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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 4b5e3c56ed..ef072afd4d 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -45,14 +45,18 @@ using these calls with named arguments needs to be updated. Mining ------ -Getblocktemplate sets the segwit version bit even when the downstream -client has not been updated to include the segwit commitment. Ability -to enforce the rule is the only required criteria for safe activation, -but previously signaling was only requested if the miner could include -transactions in order to avoid a potential outcome where segwit would -activate at a time when no segwit transactions could be included. -Since many miners are now including the segwit commitment this concern -no longer applies. +In previous versions, getblocktemplate required segwit support from downstream +clients/miners once the feature activated on the network. In this version, it +now supports non-segwit clients even after activation, by removing all segwit +transactions from the returned block template. This allows non-segwit miners to +continue functioning correctly even after segwit has activated. + +Due to the limitations in previous versions, getblocktemplate also recommended +non-segwit clients to not signal for the segwit version-bit. Since this is no +longer an issue, getblocktemplate now always recommends signalling segwit for +all miners. This is safe because ability to enforce the rule is the only +required criteria for safe activation, not actually producing segwit-enabled +blocks. UTXO memory accounting ---------------------- |