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diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.18.0.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.18.0.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3ca7d52243 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.18.0.md @@ -0,0 +1,1224 @@ +Bitcoin Core version 0.18.0 is now available from: + + <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.18.0/> + +This is a new major 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. + +In addition to previously-supported CPU platforms, this release's +pre-compiled distribution also provides binaries for the RISC-V +platform. + +If you are using the `systemd` unit configuration file located at +`contrib/init/bitcoind.service`, it has been changed to use +`/var/lib/bitcoind` as the data directory instead of +`~bitcoin/.bitcoin`. When switching over to the new configuration file, +please make sure that the filesystem on which `/var/lib/bitcoind` will +exist has enough space (check using `df -h /var/lib/bitcoind`), and +optionally copy over your existing data directory. See the [systemd init +file section](#systemd-init-file) for more details. + +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. + +Notable changes +=============== + +Mining +------ + +- Calls to `getblocktemplate` will fail if the segwit rule is not + specified. Calling `getblocktemplate` without segwit specified is + almost certainly a misconfiguration since doing so results in lower + rewards for the miner. Failed calls will produce an error message + describing how to enable the segwit rule. + +Configuration option changes +---------------------------- + +- A warning is printed if an unrecognized section name is used in the + configuration file. Recognized sections are `[test]`, `[main]`, and + `[regtest]`. + +- Four new options are available for configuring the maximum number of + messages that ZMQ will queue in memory (the "high water mark") before + dropping additional messages. The default value is 1,000, the same as + was used for previous releases. See the [ZMQ + documentation](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/zmq.md#usage) + for details. + +- The `rpcallowip` option can no longer be used to automatically listen + on all network interfaces. Instead, the `rpcbind` parameter must be + used to specify the IP addresses to listen on. Listening for RPC + commands over a public network connection is insecure and should be + disabled, so a warning is now printed if a user selects such a + configuration. If you need to expose RPC in order to use a tool like + Docker, ensure you only bind RPC to your localhost, e.g. `docker run + [...] -p 127.0.0.1:8332:8332` (this is an extra `:8332` over the + normal Docker port specification). + +- The `rpcpassword` option now causes a startup error if the password + set in the configuration file contains a hash character (#), as it's + ambiguous whether the hash character is meant for the password or as a + comment. + +- The `whitelistforcerelay` option is used to relay transactions from + whitelisted peers even when not accepted to the mempool. This option + now 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 + [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). + +systemd init file +----------------- + +The systemd init file (`contrib/init/bitcoind.service`) has been changed +to use `/var/lib/bitcoind` as the data directory instead of +`~bitcoin/.bitcoin`. This change makes Bitcoin Core more consistent with +other services, and makes the systemd init config more consistent with +existing Upstart and OpenRC configs. + +The configuration, PID, and data directories are now completely managed +by systemd, which will take care of their creation, permissions, etc. +See [`systemd.exec(5)`](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.exec.html#RuntimeDirectory=) +for more details. + +When using the provided init files under `contrib/init`, overriding the +`datadir` option in `/etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf` will have no effect. +This is because the command line arguments specified in the init files +take precedence over the options specified in +`/etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf`. + + +Documentation +------------- + +- A new short [document](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/JSON-RPC-interface.md) + about the JSON-RPC interface describes cases