security - as well as reduced upload usage. The option can explicitly be turned on for - local-network debugging purposes. - - The `rpcallowip` option can no longer be used to automatically listen on all network interfaces. Instead, the `rpcbind` parameter must also be used to specify the IP addresses to listen on. Listening for RPC @@ -181,6 +174,16 @@ Deprecated or removed RPCs continue using `generate` in this version, restart bitcoind with the `-deprecatedrpc=generate` configuration option. +Deprecated P2P messages +----------------------- + +- BIP 61 reject messages are now deprecated. Reject messages have no use + case on the P2P network and are only logged for debugging by most network + nodes. Furthermore, they increase bandwidth and can be harmful for privacy + and security. It has been possible to disable BIP 61 messages since v0.17 + with the `-enablebip61=0` option. BIP 61 messages will be disabled by default + in a future version, before being removed entirely. + New RPCs -------- |