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diff --git a/doc/release-notes-29189.md b/doc/release-notes-29189.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f75e450217 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes-29189.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +libbitcoinconsensus +======================== + +This library is deprecated and will be removed for v28. + +It has existed for nearly 10 years with very little known uptake or impact. It +has become a maintenance burden. + +The underlying functionality does not change between versions, so any users of +the library can continue to use the final release indefinitely, with the +understanding that Taproot is its final consensus update. + +In the future, libbitcoinkernel will provide a much more useful API that is +aware of the UTXO set, and therefore be able to fully validate transactions and +blocks. diff --git a/doc/shared-libraries.md b/doc/shared-libraries.md index 07aee46f0b..3a448c6556 100644 --- a/doc/shared-libraries.md +++ b/doc/shared-libraries.md @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Shared Libraries ================ ## bitcoinconsensus +***This library is deprecated and will be removed in v28*** The purpose of this library is to make the verification functionality that is critical to Bitcoin's consensus available to other applications, e.g. to language bindings. |