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authortryphe <tryphe@users.noreply.github.com>2019-05-04 22:01:51 -0400
committerFabian Jahr <fjahr@protonmail.com>2019-11-05 16:47:26 +0100
commit104f7de5934f13b837fcf21f6d6b2559799eabe2 (patch)
tree036d1588cb7e48827a338a687be41e200c10a1c9 /doc
parenta689c119076c7b8dc5b4dea4539e4cbf5adfb72f (diff)
downloadbitcoin-104f7de5934f13b837fcf21f6d6b2559799eabe2.tar.xz
remove old bootstrap relevant code
- only load blockfiles when we have paths - add release notes for modified bootstrap functionality - amend documentation on ThreadImport
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@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ Threads
- ThreadScriptCheck : Verifies block scripts.
-- ThreadImport : Loads blocks from blk*.dat files or bootstrap.dat.
+- ThreadImport : Loads blocks from `blk*.dat` files or `-loadblock=<file>`.
- StartNode : Starts other threads.
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-15954.md b/doc/release-notes-15954.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Configuration option changes
+-----------------------------
+
+Importing blocks upon startup via the `bootstrap.dat` file no longer occurs by default. The file must now be specified with `-loadblock=<file>`.