where the results of an + RPC might contain inconsistencies between data sourced from different + subsystems, such as wallet state and mempool state. A note is added + 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. + +- A new document introduces Bitcoin Core's BIP174 [Partially-Signed + Bitcoin Transactions + (PSBT)](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/psbt.md) + interface, which is used to allow multiple programs to collaboratively + work to create, sign, and broadcast new transactions. This is useful + for offline (cold storage) wallets, multisig wallets, coinjoin + implementations, and many other cases where two or more programs need + to interact to generate a complete transaction. + +- The [output script + descriptor](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/descriptors.md) + documentation has been updated with information about new features in + this still-developing language for describing the output scripts that + a wallet or other program wants to receive notifications for, such as + which addresses it wants to know received payments. The language is + currently used in multiple new and updated RPCs described in these + release notes and is expected to be adapted to other RPCs and to the + underlying wallet structure. + +Build system changes +-------------------- + +- A new `--disable-bip70` option may be passed to `./configure` to + prevent Bitcoin-Qt from being built with support for the BIP70 payment + protocol or from linking libssl. As the payment protocol has exposed + Bitcoin Core to libssl vulnerabilities in the past, builders who don't + need BIP70 support are encouraged to use this option to reduce their + exposure to future vulnerabilities. + +- The minimum required version of Qt (when building the GUI) has been + increased from 5.2 to 5.5.1 (the [depends + system](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/depends/README.md) + provides 5.9.7) + +New RPCs +-------- + +- `getnodeaddresses` returns peer addresses known to this node. It may + be used to find nodes to connect to without using a DNS seeder. + +- `listwalletdir` returns a list of wallets in the wallet directory + (either the default wallet directory or the directory configured by + the `-walletdir` parameter). + +- `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. + +- `deriveaddresses` returns one or more addresses corresponding to an + [output descriptor](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/descriptors.md). + +- `getdescriptorinfo` accepts a descriptor and returns information about + it, including its computed checksum. + +- `joinpsbts` merges multiple distinct PSBTs into a single PSBT. The + multiple PSBTs must have different inputs. The resulting PSBT will + contain every input and output from all of the PSBTs. Any signatures + provided in any of the PSBTs will be dropped. + +- `analyzepsbt` examines a PSBT and provides information about what + the PSBT contains and the next steps that need to be taken in order + to complete the transaction. For each input of a PSBT, `analyzepsbt` + provides information about what information is missing for that + input, including whether a UTXO needs to be provided, what pubkeys + still need to be provided, which scripts need to be provided, and + what signatures are still needed. Every input will also list which + role is needed to complete that input, and `analyzepsbt` will also + list the next role in general needed to complete the PSBT. + `analyzepsbt` will also provide the estimated fee rate and estimated + virtual size of the completed transaction if it has enough + information to do so. + +- `utxoupdatepsbt` searches the set of Unspent Transaction Outputs + (UTXOs) to find the outputs being spent by the partial transaction. + PSBTs need to have the UTXOs being spent to be provided because + the signing algorithm requires information from the UTXO being spent. + For segwit inputs, only the UTXO itself is necessary. For + non-segwit outputs, the entire previous transaction is needed so + that signers can be sure that they are signing the correct thing. + Unfortunately, because the UTXO set only contains UTXOs and not full + transactions, `utxoupdatepsbt` will only add the UTXO for segwit + inputs. + +Updated RPCs +------------ + +Note: some low-level RPC changes mainly useful for testing are described +in the Low-level Changes section below. + +- `getpeerinfo` now returns an