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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 7ee73246a9..fccb5a355b 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -Bitcoin Core version 0.9.4 is now available from: +Bitcoin Core version 0.9.5 is now available from: - https://bitcoin.org/bin/0.9.4/ + https://bitcoin.org/bin/0.9.5/ This is a new minor version release, bringing only bug fixes and updated translations. Upgrading to this release is recommended. @@ -17,79 +17,43 @@ shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the installer (on Windows) or just copy over /Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac) or bitcoind/bitcoin-qt (on Linux). -OpenSSL Warning +Notable changes ================ -OpenSSL 1.0.0p / 1.0.1k was recently released and is being pushed out by -various operating system maintainers. Review by Gregory Maxwell determined that -this update is incompatible with the Bitcoin system and could lead to consensus -forks. +Mining and relay policy enhancements +------------------------------------ -Bitcoin Core released binaries from https://bitcoin.org are unaffected, -as are any built with the gitian deterministic build system. +Bitcoin Core's block templates are now for version 3 blocks only, and any mining +software relying on its `getblocktemplate` must be updated in parallel to use +libblkmaker either version 0.4.2 or any version from 0.5.1 onward. +If you are solo mining, this will affect you the moment you upgrade Bitcoin +Core, which must be done prior to BIP66 achieving its 951/1001 status. +If you are mining with the stratum mining protocol: this does not affect you. +If you are mining with the getblocktemplate protocol to a pool: this will affect +you at the pool operator's discretion, which must be no later than BIP66 +achieving its 951/1001 status. -However, if you are running either - -- The Ubuntu PPA from https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin/+archive/ubuntu/bitcoin -- A third-party or self-compiled Bitcoin Core - -upgrade to Bitcoin Core 0.9.4, which includes a workaround, **before** updating -OpenSSL. - -The incompatibility is due to the OpenSSL update changing the -behavior of ECDSA validation to reject any signature which is -not encoded in a very rigid manner. This was a result of -OpenSSL's change for CVE-2014-8275 "Certificate fingerprints -can be modified". - -We are specifically aware of potential hard-forks due to signature -encoding handling and had been hoping to close them via BIP62 in 0.10. -BIP62's purpose is to improve transaction malleability handling and -as a side effect rigidly defines the encoding for signatures, but the -overall scope of BIP62 has made it take longer than we'd like to -deploy. - -0.9.4 changelog +0.9.5 changelog ================ -Validation: -- `b8e81b7` consensus: guard against openssl's new strict DER checks -- `60c51f1` fail immediately on an empty signature -- `037bfef` Improve robustness of DER recoding code - -Command-line options: -- `cd5164a` Make -proxy set all network types, avoiding a connect leak. - -P2P: -- `bb424e4` Limit the number of new addressses to accumulate - -RPC: -- `0a94661` Disable SSLv3 (in favor of TLS) for the RPC client and server. - -Build system: -- `f047dfa` gitian: openssl-1.0.1i.tar.gz -> openssl-1.0.1k.tar.gz -- `5b9f78d` build: Fix OSX build when using Homebrew and qt5 -- `ffab1dd` Keep symlinks when copying into .app bundle -- `613247f` osx: fix signing to make Gatekeeper happy (again) - -Miscellaneous: -- `25b49b5` Refactor -alertnotify code -- `2743529` doc: Add instructions for consistent Mac OS X build names +- `74f29c2` Check pindexBestForkBase for null +- `9cd1dd9` Fix priority calculation in CreateTransaction +- `6b4163b` Sanitize command strings before logging them. +- `3230b32` Raise version of created blocks, and enforce DERSIG in mempool +- `989d499` Backport of some of BIP66's tests +- `ab03660` Implement BIP 66 validation rules and switchover logic +- `8438074` build: fix dynamic boost check when --with-boost= is used Credits -------- Thanks to who contributed to this release, at least: +- 21E14 +- Alex Morcos - Cory Fields -- Gavin Andresen - Gregory Maxwell -- Jeff Garzik -- Luke Dashjr -- Matt Corallo - Pieter Wuille -- Saivann -- Sergio Demian Lerner - Wladimir J. van der Laan As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/). |