diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/release-notes.md | 22 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 0a59d27a69..803bb33e6b 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -173,6 +173,28 @@ Compared to using `getrawtransaction`, this mechanism does not require with future block chain pruning functionality. It does mean the address needs to added to the wallet before the payment, though. +Consensus library +================= + +Starting from 0.10.0, the Bitcoin Core distribution includes a consensus library. + +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 such as [python_bitcoinlib](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-bitcoinlib) or +alternative node implementations. + +This library is called `libbitcoinconsensus.so` (or, `.dll` for Windows). +Its interface is defined in the C header [bitcoinconsensus.h](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/0.10/src/script/bitcoinconsensus.h). + +In its initial version the API includes two functions: + +- `bitcoinconsensus_verify_script` verifies a script. It returns whether the indicated input of the provided serialized transaction +correctly spends the passed scriptPubKey under additional constraints indicated by flags +- `bitcoinconsensus_version` returns the API version, currently at an experimental `0` + +The functionality is planned to be extended to e.g. UTXO management in upcoming releases, but the interface +for existing methods should remain stable. + 0.10.0 Release notes ======================= |