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diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-16152.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-16152.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9c77cb9ae5 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-16152.md @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +P2P Changes +----------- +- The default value for the -peerbloomfilters configuration option (and, thus, NODE_BLOOM support) has been changed to false. + This resolves well-known DoS vectors in Bitcoin Core, especially for nodes with spinning disks. It is not anticipated that + this will result in a significant lack of availability of NODE_BLOOM-enabled nodes in the coming years, however, clients + which rely on the availability of NODE_BLOOM-supporting nodes on the P2P network should consider the process of migrating + to a more modern (and less trustful and privacy-violating) alternative over the coming years. |