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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 29377d4a1d..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. @@ -56,70 +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. - -Replace-By-Fee by default in GUI --------------------------------- -The send screen now uses BIP-125 RBF by default, regardless of `-walletrbf`. -There is a checkbox to mark the transaction as final. - -The RPC default remains unchanged: to use RBF, launch with `-walletrbf=1` or -use the `replaceable` argument for individual transactions. - -Wallets directory configuration (`-walletdir`) ----------------------------------------------- - -Bitcoin Core now has more flexibility in where the wallets directory can be -located. Previously wallet database files were stored at the top level of the -bitcoin data directory. The behavior is now: - -- For new installations (where the data directory doesn't already exist), - wallets will now be stored in a new `wallets/` subdirectory inside the data - directory by default. -- For existing nodes (where the data directory already exists), wallets will be - stored in the data directory root by default. If a `wallets/` subdirectory - already exists in the data directory root, then wallets will be stored in the - `wallets/` subdirectory by default. -- The location of the wallets directory can be overridden by specifying a - `-walletdir=<path>` option where `<path>` can be an absolute path to a - directory or directory symlink. - -Care should be taken when choosing the wallets directory location, as if it -becomes unavailable during operation, funds may be lost. - -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. -- The wallet RPC `addwitnessaddress` was deprecated and will be removed in version 0.17, - set the `address_type` argument of `getnewaddress`, or option `-addresstype=[bech32|p2sh-segwit]` instead. - -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. - - -- `dumpwallet` now includes hex-encoded scripts from the wallet in the dumpfile, and - `importwallet` now imports these scripts, but corresponding addresses may not be added - correctly or a manual rescan may be required to find relevant transactions. +RPC changes +------------ + +### Low-level changes + +- The `fundrawtransaction` rpc will reject the previously deprecated `reserveChangeKey` option. Credits ======= |