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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 5d1aa85593..257df52955 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -1,23 +1,9 @@ -*After branching off for a major version release of Bitcoin Core, use this -template to create the initial release notes draft.* - -*The release notes draft is a temporary file that can be added to by anyone. See -[/doc/developer-notes.md#release-notes](/doc/developer-notes.md#release-notes) -for the process.* - -*Create the draft, named* "*version* Release Notes Draft" -*(e.g. "22.0 Release Notes Draft"), as a collaborative wiki in:* - -https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-devwiki/wiki/ - -*Before the final release, move the notes back to this git repository.* - -*version* Release Notes Draft +23.1rc2 Release Notes Draft =============================== -Bitcoin Core version *version* is now available from: +Bitcoin Core version 23.1rc2 is now available from: - <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-*version*/> + <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-23.1/> This release includes new features, various bug fixes and performance improvements, as well as updated translations. @@ -35,7 +21,7 @@ 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 in some cases), then run the -installer (on Windows) or just copy over `/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt` (on Mac) +installer (on Windows) or just copy over `/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt` (on macOS) or `bitcoind`/`bitcoin-qt` (on Linux). Upgrading directly from a version of Bitcoin Core that has reached its EOL is @@ -51,182 +37,54 @@ Core should also work on most other Unix-like systems but is not as frequently tested on them. It is not recommended to use Bitcoin Core on unsupported systems. -Notable changes -=============== - -P2P and network changes ------------------------ - -- A bitcoind node will no longer rumour addresses to inbound peers by default. - They will become eligible for address gossip after sending an ADDR, ADDRV2, - or GETADDR message. (#21528) - -Fee estimation changes ----------------------- - -- Fee estimation now takes the feerate of replacement (RBF) transactions into - account. (#22539) - -Rescan startup parameter removed --------------------------------- - -The `-rescan` startup parameter has been removed. Wallets which require -rescanning due to corruption will still be rescanned on startup. -Otherwise, please use the `rescanblockchain` RPC to trigger a rescan. (#23123) - -Updated RPCs ------------- - -- The `validateaddress` RPC now returns an `error_locations` array for invalid - addresses, with the indices of invalid character locations in the address (if - known). For example, this will attempt to locate up to two Bech32 errors, and - return their locations if successful. Success and correctness are only guaranteed - if fewer than two substitution errors have been made. - The error message returned in the `error` field now also returns more specific - errors when decoding fails. (#16807) - -- The `-deprecatedrpc=addresses` configuration option has been removed. RPCs - `gettxout`, `getrawtransaction`, `decoderawtransaction`, `decodescript`, - `gettransaction verbose=true` and REST endpoints `/rest/tx`, `/rest/getutxos`, - `/rest/block` no longer return the `addresses` and `reqSigs` fields, which - were previously deprecated in 22.0. (#22650) -- The `getblock` RPC command now supports verbosity level 3 containing transaction inputs' - `prevout` information. The existing `/rest/block/` REST endpoint is modified to contain - this information too. Every `vin` field will contain an additional `prevout` subfield - describing the spent output. `prevout` contains the following keys: - - `generated` - true if the spent coins was a coinbase. - - `height` - - `value` - - `scriptPubKey` - -- The top-level fee fields `fee`, `modifiedfee`, `ancestorfees` and `descendantfees` - returned by RPCs `getmempoolentry`,`getrawmempool(verbose=true)`, - `getmempoolancestors(verbose=true)` and `getmempooldescendants(verbose=true)` - are deprecated and will be removed in the next major version (use - `-deprecated=fees` if needed in this version). The same fee fields can be accessed - through the `fees` object in the result. WARNING: deprecated - fields `ancestorfees` and `descendantfees` are denominated in sats, whereas all - fields in the `fees` object are denominated in BTC. (#22689) - -- Both `createmultisig` and `addmultisigaddress` now include a `warnings` - field, which will show a warning if a non-legacy address type is requested - when using uncompressed public keys. (#23113) - -New RPCs --------- - -- Information on soft fork status has been moved from `getblockchaininfo` - to the new `getdeploymentinfo` RPC which allows querying soft fork status at any - block, rather than just at the chain tip. Inclusion of soft fork - status in `getblockchaininfo` can currently be restored using the - configuration `-deprecatedrpc=softforks`, but this will be removed in - a future release. Note that in either case, the `status` field - now reflects the status of the current block rather than the next - block. (#23508) - -Build System ------------- - -Files ------ - -* On