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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 78caddc8f0..ac49dc7909 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ release-notes at release time) Bitcoin Core version *version* is now available from: - <https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-*version*/> + <https://bitcoincore.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. @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Compatibility ============== Bitcoin Core is extensively tested on multiple operating systems using -the Linux kernel, macOS 10.8+, and Windows Vista and later. Windows XP is not supported. +the Linux kernel, macOS 10.8+, and Windows 7 and newer (Windows XP is not supported). Bitcoin Core should also work on most other Unix-like systems but is not frequently tested on them. @@ -56,49 +56,12 @@ 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. - -Changed command-line options ------------------------------ -- `-debuglogfile=<file>` can be used to specify an alternative debug logging file. - -Renamed script for creating JSON-RPC credentials ------------------------------ -The `share/rpcuser/rpcuser.py` script was renamed to `share/rpcauth/rpcauth.py`. This script can be -used to create `rpcauth` credentials for a JSON-RPC user. +RPC changes +------------ +### Low-level changes + +- The `fundrawtransaction` rpc will reject the previously deprecated `reserveChangeKey` option. Credits ======= |