Doc: move detached release notes into release-notes.md

19 files changed, 141 insertions, 143 deletions

diff --git a/doc/release-notes-0.18.1-16257.md b/doc/release-notes-0.18.1-16257.md
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-Wallet changes
---------------
-When creating a transaction with a fee above `-maxtxfee` (default 0.1 BTC),
-the RPC commands `walletcreatefundedpsbt` and  `fundrawtransaction` will now fail
-instead of rounding down the fee. Beware that the `feeRate` argument is specified
-in BTC per kilobyte, not satoshi per byte.
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-13756.md b/doc/release-notes-13756.md
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-Coin selection
---------------
-
-### Reuse Avoidance
-
-A new wallet flag `avoid_reuse` has been added (default off). When enabled,
-a wallet will distinguish between used and unused addresses, and default to not
-use the former in coin selection.
-
-Rescanning the blockchain is required, to correctly mark previously
-used destinations.
-
-Together with "avoid partial spends" (present as of Bitcoin v0.17), this
-addresses a serious privacy issue where a malicious user can track spends by
-peppering a previously paid to address with near-dust outputs, which would then
-be inadvertently included in future payments.
-
-New RPCs
---------
-
-- A new `setwalletflag` RPC sets/unsets flags for an existing wallet.
-
-
-Updated RPCs
-------------
-
-Several RPCs have been updated to include an "avoid_reuse" flag, used to control
-whether already used addresses should be left out or included in the operation.
-These include:
-
-- createwallet
-- getbalance
-- getbalances
-- sendtoaddress
-
-In addition, `sendtoaddress` has been changed to avoid partial spends when `avoid_reuse`
-is enabled (if not already enabled via the  `-avoidpartialspends` command line flag),
-as it would otherwise risk using up the "wrong" UTXO for an address reuse case.
-
-The listunspent RPC has also been updated to now include a "reused" bool, for nodes
-with "avoid_reuse" enabled.
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-14054.md b/doc/release-notes-14054.md
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-P2P changes
------------
-
-BIP 61 reject messages were deprecated in v0.18. They are now disabled by
-default, but can be enabled by setting the `-enablebip61` command line option.
-BIP 61 reject messages will be removed entirely in a future version of
-Bitcoin Core.
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-14802.md b/doc/release-notes-14802.md
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-RPC changes
------------
-The `getblockstats` RPC is faster for fee calculation by using BlockUndo data. Also, `-txindex` is no longer required and `getblockstats` works for all non-pruned blocks.
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-14954.md b/doc/release-notes-14954.md
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-Build system changes
---------------------
-Python >=3.5 is now required by all aspects of the project. This includes the build systems, test framework and linters. The previously supported minimum (3.4), was EOL in March 2019. See #14954 for more details.
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diff --git a/doc/release-notes-15006.md b/doc/release-notes-15006.md
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-Miscellaneous RPC changes
-------------
-
-- `createwallet` can now create encrypted wallets if a non-empty passphrase is specified.
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-15427.md b/doc/release-notes-15427.md
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-Updated RPCs
-------------
-
-The `utxoupdatepsbt` RPC method has been updated to take a `descriptors`
-argument. When provided, input and output scripts and keys will be filled in
-when known, and P2SH-witness inputs will be filled in from the UTXO set when a
-descriptor is provided that shows they're spending segwit outputs.
-
-See the RPC help text for full details.
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-15566.md b/doc/release-notes-15566.md
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-Miscellaneous CLI Changes
--------------------------
-- The `testnet` field in `bitcoin-cli -getinfo` has been renamed to `chain` and now returns the current network name as defined in BIP70 (main, test, regtest).
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diff --git a/doc/release-notes-15620.md b/doc/release-notes-15620.md
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-Updated RPCs
-------------
-
-* The -maxtxfee setting no longer has any effect on non-wallet RPCs.
-
-  The `sendrawtransaction` and `testmempoolaccept` RPC methods previously
-  accepted an `allowhighfees` parameter to fail the mempool acceptance in case
-  the transaction's fee would exceed the value of the command line argument
