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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 2c63b1f88e..f7590d2eb5 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -1,9 +1,6 @@ -(note: this is a temporary file, to be added-to by anybody, and moved to -release-notes at release time) +Bitcoin Core version 0.16.x is now available from: -Bitcoin Core version *version* is now available from: - - <https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-*version*/> + <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.16.x/> This is a new major version release, including new features, various bugfixes and performance improvements, as well as updated translations. @@ -24,25 +21,21 @@ shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the installer (on Windows) or just copy over `/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt` (on Mac) or `bitcoind`/`bitcoin-qt` (on Linux). -The first time you run version 0.15.0, your chainstate database will be converted to a +The first time you run version 0.15.0 or newer, your chainstate database will be converted to a new format, which will take anywhere from a few minutes to half an hour, depending on the speed of your machine. Note that the block database format also changed in version 0.8.0 and there is no -automatic upgrade code from before version 0.8 to version 0.15.0. Upgrading -directly from 0.7.x and earlier without redownloading the blockchain is not supported. +automatic upgrade code from before version 0.8 to version 0.15.0 or higher. Upgrading +directly from 0.7.x and earlier without re-downloading the blockchain is not supported. However, as usual, old wallet versions are still supported. Downgrading warning ------------------- -The chainstate database for this release is not compatible with previous -releases, so if you run 0.15 and then decide to switch back to any -older version, you will need to run the old release with the `-reindex-chainstate` -option to rebuild the chainstate data structures in the old format. - -If your node has pruning enabled, this will entail re-downloading and -processing the entire blockchain. +Wallets created in 0.16 and later are not compatible with versions prior to 0.16 +and will not work if you try to use newly created wallets in older versions. Existing +wallets that were created with older versions are not affected by this. Compatibility ============== @@ -56,45 +49,21 @@ frequently tested on them. Notable changes =============== -GCC 4.8.x --------------- -The minimum version of GCC required to compile Bitcoin Core is now 4.8. No effort will be -made to support older versions of GCC. See discussion in issue #11732 for more information. - -HD-wallets by default ---------------------- -Due to a backward-incompatible change in the wallet database, wallets created -with version 0.16.0 will be rejected by previous versions. Also, version 0.16.0 -will only create hierarchical deterministic (HD) wallets. - -Custom wallet directories ---------------------- -The ability to specify a directory other than the default data directory in which to store -wallets has been added. An existing directory can be specified using the `-walletdir=<dir>` -argument. Wallets loaded via `-wallet` arguments must be in this wallet directory. Care should be taken -when choosing a wallet directory location, as if it becomes unavailable during operation, -funds may be lost. - -Default wallet directory change --------------------------- -On new installations (if the data directory doesn't exist), wallets will now be stored in a -new `wallets/` subdirectory inside the data directory. If this `wallets/` subdirectory -doesn't exist (i.e. on existing nodes), the current datadir root is used instead, as it was. - -Low-level RPC changes ----------------------- -- The deprecated RPC `getinfo` was removed. It is recommended that the more specific RPCs are used: - * `getblockchaininfo` - * `getnetworkinfo` - * `getwalletinfo` - * `getmininginfo` -- The wallet RPC `getreceivedbyaddress` will return an error if called with an address not in the wallet. +Example item +------------- + +Example item for a notable change. + +0.16.x change log +------------------ +(to be filled in at release time) Credits ======= Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release: +(to be filled in at release time) As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/). |