additional `minfeefilter` field set to + the peer's BIP133 fee filter. You can use this to detect that you + have peers that are willing to accept transactions below the default + minimum relay fee. + +- The mempool RPCs, such as `getrawmempool` with `verbose=true`, now + return an additional "bip125-replaceable" value indicating whether the + transaction (or its unconfirmed ancestors) opts-in to asking nodes and + miners to replace it with a higher-feerate transaction spending any of + the same inputs. + +- `settxfee` previously silently ignored attempts to set the fee below + the allowed minimums. It now prints a warning. The special value of + "0" may still be used to request the minimum value. + +- `getaddressinfo` now provides an `ischange` field indicating whether + the wallet used the address in a change output. + +- `importmulti` has been updated to support P2WSH, P2WPKH, P2SH-P2WPKH, + and P2SH-P2WSH. Requests for P2WSH and P2SH-P2WSH accept an additional + `witnessscript` parameter. + +- `importmulti` now returns an additional `warnings` field for each + request with an array of strings explaining when fields are being + ignored or are inconsistent, if there are any. + +- `getaddressinfo` now returns an additional `solvable` boolean field + when Bitcoin Core knows enough about the address's scriptPubKey, + optional redeemScript, and optional witnessScript in order for the + wallet to be able to generate an unsigned input spending funds sent to + that address. + +- The `getaddressinfo`, `listunspent`, and `scantxoutset` RPCs now + return an additional `desc` field that contains an output descriptor + containing all key paths and signing information for the address + (except for the private key). The `desc` field is only returned for + `getaddressinfo` and `listunspent` when the address is solvable. + +- `importprivkey` will preserve previously-set labels for addresses or + public keys corresponding to the private key being imported. For + example, if you imported a watch-only address with the label "cold + wallet" in earlier releases of Bitcoin Core, subsequently importing + the private key would default to resetting the address's label to the + default empty-string label (""). In this release, the previous label + of "cold wallet" will be retained. If you optionally specify any + label besides the default when calling `importprivkey`, the new label + will be applied to the address. + +- See the [Mining](#mining) section for changes to `getblocktemplate`. + +- `getmininginfo` now omits `currentblockweight` and `currentblocktx` + when a block was never assembled via RPC on this node. + +- The `getrawtransaction` RPC & REST endpoints no longer check the + unspent UTXO set for a transaction. The remaining behaviors are as + follows: 1. If a blockhash is provided, check the corresponding block. + 2. If no blockhash is provided, check the mempool. 3. If no blockhash + is provided but txindex is enabled, also check txindex. + +- `unloadwallet` is now synchronous, meaning it will not return until + the wallet is fully unloaded. + +- `importmulti` 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. Descriptors with key + origin information imported through `importmulti` will have their key + origin information stored in the wallet for use with creating PSBTs. + More information about descriptors can be found + [here](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/descriptors.md). + +- `listunspent` has been modified so that it also returns + `witnessScript`, the witness script in the case of a P2WSH or + P2SH-P2WSH output. + +- `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. + +Deprecated or removed RPCs +-------------------------- + +- `signrawtransaction` is removed after being deprecated and hidden + behind a special configuration option in version 0.17.0. + +- The 'account' API is removed after being deprecated in v0.17. The + 'label' API was introduced in v0.17 as a replacement for accounts. + See the [release notes from + v0.17](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.17.0.md#label-and-account-apis-for-wallet) + for a full description of the changes from the 'account' API to the + 'label' API. + +- `addwitnessaddress` is removed after being deprecated in version + 0.16.0. + +- `generate` is deprecated and will be fully removed in a subsequent + major version. This RPC is only used for testing, but its + implementation reached across multiple