-  `-maxtxfee`. To uncouple the RPCs from the global option, they now have a
-  hardcoded default for the maximum transaction fee, that can be changed for
-  both RPCs on a per-call basis with the `maxfeerate` parameter. The
-  `allowhighfees` boolean option has been removed and replaced by the
-  `maxfeerate` numeric option.
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-15637.md b/doc/release-notes-15637.md
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-RPC changes
------------
-In getmempoolancestors, getmempooldescendants, getmempoolentry and getrawmempool RPCs, to be consistent with the returned value and other RPCs such as getrawtransaction, vsize has been added and size is now deprecated. size will only be returned if bitcoind is started with `-deprecatedrpc=size`.
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diff --git a/doc/release-notes-15730.md b/doc/release-notes-15730.md
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-RPC changes
------------
-The RPC `getwalletinfo` response now includes the `scanning` key with an object
-if there is a scanning in progress or `false` otherwise. Currently the object
-has the scanning duration and progress.
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-15849.md b/doc/release-notes-15849.md
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-Thread names in logs
---------------------
-
-On platforms supporting `thread_local`, log lines can be prefixed with the name
-of the thread that caused the log. To enable this behavior, use
-`-logthreadnames=1`.
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-15993.md b/doc/release-notes-15993.md
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-Build system changes
---------------------
-The minimum supported miniUPnPc API version is set to 10. This keeps compatibility with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Debian 8 `libminiupnpc-dev` packages. Please note, on Debian this package is still vulnerable to [CVE-2017-8798](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8798) (in jessie only) and [CVE-2017-1000494](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000494) (both in jessie and in stretch).
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-16060.md b/doc/release-notes-16060.md
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@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-Low-level RPC changes
-----------------------
-
-- Soft fork reporting in the `getblockchaininfo` return object has been
-  updated. For full details, see the RPC help text. In summary:
-  - The `bip9_softforks` sub-object is no longer returned
-  - The `softforks` sub-object now returns an object keyed by soft fork name,
-    rather than an array
-  - Each softfork object in the `softforks` object contains a `type` value which
-    is either `buried` (for soft fork deployments where the activation height is
-    hard-coded into the client implementation), or `bip9` (for soft fork deployments
-    where activation is controlled by BIP 9 signaling).
-
-- `getblocktemplate` no longer returns a `rules` array containing `CSV`
-  and `segwit` (the BIP 9 deployments that are currently in active state).
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-16383.md b/doc/release-notes-16383.md
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-RPC changes
------------
-
-RPCs which have an `include_watchonly` argument or `includeWatching`
-option now default to `true` for watch-only wallets. Affected RPCs
-are: `getbalance`, `listreceivedbyaddress`, `listreceivedbylabel`,
-`listtransactions`, `listsinceblock`, `gettransaction`,
-`walletcreatefundedpsbt`, and `fundrawtransaction`.
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-16394.md b/doc/release-notes-16394.md
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index f09cba4b6d..0000000000
--- a/doc/release-notes-16394.md
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-RPC changes
------------
-`createwallet` now returns a warning if an empty string is used as an encryption password, and does not encrypt the wallet, instead of raising an error.
-This makes it easier to disable encryption but also specify other options when using the `bitcoin-cli` tool.
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-16647.md b/doc/release-notes-16647.md
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index 7e5539cb0d..0000000000
--- a/doc/release-notes-16647.md
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-RPC changes
------------
-`getmempoolentry` now provides a `weight` field containing the transaction weight as defined in BIP 141.
diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
index e0673ae7ee..081e2e0a9b 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes.md
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ New RPCs
   `getunconfirmedbalance` and the balance fields in `getwalletinfo`, as well as
   `getbalance`. The old calls may be removed in a future version.
 
