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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index a8de76c078..b460cd3eb2 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Compatibility ============== Bitcoin Core is supported and extensively tested on operating systems -using the Linux kernel, macOS 10.14+, and Windows 7 and newer. Bitcoin +using the Linux kernel, macOS 10.15+, and Windows 7 and newer. Bitcoin Core should also work on most other Unix-like systems but is not as frequently tested on them. It is not recommended to use Bitcoin Core on unsupported systems. @@ -61,9 +61,44 @@ P2P and network changes They will become eligible for address gossip after sending an ADDR, ADDRV2, or GETADDR message. (#21528) +Fee estimation changes +---------------------- + +- Fee estimation now takes the feerate of replacement (RBF) transactions into + account. (#22539) + +Rescan startup parameter removed +-------------------------------- + +The `-rescan` startup parameter has been removed. Wallets which require +rescanning due to corruption will still be rescanned on startup. +Otherwise, please use the `rescanblockchain` RPC to trigger a rescan. (#23123) + Updated RPCs ------------ +- The `-deprecatedrpc=addresses` configuration option has been removed. RPCs + `gettxout`, `getrawtransaction`, `decoderawtransaction`, `decodescript`, + `gettransaction verbose=true` and REST endpoints `/rest/tx`, `/rest/getutxos`, + `/rest/block` no longer return the `addresses` and `reqSigs` fields, which + were previously deprecated in 22.0. (#22650) +- The `getblock` RPC command now supports verbose level 3 containing transaction inputs + `prevout` information. The existing `/rest/block/` REST endpoint is modified to contain + this information too. Every `vin` field will contain an additional `prevout` subfield + describing the spent output. `prevout` contains the following keys: + - `generated` - true if the spent coins was a coinbase. + - `height` + - `value` + - `scriptPubKey` + +- `listunspent` now includes `ancestorcount`, `ancestorsize`, and + `ancestorfees` for each transaction output that is still in the mempool. + (#12677) + +- `lockunspent` now optionally takes a third parameter, `persistent`, which + causes the lock to be written persistently to the wallet database. This + allows UTXOs to remain locked even after node restarts or crashes. (#23065) + New RPCs -------- @@ -86,6 +121,12 @@ New settings Updated settings ---------------- +- In previous releases, the meaning of the command line option + `-persistmempool` (without a value provided) incorrectly disabled mempool + persistence. `-persistmempool` is now treated like other boolean options to + mean `-persistmempool=1`. Passing `-persistmempool=0`, `-persistmempool=1` + and `-nopersistmempool` is unaffected. (#23061) + Tools and Utilities ------------------- @@ -101,6 +142,9 @@ Wallet GUI changes ----------- +- UTXOs which are locked via the GUI are now stored persistently in the + wallet database, so are not lost on node shutdown or crash. (#23065) + Low-level changes ================= @@ -113,10 +157,8 @@ Tests ----- - For the `regtest` network the activation heights of several softforks were - changed. - * BIP 34 (blockheight in coinbase) from 500 to 2 (#16333) - * BIP 66 (DERSIG) from 1251 to 102 (#22632) - * BIP 65 (CLTV) from 1351 to 111 (#21862) + set to block height 1. They can be changed by the runtime setting + `-testactivationheight=name@height`. (#22818) Credits ======= |