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(note: this is a temporary file, to be added-to by anybody, and moved to
release-notes at release time)
+Transaction fee changes
+=======================
+
+This release automatically estimates how high a transaction fee (or how
+high a priority) transactions require to be confirmed quickly. The default
+settings will create transactions that confirm quickly; see the new
+'txconfirmtarget' setting to control the tradeoff between fees and
+confirmation times.
+
+Prior releases used hard-coded fees (and priorities), and would
+sometimes create transactions that took a very long time to confirm.
+
+
+New Command Line Options
+========================
+
+-txconfirmtarget=n : create transactions that have enough fees (or priority)
+so they are likely to confirm within n blocks (default: 1). This setting
+is over-ridden by the -paytxfee option.
+
New RPC methods
===============