11 files changed, 155 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man/bitcoin-cli.1 b/doc/man/bitcoin-cli.1
index 553addfa84..355b4d3cc2 100644
--- a/doc/man/bitcoin-cli.1
+++ b/doc/man/bitcoin-cli.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.6.
-.TH BITCOIN-CLI "1" "December 2018" "bitcoin-cli v0.17.99.0" "User Commands"
+.TH BITCOIN-CLI "1" "February 2019" "bitcoin-cli v0.17.99.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 bitcoin-cli \- manual page for bitcoin-cli v0.17.99.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Chain selection options:
 .IP
 Use the test chain
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (C) 2009-2018 The Bitcoin Core developers
+Copyright (C) 2009-2019 The Bitcoin Core developers
 
 Please contribute if you find Bitcoin Core useful. Visit
 <https://bitcoincore.org> for further information about the software.
diff --git a/doc/man/bitcoin-qt.1 b/doc/man/bitcoin-qt.1
index 1d87acd3de..052d420608 100644
--- a/doc/man/bitcoin-qt.1
+++ b/doc/man/bitcoin-qt.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.6.
-.TH BITCOIN-QT "1" "December 2018" "bitcoin-qt v0.17.99.0" "User Commands"
+.TH BITCOIN-QT "1" "February 2019" "bitcoin-qt v0.17.99.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 bitcoin-qt \- manual page for bitcoin-qt v0.17.99.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Specify data directory
 .HP
 \fB\-dbcache=\fR<n>
 .IP
-Set database cache size in megabytes (4 to 16384, default: 450)
+Set database cache size in MiB (4 to 16384, default: 450)
 .HP
 \fB\-debuglogfile=\fR<file>
 .IP
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ mining and transaction creation (default: 0.00001)
 \fB\-whitelistforcerelay\fR
 .IP
 Force relay of transactions from whitelisted peers even if they violate
-local relay policy (default: 1)
+local relay policy (default: 0)
 .HP
 \fB\-whitelistrelay\fR
 .IP
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ Set SSL root certificates for payment request (default: \fB\-system\-\fR)
 .IP
 Show splash screen on startup (default: 1)
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (C) 2009-2018 The Bitcoin Core developers
+Copyright (C) 2009-2019 The Bitcoin Core developers
 
 Please contribute if you find Bitcoin Core useful. Visit
 <https://bitcoincore.org> for further information about the software.
diff --git a/doc/man/bitcoin-tx.1 b/doc/man/bitcoin-tx.1
index f16c68ca14..c5d3985763 100644
--- a/doc/man/bitcoin-tx.1
+++ b/doc/man/bitcoin-tx.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.6.
-.TH BITCOIN-TX "1" "December 2018" "bitcoin-tx v0.17.99.0" "User Commands"
+.TH BITCOIN-TX "1" "February 2019" "bitcoin-tx v0.17.99.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 bitcoin-tx \- manual page for bitcoin-tx v0.17.99.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ sign=SIGHASH\-FLAGS
 .IP
 Add zero or more signatures to transaction. This command requires JSON
 registers:prevtxs=JSON object, privatekeys=JSON object. See
-signrawtransaction docs for format of sighash flags, JSON
+signrawtransactionwithkey docs for format of sighash flags, JSON
 objects.
 .PP
 Register Commands:
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ set=NAME:JSON\-STRING
 .IP
 Set register NAME to given JSON\-STRING
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (C) 2009-2018 The Bitcoin Core developers
+Copyright (C) 2009-2019 The Bitcoin Core developers
 