subsystems (wallet and mining), + so it is being deprecated to simplify the wallet-node interface. + Projects that are using `generate` for testing purposes should + transition to using the `generatetoaddress` RPC, which does not + require or use the wallet component. Calling `generatetoaddress` with + an address returned by the `getnewaddress` RPC gives the same + functionality as the old `generate` RPC. To continue using `generate` + in this version, restart bitcoind with the `-deprecatedrpc=generate` + configuration option. + +- Be reminded that parts of the `validateaddress` command have been + deprecated and moved to `getaddressinfo`. The following deprecated + fields have moved to `getaddressinfo`: `ismine`, `iswatchonly`, + `script`, `hex`, `pubkeys`, `sigsrequired`, `pubkey`, `embedded`, + `iscompressed`, `label`, `timestamp`, `hdkeypath`, `hdmasterkeyid`. + +- The `addresses` field has been removed from the `validateaddress` + and `getaddressinfo` RPC methods. This field was confusing since + it referred to public keys using their P2PKH address. Clients + should use the `embedded.address` field for P2SH or P2WSH wrapped + addresses, and `pubkeys` for inspecting multisig participants. + +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) +------------------------------ + +- A new Window menu is added alongside the existing File, Settings, and + Help menus. Several items from the other menus that opened new + windows have been moved to this new Window menu. + +- In the Send tab, the checkbox for "pay only the required fee" has been + removed. Instead, the user can simply decrease the value in the + Custom Feerate field all the way down to the node's configured minimum + relay fee. + +- In the Overview tab, the watch-only balance will be the only balance + shown if the wallet was created using the `createwallet` RPC and the + `disable_private_keys` parameter was set to true. + +- The launch-on-startup option is no longer available on macOS if + compiled with macosx min version greater than 10.11 (use + CXXFLAGS="-mmacosx-version-min=10.11" + 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. + +Planned changes +=============== + +This section describes planned changes to Bitcoin Core that may affect +other Bitcoin software and services. + +- Since version 0.16.0, Bitcoin Core’s built-in wallet has defaulted to + generating P2SH-wrapped segwit addresses when users want to receive + payments. These addresses are backwards compatible with all + widely-used software. Starting with Bitcoin Core 0.20 (expected about + a year after 0.18), Bitcoin Core will default to native segwit + addresses (bech32) that provide additional fee savings and other + benefits. Currently, many wallets and services already support sending + to bech32 addresses, and if the Bitcoin Core project sees enough + additional adoption, it will instead default to bech32 receiving + addresses in Bitcoin Core 0.19 (approximately November 2019). + P2SH-wrapped segwit addresses will continue to be provided if the user + requests them in the GUI or by RPC, and anyone who doesn’t want the + update will be able to configure their default address type. + (Similarly, pioneering users who want to change their default now may + set the `addresstype=bech32` configuration option in any Bitcoin Core + release from 0.16.0 up.) + +Deprecated P2P messages +----------------------- + +- BIP 61 reject messages are now deprecated. Reject messages have no use + case on the P2P network and are only logged for debugging by most + network nodes. Furthermore, they increase bandwidth and can be harmful + for privacy and security. It has been possible to disable BIP 61 + messages since v0.17 with the `-enablebip61=0` option. BIP 61 messages + will be disabled by default in a future version, before being removed + entirely. + +Low-level changes +================= + +This section describes RPC changes mainly useful for testing, mostly not +relevant in production. The changes are mentioned for completeness. + +RPC +--- + +- The `submitblock` RPC previously returned the reason a rejected block + was invalid the first time it processed that block, but returned a + generic "duplicate" rejection message on subsequent occasions it + processed the same block. It now always returns the fundamental + reason for rejecting an invalid block and only returns "duplicate" for + valid blocks it has already accepted. + +- A new `submitheader` RPC