+- A new `setwalletflag` RPC sets/unsets flags for an existing wallet.
+
 Updated RPCs
 ------------
 
@@ -88,6 +90,67 @@ Low-level Changes section below.
   `-limitancestorcount`, `-limitdescendantcount` and `-walletrejectlongchains`
   command line arguments.
 
+- Several RPCs have been updated to include an "avoid_reuse" flag, used
+  to control whether already used addresses should be left out or
+  included in the operation.  These include:
+
+    - createwallet
+    - getbalance
+    - getbalances
+    - sendtoaddress
+
+  In addition, `sendtoaddress` has been changed to avoid partial spends
+  when `avoid_reuse` is enabled (if not already enabled via the
+  `-avoidpartialspends` command line flag), as it would otherwise risk
+  using up the "wrong" UTXO for an address reuse case.
+
+  The listunspent RPC has also been updated to now include a "reused"
+  bool, for nodes with "avoid_reuse" enabled.
+
+- The `getblockstats` RPC is faster for fee calculation by using
+  BlockUndo data. Also , `-txindex` is no longer required and
+  `getblockstats` works for all non-pruned blocks.
+
+- `createwallet` can now create encrypted wallets if a non-empty
+  passphrase is specified.
+
+- The `utxoupdatepsbt` RPC method has been updated to take a
+  `descriptors` argument. When provided, input and output scripts and
+  keys will be filled in when known, and P2SH-witness inputs will be
+  filled in from the UTXO set when a descriptor is provided that shows
+  they're spending segwit outputs.
+
+  See the RPC help text for full details.
+
+- The -maxtxfee setting no longer has any effect on non-wallet RPCs.
+
+  The `sendrawtransaction` and `testmempoolaccept` RPC methods previously
+  accepted an `allowhighfees` parameter to fail the mempool acceptance in case
+  the transaction's fee would exceed the value of the command line argument
+  `-maxtxfee`. To uncouple the RPCs from the global option, they now have a
+  hardcoded default for the maximum transaction fee, that can be changed for
+  both RPCs on a per-call basis with the `maxfeerate` parameter. The
+  `allowhighfees` boolean option has been removed and replaced by the
+  `maxfeerate` numeric option.
+
+- In getmempoolancestors, getmempooldescendants, getmempoolentry and
+  getrawmempool RPCs, to be consistent with the returned value and other
+  RPCs such as getrawtransaction, vsize has been added and size is now
+  deprecated. size will only be returned if bitcoind is started with
+  `-deprecatedrpc=size`.
+
+- The RPC `getwalletinfo` response now includes the `scanning` key with
+  an object if there is a scanning in progress or `false` otherwise.
+  Currently the object has the scanning duration and progress.
+
+- `createwallet` now returns a warning if an empty string is used as an
+  encryption password, and does not encrypt the wallet, instead of
+  raising an error.  This makes it easier to disable encryption but also
+  specify other options when using the `bitcoin-cli` tool.
+
+- `getmempoolentry` now provides a `weight` field containing the
+  transaction weight as defined in BIP 141.
+
 Deprecated or removed RPCs
 --------------------------
 
@@ -95,12 +158,51 @@ Deprecated or removed RPCs
   removed in 0.20.  To continue using this option start with
   `-deprecatedrpc=totalFee`.  See the `bumpfee` RPC help text for more details.
 
