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authorDavid A. Harding <dave@dtrt.org>2019-01-02 15:13:27 -0500
committerDavid A. Harding <dave@dtrt.org>2019-01-02 20:27:06 -0500
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Release notes: update notes through fb52d0684
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@@ -72,16 +72,37 @@ Mining
- Calls to `getblocktemplate` will fail if the segwit rule is not specified.
Calling `getblocktemplate` without segwit specified is almost certainly
a misconfiguration since doing so results in lower rewards for the miner.
-
-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.
+ Failed calls will produce an error message describing how to enable the
+ segwit rule.
+
+Configuration option changes
+----------------------------
+
+- A warning is printed if an unrecognized section name is used in the
+ configuration file. Recognized sections are `[test]`, `[main]`, and
+ `[regtest]`.
+
+- The `enablebip61` 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.
+
+- The `rpcallowip` option can no longer be used to automatically listen
+ on all network interfaces. Instead, the `rpcbind` parameter must also
+ be used to specify the IP addresses to listen on. Listening for RPC
+ commands over a public network connection is insecure and should be
+ disabled, so a warning is now printed if a user selects such a
+ configuration. If you need to expose RPC in order to use a tool
+ like Docker, ensure you only bind RPC to your localhost, e.g. `docker
+ run [...] -p 127.0.0.1:8332:8332` (this is an extra `:8332` over the
+ normal Docker port specification).
+
+- The `rpcpassword` option now causes a startup error if the password
+ set in the configuration file contains a hash character (#), as it's
+ ambiguous whether the hash character is meant for the password or as a
+ comment.
Documentation
-------------
@@ -168,7 +189,7 @@ Updated RPCs
Note: some low-level RPC changes mainly useful for testing are described
in the Low-level Changes section below.
-- The `getpeerinfo` RPC now returns an additional "minfeefilter" field
+- The `getpeerinfo` RPC now returns an additional `minfeefilter` field
set to the peer's BIP133 fee filter. You can use this to detect that
you have peers that are willing to accept transactions below the
default minimum relay fee.
@@ -192,6 +213,22 @@ in the Low-level Changes section below.
- See the [Mining](#mining) section for changes to `getblocktemplate`.
+Graphical User Interface (GUI)
+------------------------------
+
+- A new Window menu is added alongside the existing File, Settings, and
+ Help menus. Several items from the other menus that opened new
+ windows have been moved to this new Window menu.
+
+- In the Send tab, the checkbox for "pay only the required fee"
+ has been removed. Instead, the user can simply decrease the value in
+ the Custom Feerate field all the way down to the node's configured
+ minimum relay fee.
+
+- In the Overview tab, the watch-only balance will be the only
+ balance shown if the wallet was created using the `createwallet` RPC
+ and the `disable_private_keys` parameter was set to true.
+
Low-level changes
=================
@@ -216,6 +253,16 @@ Configuration
deterministic wallets. This release makes specifying `-usehd` an
invalid configuration option.
+Changes for particular platforms
+--------------------------------
+
+- On macOS, Bitcoin Core now opts out of application CPU throttling
+ ("app nap") during initial blockchain download, when catching up from
+ over 100 blocks behind the current chain tip, or when reindexing chain
+ data. This helps prevent these operations from taking an excessively
+ long time because the operating system is attempting to conserve
+ power.
+
Credits
=======