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diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.15.2.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.15.2.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1f58279051 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.15.2.md @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@ +Bitcoin Core version *0.15.2* is now available from: + + <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.15.2/> + +This is a new minor version release, including various bugfixes and +performance improvements, as well as updated translations. + +Please report bugs using the issue tracker at GitHub: + + <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues> + +To receive security and update notifications, please subscribe to: + + <https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/> + +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), then run the +installer (on Windows) or just copy over `/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt` (on Mac) +or `bitcoind`/`bitcoin-qt` (on Linux). + +The first time you run version 0.15.0 or higher, your chainstate database will +be converted to a new format, which will take anywhere from a few minutes to +half an hour, depending on the speed of your machine. + +The file format of `fee_estimates.dat` changed in version 0.15.0. Hence, a +downgrade from version 0.15 or upgrade to version 0.15 will cause all fee +estimates to be discarded. + +Note that the block database format also changed in version 0.8.0 and there is no +automatic upgrade code from before version 0.8 to version 0.15.0. Upgrading +directly from 0.7.x and earlier without redownloading the blockchain is not supported. +However, as usual, old wallet versions are still supported. + +Downgrading warning +------------------- + +The chainstate database for this release is not compatible with previous +releases, so if you run 0.15 and then decide to switch back to any +older version, you will need to run the old release with the `-reindex-chainstate` +option to rebuild the chainstate data structures in the old format. + +If your node has pruning enabled, this will entail re-downloading and +processing the entire blockchain. + +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. + +Bitcoin Core should also work on most other Unix-like systems but is not +frequently tested on them. + + +Notable changes +=============== + +Denial-of-Service vulnerability CVE-2018-17144 +------------------------------- + +A denial-of-service vulnerability exploitable by miners has been discovered in +Bitcoin Core versions 0.14.0 up to 0.16.2. It is recommended to upgrade any of +the vulnerable versions to 0.15.2 or 0.16.3 as soon as possible. + +0.15.2 Change log +================= + +### Build system + +- #11995 `9bb1a16` depends: Fix Qt build with XCode 9.2(fanquake) +- #12946 `93b9a61` depends: Fix Qt build with XCode 9.3(fanquake) +- #13544 `9fd3e00` depends: Update Qt download url (fanquake) +- #11847 `cb7ef31` Make boost::multi_index comparators const (sdaftuar) + +### Consensus +- #14247 `4b8a3f5` Fix crash bug with duplicate inputs within a transaction (TheBlueMatt, sdaftuar) + +### RPC +- #11676 `7af2457` contrib/init: Update openrc-run filename (Luke Dashjr) +- #11277 `7026845` Fix uninitialized URI in batch RPC requests (Russell Yanofsky) + +### Wallet +- #11289 `3f1db56` Wrap dumpwallet warning and note scripts aren't dumped (MeshCollider) +- #11289 `42ea47d` Add wallet backup text to import*, add* and dumpwallet RPCs (MeshCollider) +- #11590 `6372a75` [Wallet] always show help-line of wallet encryption calls (Jonas Schnelli) + +### bitcoin-tx + +- #11554 `a69cc07` Sanity-check script sizes in bitcoin-tx (TheBlueMatt) + +### Tests +- #11277 `3a6cdd4` Add test for multiwallet batch RPC calls (Russell Yanofsky) +- #11647 `1c8c7f8` Add missing batch rpc calls to python coverage logs (Russell Yanofsky) +- #11277 `1036c43` Add missing multiwallet rpc calls to python coverage logs (Russell Yanofsky) +- #11277 `305f768` Limit AuthServiceProxyWrapper.\_\_getattr\_\_ wrapping (Russell Yanofsky) +- #11277 `2eea279` Make AuthServiceProxy.\_batch method usable (Russell Yanofsky) + +Credits +======= + +Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release: + +- fanquake +- Jonas Schnelli +- Luke Dashjr +- Matt Corallo +- MeshCollider +- Russell Yanofsky +- Suhas Daftuar +- Wladimir J. van der Laan + +And to those that reported security issues: + +- awemany (for CVE-2018-17144, previously credited as "anonymous reporter") + |