 Please contribute if you find Bitcoin Core useful. Visit
 <https://bitcoincore.org> for further information about the software.
diff --git a/doc/man/bitcoin-wallet.1 b/doc/man/bitcoin-wallet.1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c4849cca7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/man/bitcoin-wallet.1
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.6.
+.TH BITCOIN-WALLET "1" "February 2019" "bitcoin-wallet v0.17.99.0" "User Commands"
+.SH NAME
+bitcoin-wallet \- manual page for bitcoin-wallet v0.17.99.0
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+Bitcoin Core bitcoin\-wallet version v0.17.99.0
+.PP
+wallet\-tool is an offline tool for creating and interacting with Bitcoin Core wallet files.
+By default wallet\-tool will act on wallets in the default mainnet wallet directory in the datadir.
+To change the target wallet, use the \fB\-datadir\fR, \fB\-wallet\fR and \fB\-testnet\fR/\-regtest arguments.
+.SS "Usage:"
+.IP
+bitcoin\-wallet [options] <command>
+.SH OPTIONS
+.HP
+\-?
+.IP
+This help message
+.HP
+\fB\-datadir=\fR<dir>
+.IP
+Specify data directory
+.HP
+\fB\-wallet=\fR<wallet\-name>
+.IP
+Specify wallet name
+.PP
+Debugging/Testing options:
+.HP
+\fB\-debug=\fR<category>
+.IP
+Output debugging information (default: 0).
+.HP
+\fB\-printtoconsole\fR
+.IP
+Send trace/debug info to console (default: 1 when no \fB\-debug\fR is true, 0
+otherwise.
+.PP
+Chain selection options:
+.HP
+\fB\-testnet\fR
+.IP
+Use the test chain
+.PP
+Commands:
+.IP
+create
+.IP
+Create new wallet file
+.IP
+info
+.IP
+Get wallet info
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Copyright (C) 2009-2019 The Bitcoin Core developers
+
+Please contribute if you find Bitcoin Core useful. Visit
+<https://bitcoincore.org> for further information about the software.
+The source code is available from <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin>.
+
+This is experimental software.
+Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying file COPYING
+or <https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>
+
+This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the
+OpenSSL Toolkit <https://www.openssl.org> and cryptographic software written by
+Eric Young and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard.
diff --git a/doc/man/bitcoind.1 b/doc/man/bitcoind.1
index 5c4b1cd03b..5e057d923f 100644
--- a/doc/man/bitcoind.1
+++ b/doc/man/bitcoind.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.6.
-.TH BITCOIND "1" "December 2018" "bitcoind v0.17.99.0" "User Commands"
+.TH BITCOIND "1" "February 2019" "bitcoind v0.17.99.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 bitcoind \- manual page for bitcoind v0.17.99.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Specify data directory
 .HP
 \fB\-dbcache=\fR<n>
 .IP
-Set database cache size in megabytes (4 to 16384, default: 450)
+Set database cache size in MiB (4 to 16384, default: 450)
 .HP
 \fB\-debuglogfile=\fR<file>
 .IP
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ mining and transaction creation (default: 0.00001)
 \fB\-whitelistforcerelay\fR
 .IP
 Force relay of transactions from whitelisted peers even if they violate
-local relay policy (default: 1)
+local relay policy (default: 0)
 .HP
 \fB\-whitelistrelay\fR
 .IP
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ Username for JSON\-RPC connections
 .IP
 Accept command line and JSON\-RPC commands
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (C) 2009-2018 The Bitcoin Core developers
+Copyright (C) 2009-2019 The Bitcoin Core developers
 
 Please contribute if you find Bitcoin Core useful. Visit
 <https://bitcoincore.org> for further information about the software.
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-14491.md b/doc/release-notes-14491.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1cf36e85cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release-notes-14491.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Descriptor import support
+---------------------
+
+The `importmulti` RPC now supports importing of addresses from descriptors. A "desc" parameter can be provided instead of the "scriptPubKey" in a request, as well as an optional range for ranged descriptors to specify the start and end of the range to import. More information about
+descriptors can be found [here](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/descriptors.md).
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-14667.md b/doc/release-notes-14667.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5cb1d0aee7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release-notes-14667.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+New RPC methods
+------------
+
+- `deriveaddresses` returns one or more addresses corresponding to an [output descriptor](/doc/descriptors.md).
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-14941.md b/doc/release-notes-14941.md
deleted file mode 100644
index c3820d0368..0000000000
--- a/doc/release-notes-14941.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-Miscellaneous RPC changes
-------------
-
-- The `unloadwallet` RPC is now synchronous, meaning that it blocks until the
-  wallet is fully unloaded.
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-14982.md b/doc/release-notes-14982.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f0bf8aacd..0000000000
--- a/doc/release-notes-14982.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-New RPCs
---------
-
-- The RPC `getrpcinfo` returns runtime details of the RPC server. At the moment
-  it returns the active commands and the corresponding execution time.
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-15226.md b/doc/release-notes-15226.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3be84db3e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release-notes-15226.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Miscellaneous RPC changes
+------------
+
+- The RPC `createwallet` now has an optional `blank` argument that can be used to create a blank wallet.
+Blank wallets do not have any keys or HD seed.
+They cannot be opened in software older than 0.18.
+Once a blank wallet has a HD seed set (by using `sethdseed`) or private keys, scripts, addresses, and other watch only things have been imported, the wallet is no longer blank and can be opened in 0.17.x.
+Encrypting a blank wallet will also set a HD seed for it.
diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
index c23a7f6e0a..113b8c07d0 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes.md
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ Configuration option changes
   defaults to being off, so that changes in policy and disconnect/ban behavior
   will not cause a node that is whitelisting another to be dropped by peers.
   Users can still explicitly enable this behavior with the command line option
-  (and may want to consider letting the Bitcoin Core project know about their
+  (and may want to consider [contacting](https://bitcoincore.org/en/contact/)
+  the Bitcoin Core project to let us know about their
   use-case, as this feature could be deprecated in the future).
 
