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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index c631c66c0c..240e132a83 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -146,6 +146,20 @@ HD wallets are incompatible with older versions of Bitcoin Core. [Pull request](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8035/files), [BIP 32](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0032.mediawiki) +Removal of internal miner +-------------------------- + +As CPU mining has been useless for a long time, the internal miner has been +removed in this release, and replaced with a simpler implementation for the +test framework. + +The overall result of this is that `setgenerate` RPC call has been removed, as +well as the `-gen` and `-genproclimit` command-line options. + +For testing, the `generate` call can still be used to mine a block, and a new +RPC call `generatetoaddress` has been added to mine to a specific address. This +works with wallet disabled. + Low-level P2P changes ---------------------- @@ -161,18 +175,20 @@ Low-level P2P changes transactions. To compensate for the removal of instant relay, the frequency of batch sending was doubled for outgoing peers. -- Since PR 7840 the BIP35 mempool command is also subject to batch processing. +- Since PR #7840 the BIP35 `mempool` command is also subject to batch processing. + Also the `mempool` message is no longer handled for non-whitelisted peers when + `NODE_BLOOM` is disabled through `-peerbloomfilters=0`. - The maximum size of orphan transactions that are kept in memory until their - ancestors arrive has been raised in PR 8179 from 5000 to 99999 bytes. They + ancestors arrive has been raised in PR #8179 from 5000 to 99999 bytes. They are now also removed from memory when they are included in a block, conflict with a block, and time out after 20 minutes. - We respond at most once to a getaddr request during the lifetime of a - connection since PR 7856. + connection since PR #7856. - Connections to peers who have recently been the first one to give us a valid - new block or transaction are protected from disconnections since PR 8084. + new block or transaction are protected from disconnections since PR #8084. Low-level RPC changes ---------------------- @@ -203,6 +219,8 @@ Low-level RPC changes - REST `/rest/block/` (JSON format when including extended tx details) - `bitcoin-tx -json` +- The sorting of the output of the `getrawmempool` output has changed. + Low-level ZMQ changes ---------------------- |