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(note: this is a temporary file, to be added-to by anybody, and moved to
release-notes at release time)
+Bitcoin Core version *version* is now available from:
+
+ <https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-*version*/>
+
+This is a new major version release, including new features, various bugfixes
+and performance improvements, as well as updated translations.
+
+Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:
+
+ <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues>
+
+To receive security and update notifications, please subscribe to:
+
+ <https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/>
+
Notable changes
===============
@@ -28,6 +43,19 @@ RPC low-level changes
32-bit and 64-bit platforms, and the txids were missing in the hashed data. This has been
fixed, but this means that the output will be different than from previous versions.
+C++11 and Python 3
+-------------------
+
+Various code modernizations have been done. The Bitcoin Core code base has
+started using C++11. This means that a C++11-capable compiler is now needed for
+building. Effectively this means GCC 4.7 or higher, or Clang 3.3 or higher.
+
+When cross-compiling for a target that doesn't have C++11 libraries, configure with
+`./configure --enable-glibc-back-compat ... LDFLAGS=-static-libstdc++`.
+
+For running the functional tests in `qa/rpc-tests`, Python3.4 or higher is now
+required.
+
0.13.0 Change log
=================