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an optional third arg, which was always ignored. Make sure to never pass more
than two arguments.
+Fee Estimation Changes
+----------------------
+
+- Since 0.13.2 fee estimation for a confirmation target of 1 block has been
+ disabled. This is only a minor behavior change as there was often insufficient
+ data for this target anyway. `estimatefee 1` will now always return -1 and
+ `estimatesmartfee 1` will start searching at a target of 2.
+
+- The default target for fee estimation is changed to 6 blocks in both the GUI
+ (previously 25) and for RPC calls (previously 2).
+
Removal of Priority Estimation
------------------------------
@@ -50,9 +61,11 @@ Removal of Priority Estimation
converted to the new format which is not readable by prior versions of the
software.
-- The concept of "priority" transactions is planned to be removed in the next
- major version. To prepare for this, the default for the rate limit of priority
- transactions (`-limitfreerelay`) has been set to `0` kB/minute.
+- The concept of "priority" (coin age) transactions is planned to be removed in
+ the next major version. To prepare for this, the default for the rate limit of
+ priority transactions (`-limitfreerelay`) has been set to `0` kB/minute. This
+ is not to be confused with the `prioritisetransaction` RPC which will remain
+ supported for adding fee deltas to transactions.
P2P connection management
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