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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 1a9790f146..0eb16156a0 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -168,27 +168,33 @@ three bytes overhead) Relay and Mining: Priority transactions --------------------------------------- -Transactions that do not pay the minimum relay fee, are called "free -transactions" or priority transactions. Bitcoin Core relays and mines -priority transactions depending on the setting of `-limitfreerelay=<r>` +Bitcoin Core has a heuristic 'priority' based on coin value and age for +transactions which do not meet pay the minimum relay fee. Bitcoin Core relays +and mines these transactions depending on the setting of `-limitfreerelay=<r>` (default: `r=15` kB per minute) and `-blockprioritysize=<s>`. -In Bitcoin Core 0.12, priority transactions are not accepted to the mempool nor -relayed if mempool limiting has triggered a higher effective minimum relay fee. +In Bitcoin Core 0.12 when mempool limit has been reached a higher minimum relay +fee takes effect to limit memory usage. Transactions which do not meet this +higher effective minimum relay fee will not be relayed or mined even if they +would rank highly according to the priority heuristic if they were accepted. -Mining of priority transactions is also now disabled by default. To re-enable -it, simply set `-blockprioritysize=<n>` where <n> is the size in bytes of your -blocks to reserve for priority transactions. The old default was 50k, so to -retain the same policy, you must set `-blockprioritysize=50000`. +In Bitcoin Core 0.12 the reserved space for priority heuristic selected +transactions is also set to zero. -Additionally, calculation of the priority for transactions received with -unconfirmed inputs is no longer updated accurately based on those inputs. +To re-enable it, simply set `-blockprioritysize=<n>` where is the size in bytes +of your blocks to reserve for these transactions. The old default was 50k, so +to retain the same policy, you would set `-blockprioritysize=50000`. + +Additionally, as a result of computational simplifications, the priority value +used for transactions received with unconfirmed inputs is lower than in prior +versions to due avoiding recomputing the amounts as transactions confirm. + +External miner policy set via the prioritisetransaction RPC to rank +transactions already in the mempool continues to work as it has previously. This internal automatic prioritization handling is being considered for removal -entirely in Bitcoin Core 0.13, and it is at this time undecided whether the -inaccurate priority calculation will be fixed or left as-is in future releases. -Community direction on this topic is particularly requested to help set project -priorities. +entirely in Bitcoin Core 0.13. Community direction on this topic is +particularly requested to help set project priorities. Automatically use Tor hidden services ------------------------------------- |