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| author | MarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com> | 2018-09-09 14:04:18 -0400 |
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| committer | MarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com> | 2018-09-09 13:54:18 -0400 |
| commit | faea5bfc5a975874acf763082852ed532ed81a95 (patch) | |
| tree | d314b9270d27d683a87f24780bab96281ecf223b /doc/release-notes.md | |
| parent | fa14b54a872ef0ff755e3c1c0775904ca33cb5ff (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-faea5bfc5a975874acf763082852ed532ed81a95.tar.xz | |
doc: release notes for -enablebip61 default change
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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index d3ba067657..2044a50098 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ support versions of macOS older than 10.10. Notable changes =============== +Command line option changes +--------------------------- + +The `-enablebip61` command line 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. + Example item ------------ |