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authorWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>2018-01-31 12:28:35 +0100
committerWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>2018-01-31 12:30:09 +0100
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doc: Explain how to update chainTxData in release process
Adds a short explanation how to update chainTxData to the release process. Mention where to get the data, and link to an example.
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@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ Before every major release:
* Update hardcoded [seeds](/contrib/seeds/README.md), see [this pull request](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7415) for an example.
* Update [`BLOCK_CHAIN_SIZE`](/src/qt/intro.cpp) to the current size plus some overhead.
-* Update `src/chainparams.cpp` chainTxData with statistics about the transaction count and rate.
+* Update `src/chainparams.cpp` chainTxData with statistics about the transaction count and rate. Use the output of the RPC `getchaintxstats`, see
+ [this pull request](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/12270) for an example.
* Update version of `contrib/gitian-descriptors/*.yml`: usually one'd want to do this on master after branching off the release - but be sure to at least do it before a new major release
### First time / New builders