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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 8bf0b50bc0..f16eec32a2 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -1,304 +1,2 @@ -Bitcoin Core version 0.9.0rc1 is now available from: - - http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.9.0rc1/ - -This is a release candidate for a new major version. A major version brings -both new features and bug fixes. - -Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github: - - https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues - -How to Upgrade --------------- - -If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely -shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), uninstall all -earlier versions of Bitcoin, then run the installer (on Windows) or just copy -over /Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac) or bitcoind/bitcoin-qt (on Linux). - -If you are upgrading from version 0.7.2 or earlier, the first time you run -0.9.0 your blockchain files will be re-indexed, which will take anywhere from -30 minutes to several hours, depending on the speed of your machine. - -On Windows, do not forget to uninstall all earlier versions of the Bitcoin -client first, especially if you are switching to the 64-bit version. - -Windows 64-bit installer -------------------------- - -New in 0.9.0 is the Windows 64-bit version of the client. There have been -frequent reports of users running out of virtual memory on 32-bit systems -during the initial sync. Because of this it is recommended to install the -64-bit version if your system supports it. - -Rebranding to Bitcoin Core ---------------------------- - -To reduce confusion between Bitcoin-the-network and Bitcoin-the-software we -have renamed the reference client to Bitcoin Core. - -Autotools build system ------------------------ - -For 0.9.0 we switched to an autotools-based build system instead of individual -(q)makefiles. - -Using the standard “./autogen.sh; ./configure; make” to build Bitcoin-Qt and -bitcoind makes it easier for experienced open source developers to contribute -to the project. - -Be sure to check doc/build-*.md for your platform before building from source. - -Bitcoin-cli -------------- - -Another change in the 0.9 release is moving away from the bitcoind executable -functioning both as a server and as a RPC client. The RPC client functionality -(“tell the running bitcoin daemon to do THIS”) was split into a separate -executable, 'bitcoin-cli'. The RPC client code will eventually be removed from -bitcoind, but will be kept for backwards compatibility for a release or two. - -`walletpassphrase` RPC ------------------------ - -The behavior of the `walletpassphrase` RPC when the wallet is already unlocked -has changed between 0.8 and 0.9. - -The 0.8 behavior of `walletpassphrase` is to fail when the wallet is already unlocked: - - > walletpassphrase 1000 - walletunlocktime = now + 1000 - > walletpassphrase 10 - Error: Wallet is already unlocked (old unlock time stays) - -The new behavior of `walletpassphrase` is to set a new unlock time overriding -the old one: - - > walletpassphrase 1000 - walletunlocktime = now + 1000 - > walletpassphrase 10 - walletunlocktime = now + 10 (overriding the old unlock time) - -0.9.0rc1 Release notes -======================= - -RPC: - -- 'listreceivedbyaddress' now provides tx ids -- Updated help and tests for 'getreceivedby(account|address)' -- In 'getblock', accept 2nd 'verbose' parameter, similar to getrawtransaction, - but defaulting to 1 for backward compatibility -- Add 'verifychain', to verify chain database at runtime -- Add 'dumpwallet' and 'importwallet' RPCs -- 'keypoolrefill' gains optional size parameter -- Add 'getbestblockhash', to return tip of best chain -- Add 'chainwork' (the total work done by all blocks since the genesis block) - to 'getblock' output -- Make RPC password resistant to timing attacks -- Clarify help messages and add examples -- Add 'getrawchangeaddress' call for raw transaction change destinations -- Reject insanely high fees by default in 'sendrawtransaction' -- Add RPC call 'decodescript' to decode a hex-encoded transaction script -- Make 'validateaddress' provide redeemScript -- Add 'getnetworkhashps' to get the calculated network hashrate -- New RPC 'ping' command to request ping, new 'pingtime' and 'pingwait' fields - in 'getpeerinfo' output -- Adding new 'addrlocal' field to 'getpeerinfo' output -- Add verbose boolean to 'getrawmempool' -- Add rpc command 'getunconfirmedbalance' to obtain total unconfirmed balance -- Explicitly ensure that wallet is unlocked in `importprivkey` -- Add check for valid keys in `importprivkey` - -Command-line options: - -- Rename option '-tor' to '-onion' to better reflect what it does -- Add '-disablewallet' mode to let bitcoind run entirely without wallet (when - built with wallet) -- Update default '-rpcsslciphers' to include TLSv1.2 -- make '-logtimestamps' default on and rework help-message -- RPC client option: '-rpcwait', to wait for server start -- Remove '-logtodebugger' -- Allow `-noserver` with bitcoind - -Block-chain handling and storage: - -- Update leveldb to 1.15 -- Check for correct genesis (prevent cases where a datadir from the wrong - network is accidentally loaded) -- Allow txindex to be removed and add a reindex dialog -- Log aborted block database rebuilds -- Store orphan blocks in serialized form, to save memory -- Limit the number of orphan blocks in memory