allows submitting block headers independently + from their block. This is likely only useful for testing. + +- The `signrawtransactionwithkey` and `signrawtransactionwithwallet` + RPCs have been modified so that they also optionally accept a + `witnessScript`, the witness script in the case of a P2WSH or + P2SH-P2WSH output. This is compatible with the change to + `listunspent`. + +- For the `walletprocesspsbt` and `walletcreatefundedpsbt` RPCs, if the + `bip32derivs` parameter is set to true but the key metadata for a + public key has not been updated yet, then that key will have a + derivation path as if it were just an independent key (i.e. no + derivation path and its master fingerprint is itself). + +Configuration +------------- + +- The `-usehd` configuration option was removed in version 0.16. From + that version onwards, all new wallets created are hierarchical + 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. + +Wallet +------- + +- The key metadata will need to be upgraded the first time that the HD + seed is available. For unencrypted wallets this will occur on wallet + loading. For encrypted wallets this will occur the first time the + wallet is unlocked. + +- Newly encrypted wallets will no longer require restarting the + software. Instead such wallets will be completely unloaded and + reloaded to achieve the same effect. + +- A sub-project of Bitcoin Core now provides Hardware Wallet Interaction + (HWI) scripts that allow command-line users to use several popular + hardware key management devices with Bitcoin Core. See their [project + page](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/HWI#readme) for details. + +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. The new implementation + gathers entropy from multiple sources, including from hardware + supporting the rdseed CPU instruction. + +Changes for particular platforms +-------------------------------- + +- On macOS, Bitcoin Core now opts out of application CPU throttling + ("app nap") during initial blockchain download, when catching up from + over 100 blocks behind the current chain tip, or when reindexing chain + data. This helps prevent these operations from taking an excessively + long time because the operating system is attempting to conserve + power. + +0.18.0 change log +================= + +### Consensus +- #14247 Fix crash bug with duplicate inputs within a transaction (TheBlueMatt) + +### Mining +- #14811 Mining: Enforce that segwit option must be set in GBT (jnewbery) + +### Block and transaction handling +- #13310 Report progress in ReplayBlocks while rolling forward (promag) +- #13783 validation: Pass tx pool reference into CheckSequenceLocks (MarcoFalke) +- #14834 validation: Assert that pindexPrev is non-null when required (kallewoof) +- #14085 index: Fix for indexers skipping genesis block (jimpo) +- #14963 mempool, validation: Explain `cs_main` locking semantics (MarcoFalke) +- #15193 Default `-whitelistforcerelay` to off (sdaftuar) +- #15429 Update `assumevalid`, `minimumchainwork`, and `getchaintxstats` to height 563378 (gmaxwell) +- #15552 Granular invalidateblock and RewindBlockIndex (MarcoFalke) +- #14841 Move CheckBlock() call to critical section (hebasto) + +### P2P protocol and network code +- #14025 Remove dead code for nVersion=10300 (MarcoFalke) +- #12254 BIP 158: Compact Block Filters for Light Clients (jimpo) +- #14073 blockfilter: Avoid out-of-bounds script access (jimpo) +- #14140 Switch nPrevNodeCount to vNodesSize (pstratem) +- #14027 Skip stale tip checking if outbound connections are off or if reindexing (gmaxwell) +- #14532 Never bind `INADDR_ANY` by default, and warn when doing so explicitly (luke-jr) +- #14733 Make peer timeout configurable, speed up very slow test and ensure correct code path tested (zallarak) +- #14336 Implement poll (pstratem) +- #15051 IsReachable is the inverse of IsLimited (DRY). Includes unit tests (mmachicao) +- #15138 Drop IsLimited in favor of IsReachable (Empact) +- #14605 Return of the Banman (dongcarl) +- #14970 Add dnsseed.emzy.de to DNS seeds (Emzy) +- #14929 Allow connections from misbehavior banned peers (gmaxwell) +- #15345 Correct comparison of addr count (dongcarl) +- #15201 Add missing locking annotation for vNodes. vNodes is guarded by cs_vNodes (practicalswift) +- #14626 Select orphan transaction uniformly for eviction (sipa) +- #15486 Ensure tried collisions resolve, and allow feeler connections to existing