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diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.1.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.1.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d99361ae1d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.1.md @@ -0,0 +1,145 @@ +Bitcoin Core version 0.16.1 is now available from: + + <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.16.1/> + +This is a new minor version release, with various bugfixes +as well as updated translations. + +Please report bugs using the issue tracker at GitHub: + + <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues> + +To receive security and update notifications, please subscribe to: + + <https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/> + +How to Upgrade +============== + +If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely +shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the +installer (on Windows) or just copy over `/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt` (on Mac) +or `bitcoind`/`bitcoin-qt` (on Linux). + +The first time you run version 0.15.0 or newer, your chainstate database will be converted to a +new format, which will take anywhere from a few minutes to half an hour, +depending on the speed of your machine. + +Note that the block database format also changed in version 0.8.0 and there is no +automatic upgrade code from before version 0.8 to version 0.15.0 or higher. Upgrading +directly from 0.7.x and earlier without re-downloading the blockchain is not supported. +However, as usual, old wallet versions are still supported. + +Downgrading warning +------------------- + +Wallets created in 0.16 and later are not compatible with versions prior to 0.16 +and will not work if you try to use newly created wallets in older versions. Existing +wallets that were created with older versions are not affected by this. + +Compatibility +============== + +Bitcoin Core is extensively tested on multiple operating systems using +the Linux kernel, macOS 10.8+, and Windows Vista and later. Windows XP is not supported. + +Bitcoin Core should also work on most other Unix-like systems but is not +frequently tested on them. + +Notable changes +=============== + +Miner block size removed +------------------------ + +The `-blockmaxsize` option for miners to limit their blocks' sizes was +deprecated in version 0.15.1, and has now been removed. Miners should use the +`-blockmaxweight` option if they want to limit the weight of their blocks' +weights. + +0.16.1 change log +------------------ + +### Policy +- #11423 `d353dd1` [Policy] Several transaction standardness rules (jl2012) + +### Mining +- #12756 `e802c22` [config] Remove blockmaxsize option (jnewbery) + +### Block and transaction handling +- #13199 `c71e535` Bugfix: ensure consistency of m_failed_blocks after reconsiderblock (sdaftuar) +- #13023 `bb79aaf` Fix some concurrency issues in ActivateBestChain() (skeees) + +### P2P protocol and network code +- #12626 `f60e84d` Limit the number of IPs addrman learns from each DNS seeder (EthanHeilman) + +### Wallet +- #13265 `5d8de76` Exit SyncMetaData if there are no transactions to sync (laanwj) +- #13030 `5ff571e` Fix zapwallettxes/multiwallet interaction. (jnewbery) + +### GUI +- #12999 `1720eb3` Show the Window when double clicking the taskbar icon (ken2812221) +- #12650 `f118a7a` Fix issue: "default port not shown correctly in settings dialog" (251Labs) +- #13251 `ea487f9` Rephrase Bech32 checkbox texts, and enable it with legacy address default (fanquake) + +### Build system +- #12474 `b0f692f` Allow depends system to support armv7l (hkjn) +- #12585 `72a3290` depends: Switch to downloading expat from GitHub (fanquake) +- #12648 `46ca8f3` test: Update trusted git root (MarcoFalke) +- #11995 `686cb86` depends: Fix Qt build with Xcode 9 (fanquake) +- #12636 `845838c` backport: #11995 Fix Qt build with Xcode 9 (fanquake) +- #12946 `e055bc0` depends: Fix Qt build with XCode 9.3 (fanquake) +- #12998 `7847b92` Default to defining endian-conversion DECLs in compat w/o config (TheBlueMatt) + +### Tests and QA +- #12447 `01f931b` Add missing signal.h header (laanwj) +- #12545 `1286f3e` Use wait_until to ensure ping goes out (Empact) +- #12804 `4bdb0ce` Fix intermittent rpc_net.py failure. (jnewbery) +- #12553 `0e98f96` Prefer wait_until over polling with time.sleep (Empact) +- #12486 `cfebd40` Round target fee to 8 decimals in assert_fee_amount (kallewoof) +- #12843 `df38b13` Test starting bitcoind with -h and -version (jnewbery) +- #12475 `41c29f6` Fix python TypeError in script.py (MarcoFalke) +- #12638 `0a76ed2` Cache only chain and wallet for regtest datadir (MarcoFalke) +- #12902 `7460945` Handle potential cookie race when starting node (sdaftuar) +- #12904 `6c26df0` Ensure bitcoind processes are cleaned up when tests end (sdaftuar) +- #13049 `9ea62a3` Backports (MarcoFalke) +- #13201 `b8aacd6` Handle disconnect_node race (sdaftuar) + +### Miscellaneous +- #12518 `a17fecf` Bump leveldb subtree (MarcoFalke) +- #12442 `f3b8d85` devtools: Exclude patches from lint-whitespace (MarcoFalke) +- #12988 `acdf433` Hold cs_main while calling UpdatedBlockTip() signal (skeees) +- #12985 `0684cf9` Windows: Avoid launching as admin when NSIS installer ends. (JeremyRand) + +### Documentation +- #12637 `60086dd` backport: #12556 fix version typo in getpeerinfo RPC call help (fanquake) +- #13184 `4087dd0` RPC Docs: `gettxout*`: clarify bestblock and unspent counts (harding) +- #13246 `6de7543` Bump to Ubuntu Bionic 18.04 in build-windows.md (ken2812221) +- #12556 `e730b82` Fix version typo in getpeerinfo RPC call help (tamasblummer) + +Credits +======= + +Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release: + +- 251 +- Ben Woosley +- Chun Kuan Lee +- David A. Harding +- e0 +- fanquake +- Henrik Jonsson +- JeremyRand +- Jesse Cohen +- John Newbery +- Johnson Lau +- Karl-Johan Alm +- Luke Dashjr +- MarcoFalke +- Matt Corallo +- Pieter Wuille +- Suhas Daftuar +- Tamas Blummer +- Wladimir J. van der Laan + +As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/). |