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| author | Pieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@gmail.com> | 2015-11-29 13:03:54 +0100 |
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| committer | Pieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@gmail.com> | 2015-11-29 13:06:13 +0100 |
| commit | 5d5ef3a4cf8e32cdf584811eb5415278f4ba9628 (patch) | |
| tree | dbb3a38aacfe94fcf662fd4fd61132c5ef0623ca /doc | |
| parent | c894fbbb1dc0778628fa3f246b92d673b3f70cfa (diff) | |
| parent | 49fb8e89b7036ea19a1275fc16bc0d2936619142 (diff) | |
Merge pull request #7129
49fb8e8 Documentation updates for BIP 130 (Pieter Wuille)
50262d8 Allow block announcements with headers (Suhas Daftuar)
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/bips.md | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/release-notes.md | 9 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/bips.md b/doc/bips.md index c780e2dde0..962b216123 100644 --- a/doc/bips.md +++ b/doc/bips.md @@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ BIPs that are implemented by Bitcoin Core (up-to-date up to **v0.12.0**): * [`BIP 66`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0066.mediawiki): The strict DER rules and associated version 3 blocks have been implemented since **v0.10.0** ([PR #5713](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/5713)). * [`BIP 70`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0070.mediawiki) [`71`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0071.mediawiki) [`72`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0072.mediawiki): Payment Protocol support has been available in Bitcoin Core GUI since **v0.9.0** ([PR #5216](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/5216)). * [`BIP 111`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0111.mediawiki): `NODE_BLOOM` service bit added, but only enforced for peer versions `>=70011` as of **v0.12.0** ([PR #6579](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/6579)). +* [`BIP 130`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0130.mediawiki): direct headers announcement is negotiated with peer versions `>=70012` as of **v0.12.0** ([PR 6494](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/6494)). diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 009baaed51..f7958381b6 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -206,6 +206,15 @@ Libsecp256k1 has undergone very extensive testing and validation. A side effect of this change is that libconsensus no longer depends on OpenSSL. +Direct headers announcement (BIP 130) +------------------------------------- + +Between compatible peers, BIP 130 direct headers announcement is used. This +means that blocks are advertized by announcing their headers directly, instead +of just announcing the hash. In a reorganization, all new headers are sent, +instead of just the new tip. This can often prevent an extra roundtrip before +the actual block is downloaded. + 0.12.0 Change log ================= |