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diff --git a/doc/release-notes-15437.md b/doc/release-notes-15437.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6614207757 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes-15437.md @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +P2P and network changes +----------------------- + +#### Removal of reject network messages from Bitcoin Core (BIP61) + +The command line option to enable BIP61 (`-enablebip61`) has been removed. + +This feature has been disabled by default since Bitcoin Core version 0.18.0. +Nodes on the network can not generally be trusted to send valid ("reject") +messages, so this should only ever be used when connected to a trusted node. +Please use the recommended alternatives if you rely on this deprecated feature: + +* Testing or debugging of implementations of the Bitcoin P2P network protocol + should be done by inspecting the log messages that are produced by a recent + version of Bitcoin Core. Bitcoin Core logs debug messages + (`-debug=<category>`) to a stream (`-printtoconsole`) or to a file + (`-debuglogfile=<debug.log>`). + +* Testing the validity of a block can be achieved by specific RPCs: + - `submitblock` + - `getblocktemplate` with `'mode'` set to `'proposal'` for blocks with + potentially invalid POW + +* Testing the validity of a transaction can be achieved by specific RPCs: + - `sendrawtransaction` + - `testmempoolaccept` + +* Wallets should not use the absence of "reject" messages to indicate a + transaction has propagated the network, nor should wallets use "reject" + messages to set transaction fees. Wallets should rather use fee estimation + to determine transaction fees and set replace-by-fee if desired. Thus, they + could wait until the transaction has confirmed (taking into account the fee + target they set (compare the RPC `estimatesmartfee`)) or listen for the + transaction announcement by other network peers to check for propagation. + +The removal of BIP61 REJECT message support also has the following minor RPC +and logging implications: + +* `testmempoolaccept` and `sendrawtransaction` no longer return the P2P REJECT + code when a transaction is not accepted to the mempool. They still return the + verbal reject reason. + +* Log messages that previously reported the REJECT code when a transaction was + not accepted to the mempool now no longer report the REJECT code. The reason + for rejection is still reported. + +Updated RPCs +------------ + +- `testmempoolaccept` and `sendrawtransaction` no longer return the P2P REJECT + code when a transaction is not accepted to the mempool. See the Section + _Removal of reject network messages from Bitcoin Core (BIP61)_ for details on + the removal of BIP61 REJECT message support. |