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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index ac49dc7909..740afd5137 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -61,7 +61,61 @@ RPC changes ### Low-level changes -- The `fundrawtransaction` rpc will reject the previously deprecated `reserveChangeKey` option. +- The `createrawtransaction` RPC will now accept an array or dictionary (kept for compatibility) for the `outputs` parameter. This means the order of transaction outputs can be specified by the client. +- The `fundrawtransaction` RPC will reject the previously deprecated `reserveChangeKey` option. +- Wallet `getnewaddress` and `addmultisigaddress` RPC `account` named + parameters have been renamed to `label` with no change in behavior. +- Wallet `getlabeladdress`, `getreceivedbylabel`, `listreceivedbylabel`, and + `setlabel` RPCs have been added to replace `getaccountaddress`, + `getreceivedbyaccount`, `listreceivedbyaccount`, and `setaccount` RPCs, + which are now deprecated. There is no change in behavior between the + new RPCs and deprecated RPCs. +- Wallet `listreceivedbylabel`, `listreceivedbyaccount` and `listunspent` RPCs + add `label` fields to returned JSON objects that previously only had + `account` fields. +- `sendmany` now shuffles outputs to improve privacy, so any previously expected behavior with regards to output ordering can no longer be relied upon. + +External wallet files +--------------------- + +The `-wallet=<path>` option now accepts full paths instead of requiring wallets +to be located in the -walletdir directory. + +Newly created wallet format +--------------------------- + +If `-wallet=<path>` is specified with a path that does not exist, it will now +create a wallet directory at the specified location (containing a wallet.dat +data file, a db.log file, and database/log.?????????? files) instead of just +creating a data file at the path and storing log files in the parent +directory. This should make backing up wallets more straightforward than +before because the specified wallet path can just be directly archived without +having to look in the parent directory for transaction log files. + +For backwards compatibility, wallet paths that are names of existing data files +in the `-walletdir` directory will continue to be accepted and interpreted the +same as before. + +Low-level RPC changes +--------------------- + +- When bitcoin is not started with any `-wallet=<path>` options, the name of + the default wallet returned by `getwalletinfo` and `listwallets` RPCs is + now the empty string `""` instead of `"wallet.dat"`. If bitcoin is started + with any `-wallet=<path>` options, there is no change in behavior, and the + name of any wallet is just its `<path>` string. + +### Logging + +- The log timestamp format is now ISO 8601 (e.g. "2018-02-28T12:34:56Z"). + +Miner block size removed +------------------------ + +The `-blockmaxsize` option for miners to limit their blocks' sizes was +deprecated in V0.15.1, and has now been removed. Miners should use the +`-blockmaxweight` option if they want to limit the weight of their blocks' +weights. Credits ======= |