 Documentation
@@ -130,6 +131,10 @@ Documentation
   to the [REST interface documentation](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/REST-interface.md)
   indicating that the same rules apply.
 
+- Further information is added to the [JSON-RPC
+  documentation](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/JSON-RPC-interface.md)
+  about how to secure this interface.
+
 - A new [document](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/bitcoin-conf.md)
   about the `bitcoin.conf` file describes how to use it to configure
   Bitcoin Core.
@@ -190,14 +195,18 @@ Deprecated or removed RPCs
 New RPCs
 --------
 
-- A new `getnodeaddresses` RPC returns peer addresses known to this
+- The `getnodeaddresses` RPC returns peer addresses known to this
   node. It may be used to find nodes to connect to without using a DNS
   seeder.
 
-- A new `listwalletdir` RPC returns a list of wallets in the wallet
+- The `listwalletdir` RPC returns a list of wallets in the wallet
   directory (either the default wallet directory or the directory
   configured by the `-walletdir` parameter).
 
+- The `getrpcinfo` returns runtime details of the RPC server. At the
+  moment, it returns an array of the currently active commands and how
+  long they've been running.
+
 Updated RPCs
 ------------
 
@@ -260,6 +269,16 @@ in the Low-level Changes section below.
   2. If no blockhash is provided, check the mempool. 3. If no blockhash
   is provided but txindex is enabled, also check txindex.
 
+- The `unloadwallet` RPC is now synchronous, meaning it will not return
+  until the wallet is fully unloaded.
+
+REST changes
+------------
+
+- A new `/rest/blockhashbyheight/` endpoint is added for fetching the
+  hash of the block in the current best blockchain based on its height
+  (how many blocks it is after the Genesis Block).
+
 Graphical User Interface (GUI)
 ------------------------------
 
@@ -282,6 +301,16 @@ Graphical User Interface (GUI)
   CFLAGS="-mmacosx-version-min=10.11" for setting the deployment
   sdk version)
 
+Tools
+----
+
+- A new `bitcoin-wallet` tool is now distributed alongside Bitcoin
+  Core's other executables.  Without needing to use any RPCs, this tool
+  can currently create a new wallet file or display some basic
+  information about an existing wallet, such as whether the wallet is
+  encrypted, whether it uses an HD seed, how many transactions it
+  contains, and how many address book entries it has.
+
 Low-level changes
 =================
 
@@ -306,6 +335,32 @@ Configuration
   deterministic wallets. This release makes specifying `-usehd` an
   invalid configuration option.
 
+Network
+-------
+
+- This release allows peers that your node automatically disconnected
+  for misbehavior (e.g. sending invalid data) to reconnect to your node
+  if you have unused incoming connection slots.  If your slots fill up,
+  a misbehaving node will be disconnected to make room for nodes without
+  a history of problems (unless the misbehaving node helps your node in
+  some other way, such as by connecting to a part of the Internet from
+  which you don't have many other peers).  Previously, Bitcoin Core
+  banned the IP addresses of misbehaving peers for a period of time
+  (default of 1 day); this was easily circumvented by attackers with
+  multiple IP addresses.  If you manually ban a peer, such as by using
+  the `setban` RPC, all connections from that peer will still be
+  rejected.
+
+Security
+--------
+
+- This release changes the Random Number Generator (RNG) used from
+  OpenSSL to Bitcoin Core's own implementation, although entropy
+  gathered by Bitcoin Core is fed out to OpenSSL and then read back in
+  when the program needs strong randomness.  This moves Bitcoin Core a
+  little closer to no longer needing to depend on OpenSSL, a dependency
+  that has caused security issues in the past.
+
 Changes for particular platforms
 --------------------------------