7 files changed, 51 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man/bitcoin-cli.1 b/doc/man/bitcoin-cli.1
index d84d39367f..a84e8405d9 100644
--- a/doc/man/bitcoin-cli.1
+++ b/doc/man/bitcoin-cli.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH BITCOIN-CLI "1" "November 2023" "bitcoin-cli v26.0.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.1.
+.TH BITCOIN-CLI "1" "February 2024" "bitcoin-cli v26.1.0rc1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-bitcoin-cli \- manual page for bitcoin-cli v26.0.0
+bitcoin-cli \- manual page for bitcoin-cli v26.1.0rc1
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B bitcoin-cli
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,<command> \/\fR[\fI\,params\/\fR]  \fI\,Send command to Bitcoin Core\/\fR
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ bitcoin-cli \- manual page for bitcoin-cli v26.0.0
 .B bitcoin-cli
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,help <command>      Get help for a command\/\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Bitcoin Core RPC client version v26.0.0
+Bitcoin Core RPC client version v26.1.0rc1
 .SH OPTIONS
 .HP
 \-?
diff --git a/doc/man/bitcoin-qt.1 b/doc/man/bitcoin-qt.1
index a059ff6c95..4e048c0f59 100644
--- a/doc/man/bitcoin-qt.1
+++ b/doc/man/bitcoin-qt.1
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH BITCOIN-QT "1" "November 2023" "bitcoin-qt v26.0.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.1.
+.TH BITCOIN-QT "1" "February 2024" "bitcoin-qt v26.1.0rc1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-bitcoin-qt \- manual page for bitcoin-qt v26.0.0
+bitcoin-qt \- manual page for bitcoin-qt v26.1.0rc1
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B bitcoin-qt
 [\fI\,command-line options\/\fR]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Bitcoin Core version v26.0.0
+Bitcoin Core version v26.1.0rc1
 .SH OPTIONS
 .HP
 \-?
diff --git a/doc/man/bitcoin-tx.1 b/doc/man/bitcoin-tx.1
index 16a1a2a614..9b27b88a8e 100644
--- a/doc/man/bitcoin-tx.1
+++ b/doc/man/bitcoin-tx.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH BITCOIN-TX "1" "November 2023" "bitcoin-tx v26.0.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.1.
+.TH BITCOIN-TX "1" "February 2024" "bitcoin-tx v26.1.0rc1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-bitcoin-tx \- manual page for bitcoin-tx v26.0.0
+bitcoin-tx \- manual page for bitcoin-tx v26.1.0rc1
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B bitcoin-tx
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,<hex-tx> \/\fR[\fI\,commands\/\fR]  \fI\,Update hex-encoded bitcoin transaction\/\fR
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ bitcoin-tx \- manual page for bitcoin-tx v26.0.0
 .B bitcoin-tx
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,-create \/\fR[\fI\,commands\/\fR]   \fI\,Create hex-encoded bitcoin transaction\/\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Bitcoin Core bitcoin\-tx utility version v26.0.0
+Bitcoin Core bitcoin\-tx utility version v26.1.0rc1
 .SH OPTIONS
 .HP
 \-?
diff --git a/doc/man/bitcoin-util.1 b/doc/man/bitcoin-util.1
index bfc750b1d4..0e74204930 100644
--- a/doc/man/bitcoin-util.1
+++ b/doc/man/bitcoin-util.1
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH BITCOIN-UTIL "1" "November 2023" "bitcoin-util v26.0.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.1.
+.TH BITCOIN-UTIL "1" "February 2024" "bitcoin-util v26.1.0rc1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-bitcoin-util \- manual page for bitcoin-util v26.0.0
+bitcoin-util \- manual page for bitcoin-util v26.1.0rc1
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B bitcoin-util
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] [\fI\,commands\/\fR]  \fI\,Do stuff\/\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Bitcoin Core bitcoin\-util utility version v26.0.0
+Bitcoin Core bitcoin\-util utility version v26.1.0rc1
 .SH OPTIONS
 .HP
 \-?
diff --git a/doc/man/bitcoin-wallet.1 b/doc/man/bitcoin-wallet.1
index c45ca71a54..f09d68b2c6 100644
--- a/doc/man/bitcoin-wallet.1
+++ b/doc/man/bitcoin-wallet.1
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH BITCOIN-WALLET "1" "November 2023" "bitcoin-wallet v26.0.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.1.
+.TH BITCOIN-WALLET "1" "February 2024" "bitcoin-wallet v26.1.0rc1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-bitcoin-wallet \- manual page for bitcoin-wallet v26.0.0
+bitcoin-wallet \- manual page for bitcoin-wallet v26.1.0rc1
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Bitcoin Core bitcoin\-wallet version v26.0.0
+Bitcoin Core bitcoin\-wallet version v26.1.0rc1
 .PP
 bitcoin\-wallet is an offline tool for creating and interacting with Bitcoin Core wallet files.
 By default bitcoin\-wallet will act on wallets in the default mainnet wallet directory in the datadir.
diff --git a/doc/man/bitcoind.1 b/doc/man/bitcoind.1
index ec69d800f0..717d6503d7 100644
--- a/doc/man/bitcoind.1
+++ b/doc/man/bitcoind.1
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH BITCOIND "1" "November 2023" "bitcoind v26.0.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.1.
+.TH BITCOIND "1" "February 2024" "bitcoind v26.1.0rc1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-bitcoind \- manual page for bitcoind v26.0.0
+bitcoind \- manual page for bitcoind v26.1.0rc1
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B bitcoind
 [\fI\,options\/\fR]                     \fI\,Start Bitcoin Core\/\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Bitcoin Core version v26.0.0
+Bitcoin Core version v26.1.0rc1
 .SH OPTIONS
 .HP
 \-?
diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
index f55c72ab9a..db0d3ddd3f 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-26.x Release Notes
+26.1rc1 Release Notes
 ==================
 
-Bitcoin Core version 26.x is now available from:
+Bitcoin Core version 26.1rc1 is now available from:
 
-  <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-26.x/>
+  <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-26.1/test.rc1/>
 
 This release includes new features, various bug fixes and performance
 improvements, as well as updated translations.
@@ -50,22 +50,45 @@ Notable changes
 
 - #29003 rpc: fix getrawtransaction segfault
 
+### Logs
+
+- #29227 log mempool loading progress
+
+### P2P and network changes
+
+- #29200 net: create I2P sessions using both ECIES-X25519 and ElGamal encryption
+
+### Build
+
+- #29127 Use hardened runtime on macOS release builds.
+- #29195 build: Fix -Xclang -internal-isystem option
+
 ### CI
 
 - #28992 ci: Use Ubuntu 24.04 Noble for asan,tsan,tidy,fuzz
 - #29080 ci: Set HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALLED_DEPENDENTS_CHECK to avoid unrelated failures
 
+### Miscellaneous
+
+- #28391 refactor: Simplify CTxMempool/BlockAssembler fields, remove some external mapTx access
+- #29179 test: wallet rescan with reorged parent + IsFromMe child in mempool
+- #28791 snapshots: don't core dump when running -checkblockindex after loadtxoutset
+
 Credits
 =======
 
 Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:
 
-- Andrew Chow
+- fanquake
 - furszy
+- glozow
 - Hennadii Stepanov
+- Jon Atack
 - MarcoFalke
+- Mark Friedenbach
 - Martin Zumsande
 - Murch
+- stickies-v
 
 As well as to everyone that helped with translations on
 [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/).