startup, the list of banned hosts and networks (via `setban` RPC) in - `banlist.dat` is ignored and only `banlist.json` is considered. Bitcoin Core - version 22.x is the only version that can read `banlist.dat` and also write - it to `banlist.json`. If `banlist.json` already exists, version 22.x will not - try to translate the `banlist.dat` into json. After an upgrade, `listbanned` - can be used to double check the parsed entries. (#22570) - -New settings ------------- - -Updated settings ----------------- - -- In previous releases, the meaning of the command line option - `-persistmempool` (without a value provided) incorrectly disabled mempool - persistence. `-persistmempool` is now treated like other boolean options to - mean `-persistmempool=1`. Passing `-persistmempool=0`, `-persistmempool=1` - and `-nopersistmempool` is unaffected. (#23061) - -- `-maxuploadtarget` now allows human readable byte units [k|K|m|M|g|G|t|T]. - E.g. `-maxuploadtarget=500g`. No whitespace, +- or fractions allowed. - Default is `M` if no suffix provided. (#23249) - -- If `-proxy=` is given together with `-noonion` then the provided proxy will - not be set as a proxy for reaching the Tor network. So it will not be - possible to open manual connections to the Tor network for example with the - `addnode` RPC. To mimic the old behavior use `-proxy=` together with - `-onlynet=` listing all relevant networks except `onion`. (#22834) - -Tools and Utilities -------------------- - -- Update `-getinfo` to return data in a user-friendly format that also reduces vertical space. (#21832) - -- CLI `-addrinfo` now returns a single field for the number of `onion` addresses - known to the node instead of separate `torv2` and `torv3` fields, as support - for Tor V2 addresses was removed from Bitcoin Core in 22.0. (#22544) - -Wallet ------- - -- `upgradewallet` will now automatically flush the keypool if upgrading - from a non-HD wallet to an HD wallet, to immediately start using the - newly-generated HD keys. (#23093) - -- a new RPC `newkeypool` has been added, which will flush (entirely - clear and refill) the keypool. (#23093) - -- `listunspent` now includes `ancestorcount`, `ancestorsize`, and - `ancestorfees` for each transaction output that is still in the mempool. - (#12677) - -- `lockunspent` now optionally takes a third parameter, `persistent`, which - causes the lock to be written persistently to the wallet database. This - allows UTXOs to remain locked even after node restarts or crashes. (#23065) - -- `receivedby` RPCs now include coinbase transactions. Previously, the - following wallet RPCs excluded coinbase transactions: `getreceivedbyaddress`, - `getreceivedbylabel`, `listreceivedbyaddress`, `listreceivedbylabel`. This - release changes this behaviour and returns results accounting for received - coins from coinbase outputs. The previous behaviour can be restored using the - configuration `-deprecatedrpc=exclude_coinbase`, but may be removed in a - future release. (#14707) - -- A new option in the same `receivedby` RPCs, `include_immature_coinbase` - (default=`false`), determines whether to account for immature coinbase - transactions. Immature coinbase transactions are coinbase transactions that - have 100 or fewer confirmations, and are not spendable. (#14707) +### P2P + +- #25314 p2p: always set nTime for self-advertisements + +### RPC and other APIs + +- #25220 rpc: fix incorrect warning for address type p2sh-segwit in createmultisig +- #25237 rpc: Capture UniValue by ref for rpcdoccheck +- #25983 Prevent data race for pathHandlers +- #26275 Fix crash on deriveaddresses when index is 2147483647 (2^31-1) -GUI changes ------------ +### Build system -- UTXOs which are locked via the GUI are now stored persistently in the - wallet database, so are not lost on node shutdown or crash. (#23065) +- #25201 windeploy: Renewed windows code signing certificate +- #25788 guix: patch NSIS to remove .reloc sections from installer stubs +- #25861 guix: use --build={arch}-guix-linux-gnu in cross toolchain +- #25985 Revert "build: Use Homebrew's sqlite package if it is available" -- The Bech32 checkbox has been replaced with a dropdown for all address types, including the new Bech32m (BIP-350) standard for Taproot enabled wallets. +### GUI -Low-level changes -================= +- #24668 build, qt: bump Qt5 version to 5.15.3 +- gui#631 Disallow encryption of watchonly wallets +- gui#680 Fixes MacOS 13 segfault by preventing certain notifications -RPC ---- +### Tests -- `getblockchaininfo` now returns a new `time` field, that provides the chain tip time. (#22407) +- #24454 tests: Fix calculation of external input weights -Tests ------ +### Miscellaneous -- For the `regtest` network the activation heights of several softforks were - set to block height 1. They can be changed by the runtime setting - `-testactivationheight=name@height`. (#22818) +- #26321 Adjust .tx/config for new Transifex CLI Credits ======= Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release: +Andrew Chow +brunoerg +Hennadii Stepanov +John Moffett +MacroFake +Martin Zumsande +Michael Ford +muxator +Pavol Rusnak +Sebastian Falbesoner +W. J. van der Laan As well as to everyone that helped with translations on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/). |