to 750 -- Fix non-standard disconnected transactions causing mempool orphans -- Add a new checkpoint at block 279,000 - -Wallet: - -- Store key creation time. Calculate whole-wallet birthday. -- Optimize rescan to skip blocks prior to birthday -- Let user select wallet file with -wallet=foo.dat -- Consider generated coins mature at 101 instead of 120 blocks -- Improve wallet load time -- Don't count txins for priority to encourage sweeping -- Don't create empty transactions when reading a corrupted wallet -- Fix rescan to start from beginning after importprivkey -- Only create signatures with low S values. - -Mining: - -- Increase default -blockmaxsize/prioritysize to 750K/50K -- 'getblocktemplate' does not require a key to create a block template - -Protocol and network: - -- Send tx relay flag with version -- New 'reject' P2P message (BIP 0061, see https://gist.github.com/gavinandresen/7079034 for draft) -- Dump addresses every 15 minutes instead of 10 seconds -- Relay OP_RETURN data TxOut as standard transaction type -- Remove CENT-output free transaction rule when relaying -- Lower maximum size for free transaction creation -- Send multiple inv messages if mempool.size > MAX_INV_SZ -- Split MIN_PROTO_VERSION into INIT_PROTO_VERSION and MIN_PEER_PROTO_VERSION -- Do not treat fFromMe transaction differently when broadcasting -- Process received messages one at a time without sleeping between messages -- Improve logging of failed connections -- Bump protocol version to 70002 -- Add some additional logging to give extra network insight -- Added new DNS seed from bitcoinstats.com - -Validation: - -- Log reason for non-standard transaction rejection -- Prune provably-unspendable outputs, and adapt consistency check for it. -- Detect any sufficiently long fork and add a warning -- Call the -alertnotify script when we see a long or invalid fork -- Fix multi-block reorg transaction resurrection -- Reject non-canonically-encoded serialization sizes -- Reject dust amounts during validation -- Accept nLockTime transactions that finalize in the next block - -Build system: - -- Switch to autotools-based build system -- Build without wallet by passing `--disable-wallet` to configure, this removes - the BerkeleyDB dependency -- Upgrade gitian dependencies (libpng, libz, libupnpc, boost, openssl) to more - recent versions -- Windows 64-bit build support -- Solaris compatibility fixes -- Check integrity of gitian input source tarballs -- Enable full GCC Stack-smashing protection for all OSes - -GUI: - -- Switch to Qt 5.2.0 for Windows build -- Add payment request (BIP 0070) support -- Improve options dialog -- Show transaction fee in new send confirmation dialog -- Add total balance in overview page -- Allow user to choose data directory on first start, when data directory is - missing, or when the -choosedatadir option is passed -- Save and restore window positions -- Add vout index to transaction id in transactions details dialog -- Add network traffic graph in debug window -- Add open URI dialog -- Add Coin Control Features -- Improve receive coins workflow: make the 'Receive' tab into a form to request - payments, and move historical address list functionality to File menu. -- Rebrand to `Bitcoin Core` -- Move initialization/shutdown to a thread. This prevents “Not responding” - messages during startup. Also show a window during shutdown. -- Don't regenerate autostart link on every client startup -- Show and store message of normal bitcoin:URI -- Fix richtext detection hang issue on very old Qt versions -- osx: Make use of the 10.8+ user notification center to display growl like - notifications -- osx: Added NSHighResolutionCapable flag to Info.plist for better font - rendering on Retina displays. -- osx: Fix bitcoin-qt startup crash when clicking dock icon -- linux: Fix Gnome bitcoin: URI handler - -Miscellaneous: - -- Add Linux script (contrib/qos/tc.sh) to limit outgoing bandwidth -- Add '-regtest' mode, similar to testnet but private with instant block - generation with 'setgenerate' RPC. -- Add 'linearize.py' script to contrib, for creating bootstrap.dat -- Add separate bitcoin-cli client - -Credits --------- - -Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release: - -- Andrey -- bitsofproof -- Brandon Dahler -- Christian Decker -- Christopher Latham -- Chuck -- coblee -- constantined -- Cory Fields -- Cozz Lovan -- Daniel Larimer -- David Hill -- Dmitry Smirnov -- Eric Lombrozo -- fanquake -- fcicq -- Florin -- Gavin Andresen -- Gregory Maxwell -- Guillermo Céspedes Tabárez -- HaltingState -- Han Lin Yap -- harry -- Jeff Garzik -- Johnathan Corgan -- Jonas Schnelli -- Josh Lehan -- Josh Triplett -- Julian Langschaedel -- Kangmo -- Lake Denman -- Luke Dashjr -- Mark Friedenbach -- Matt Corallo -- Michael Bauer -- Michael Ford -- Michagogo -- Mike Hearn -- Nils Schneider -- Olivier Langlois -- patrick s -- Patrick Strateman -- Peter Todd -- phantomcircuit -- phelixbtc -- Philip Kaufmann -- Pieter Wuille -- Rav3nPL -- regergregregerrge -- Robert Backhaus -- Roman Mindalev -- Rune K. Svendsen -- Ryan Niebur -- Scott Ellis -- Scott Willeke -- Sergey Kazenyuk -- Shawn Wilkinson -- Sined -- sje -- super3 -- Tamas Blummer -- theuni -- Thomas Holenstein -- Timon Rapp -- Timothy Stranex -- Vaclav Vobornik -- vhf / victor felder -- Vinnie Falco -- Warren Togami -- Wladimir J. van der Laan +(note: this is a temporary file, to be added-to by anybody, and moved to +release-notes at release time) |