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diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.18.1.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.18.1.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8890e2163e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.18.1.md @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +Bitcoin Core version 0.18.1 is now available from: + + <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.18.1/> + +This is a new minor version release, including new features, various bug +fixes 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 newer, 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. + +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 or later. Upgrading directly from 0.7.x and earlier without +redownloading the blockchain is not supported. However, as usual, old +wallet versions are still supported. + +Compatibility +============== + +Bitcoin Core is supported and extensively tested on operating systems +using the Linux kernel, macOS 10.10+, and Windows 7 and newer. It is not +recommended to use Bitcoin Core on unsupported systems. + +Bitcoin Core should also work on most other Unix-like systems but is not +as frequently tested on them. + +From 0.17.0 onwards, macOS <10.10 is no longer supported. 0.17.0 is +built using Qt 5.9.x, which doesn't support versions of macOS older than +10.10. Additionally, Bitcoin Core does not yet change appearance when +macOS "dark mode" is activated. + +Known issues +============ + +Wallet GUI +---------- + +For advanced users who have both (1) enabled coin control features, and +(2) are using multiple wallets loaded at the same time: The coin control +input selection dialog can erroneously retain wrong-wallet state when +switching wallets using the dropdown menu. For now, it is recommended +not to use coin control features with multiple wallets loaded. + +0.18.1 change log +================= + +### P2P protocol and network code +- #15990 Add tests and documentation for blocksonly (MarcoFalke) +- #16021 Avoid logging transaction decode errors to stderr (MarcoFalke) +- #16405 fix: tor: Call `event_base_loopbreak` from the event's callback (promag) +- #16412 Make poll in InterruptibleRecv only filter for POLLIN events (tecnovert) + +### Wallet +- #15913 Add -ignorepartialspends to list of ignored wallet options (luke-jr) + +### RPC and other APIs +- #15991 Bugfix: fix pruneblockchain returned prune height (jonasschnelli) +- #15899 Document iswitness flag and fix bug in converttopsbt (MarcoFalke) +- #16026 Ensure that uncompressed public keys in a multisig always returns a legacy address (achow101) +- #14039 Disallow extended encoding for non-witness transactions (sipa) +- #16210 add 2nd arg to signrawtransactionwithkey examples (dooglus) +- #16250 signrawtransactionwithkey: report error when missing redeemScript/witnessScript (ajtowns) + +### GUI +- #16044 fix the bug of OPEN CONFIGURATION FILE on Mac (shannon1916) +- #15957 Show "No wallets available" in open menu instead of nothing (meshcollider) +- #16118 Enable open wallet menu on setWalletController (promag) +- #16135 Set progressDialog to nullptr (promag) +- #16231 Fix open wallet menu initialization order (promag) +- #16254 Set `AA_EnableHighDpiScaling` attribute early (hebasto) +- #16122 Enable console line edit on setClientModel (promag) +- #16348 Assert QMetaObject::invokeMethod result (promag) + +### Build system +- #15985 Add test for GCC bug 90348 (sipa) +- #15947 Install bitcoin-wallet manpage (domob1812) +- #15983 build with -fstack-reuse=none (MarcoFalke) + +### Tests and QA +- #15826 Pure python EC (sipa) +- #15893 Add test for superfluous witness record in deserialization (instagibbs) +- #14818 Bugfix: test/functional/rpc_psbt: Remove check for specific error message that depends on uncertain assumptions (luke-jr) +- #15831 Add test that addmultisigaddress fails for watchonly addresses (MarcoFalke) + +### Documentation +- #15890 Remove text about txes always relayed from -whitelist (harding) + +### Miscellaneous +- #16095 Catch by reference not value in wallettool (kristapsk) +- #16205 Replace fprintf with tfm::format (MarcoFalke) + +Credits +======= + +Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release: + +- Andrew Chow +- Anthony Towns +- Chris Moore +- Daniel Kraft +- David A. Harding +- fanquake +- Gregory Sanders +- Hennadii Stepanov +- John Newbery +- Jonas Schnelli +- João Barbosa +- Kristaps Kaupe +- Luke Dashjr +- MarcoFalke +- MeshCollider +- Pieter Wuille +- shannon1916 +- tecnovert +- Wladimir J. van der Laan + +As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/). |