+P2P changes
+-----------
+
+- BIP 61 reject messages were deprecated in v0.18. They are now disabled
+  by default, but can be enabled by setting the `-enablebip61` command
+  line option.  BIP 61 reject messages will be removed entirely in a
+  future version of Bitcoin Core.
+
+- The default value for the -peerbloomfilters configuration option (and,
+  thus, NODE_BLOOM support) has been changed to false.  This resolves
+  well-known DoS vectors in Bitcoin Core, especially for nodes with
+  spinning disks. It is not anticipated that this will result in a
+  significant lack of availability of NODE_BLOOM-enabled nodes in the
+  coming years, however, clients which rely on the availability of
+  NODE_BLOOM-supporting nodes on the P2P network should consider the
+  process of migrating to a more modern (and less trustful and
+  privacy-violating) alternative over the coming years.
+
+Miscellaneous CLI Changes
+-------------------------
+- The `testnet` field in `bitcoin-cli -getinfo` has been renamed to
+  `chain` and now returns the current network name as defined in BIP70
+  (main, test, regtest).
+
 Low-level changes
 =================
 
 RPC
 ---
 
+- Soft fork reporting in the `getblockchaininfo` return object has been
+  updated. For full details, see the RPC help text. In summary:
+
+  - The `bip9_softforks` sub-object is no longer returned
+  - The `softforks` sub-object now returns an object keyed by soft fork name,
+    rather than an array
+  - Each softfork object in the `softforks` object contains a `type`
+    value which is either `buried` (for soft fork deployments where the
+    activation height is hard-coded into the client implementation), or
+    `bip9` (for soft fork deployments where activation is controlled by
+    BIP 9 signaling).
+
+- `getblocktemplate` no longer returns a `rules` array containing `CSV`
+  and `segwit` (the BIP 9 deployments that are currently in active
+  state).
 
 Tests
 -----
@@ -120,6 +222,10 @@ Configuration
   the selected network. This change takes only effect if the selected network
   is not mainnet.
 
+- On platforms supporting `thread_local`, log lines can be prefixed with
+  the name of the thread that caused the log. To enable this behavior,
+  use `-logthreadnames=1`.
+
 Network
 -------
 
@@ -141,6 +247,41 @@ Wallet
   the calls to any of the import RPCs would fail when the first block is
   pruned.
 
+- When creating a transaction with a fee above `-maxtxfee` (default 0.1
+  BTC), the RPC commands `walletcreatefundedpsbt` and
+  `fundrawtransaction` will now fail instead of rounding down the fee.
+  Beware that the `feeRate` argument is specified in BTC per kilobyte,
+  not satoshi per byte.
+
+- A new wallet flag `avoid_reuse` has been added (default off). When
+  enabled, a wallet will distinguish between used and unused addresses,
+  and default to not use the former in coin selection.
+
+  Rescanning the blockchain is required, to correctly mark previously
+  used destinations.
+
+  Together with "avoid partial spends" (present as of Bitcoin v0.17),
+  this addresses a serious privacy issue where a malicious user can
+  track spends by peppering a previously paid to address with near-dust
+  outputs, which would then be inadvertently included in future
+  payments.
+
+Build system changes
+--------------------
+
+- Python >=3.5 is now required by all aspects of the project. This
+  includes the build systems, test framework and linters. The previously
+  supported minimum (3.4), was E OL in March 2019. See #14954 for more
+  details.
+
+- The minimum supported miniUPnPc API version is set to 10. This keeps
+  compatibility with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Debian 8 `libminiupnpc-dev`
+  packages. Please note, on Debian this package is still vulnerable to
+  [CVE-2017-8798](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8798)
+  (in jessie only) and
+  [CVE-2017-1000494](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000494)
+  (both in jessie and in stretch).
+
 Credits
 =======
 
diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-16152.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-16152.md
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-P2P Changes
------------
-- The default value for the -peerbloomfilters configuration option (and, thus, NODE_BLOOM support) has been changed to false.
-  This resolves well-known DoS vectors in Bitcoin Core, especially for nodes with spinning disks. It is not anticipated that
-  this will result in a significant lack of availability of NODE_BLOOM-enabled nodes in the coming years, however, clients
-  which rely on the availability of NODE_BLOOM-supporting nodes on the P2P network should consider the process of migrating
-  to a more modern (and less trustful and privacy-violating) alternative over the coming years.