outbound netgroups (sdaftuar) + +### Wallet +- #13962 Remove unused `dummy_tx` variable from FillPSBT (dongcarl) +- #13967 Don't report `minversion` wallet entry as unknown (instagibbs) +- #13988 Add checks for settxfee reasonableness (ajtowns) +- #12559 Avoid locking `cs_main` in some wallet RPC (promag) +- #13631 Add CMerkleTx::IsImmatureCoinBase method (Empact) +- #14023 Remove accounts RPCs (jnewbery) +- #13825 Kill accounts (jnewbery) +- #10605 Add AssertLockHeld assertions in CWallet::ListCoins (ryanofsky) +- #12490 Remove deprecated wallet rpc features from `bitcoin_server` (jnewbery) +- #14138 Set `encrypted_batch` to nullptr after delete. Avoid double free in the case of NDEBUG (practicalswift) +- #14168 Remove `ENABLE_WALLET` from `libbitcoin_server.a` (jnewbery) +- #12493 Reopen CDBEnv after encryption instead of shutting down (achow101) +- #14282 Remove `-usehd` option (jnewbery) +- #14146 Remove trailing separators from `-walletdir` arg (PierreRochard) +- #14291 Add ListWalletDir utility function (promag) +- #14468 Deprecate `generate` RPC method (jnewbery) +- #11634 Add missing `cs_wallet`/`cs_KeyStore` locks to wallet (practicalswift) +- #14296 Remove `addwitnessaddress` (jnewbery) +- #14451 Add BIP70 deprecation warning and allow building GUI without BIP70 support (jameshilliard) +- #14320 Fix duplicate fileid detection (ken2812221) +- #14561 Remove `fs::relative` call and fix listwalletdir tests (promag) +- #14454 Add SegWit support to importmulti (MeshCollider) +- #14410 rpcwallet: `ischange` field for `getaddressinfo` RPC (mrwhythat) +- #14350 Add WalletLocation class (promag) +- #14689 Require a public key to be retrieved when signing a P2PKH input (achow101) +- #14478 Show error to user when corrupt wallet unlock fails (MeshCollider) +- #14411 Restore ability to list incoming transactions by label (ryanofsky) +- #14552 Detect duplicate wallet by comparing the db filename (ken2812221) +- #14678 Remove redundant KeyOriginInfo access, already done in CreateSig (instagibbs) +- #14477 Add ability to convert solvability info to descriptor (sipa) +- #14380 Fix assert crash when specified change output spend size is unknown (instagibbs) +- #14760 Log env path in `BerkeleyEnvironment::Flush` (promag) +- #14646 Add expansion cache functions to descriptors (unused for now) (sipa) +- #13076 Fix ScanForWalletTransactions to return an enum indicating scan result: `success` / `failure` / `user_abort` (Empact) +- #14821 Replace CAffectedKeysVisitor with descriptor based logic (sipa) +- #14957 Initialize `stop_block` in CWallet::ScanForWalletTransactions (Empact) +- #14565 Overhaul `importmulti` logic (sipa) +- #15039 Avoid leaking nLockTime fingerprint when anti-fee-sniping (MarcoFalke) +- #14268 Introduce SafeDbt to handle Dbt with free or `memory_cleanse` raii-style (Empact) +- #14711 Remove uses of chainActive and mapBlockIndex in wallet code (ryanofsky) +- #15279 Clarify rescanblockchain doc (MarcoFalke) +- #15292 Remove `boost::optional`-related false positive -Wmaybe-uninitialized warnings on GCC compiler (hebasto) +- #13926 [Tools] bitcoin-wallet - a tool for creating and managing wallets offline (jnewbery) +- #11911 Free BerkeleyEnvironment instances when not in use (ryanofsky) +- #15235 Do not import private keys to wallets with private keys disabled (achow101) +- #15263 Descriptor expansions only need pubkey entries for PKH/WPKH (sipa) +- #15322 Add missing `cs_db` lock (promag) +- #15297 Releases dangling files on `BerkeleyEnvironment::Close` (promag) +- #14491 Allow descriptor imports with importmulti (MeshCollider) +- #15365 Add lock annotation for mapAddressBook (MarcoFalke) +- #15226 Allow creating blank (empty) wallets (alternative) (achow101) +- #15390 [wallet-tool] Close bdb when flushing wallet (jnewbery) +- #15334 Log absolute paths for the wallets (hebasto) +- #14978 Factor out PSBT utilities from RPCs for use in GUI code; related refactoring (gwillen) +- #14481 Add P2SH-P2WSH support to listunspent RPC (MeshCollider) +- #14021 Import key origin data through descriptors in importmulti (achow101) +- #14075 Import watch only pubkeys to the keypool if private keys are disabled (achow101) +- #15368 Descriptor checksums (sipa) +- #15433 Use a single wallet batch for `UpgradeKeyMetadata` (jonasschnelli) +- #15408 Remove unused `TransactionError` constants (MarcoFalke) +- #15583 Log and ignore errors in ListWalletDir and IsBerkeleyBtree (promag) +- #14195 Pass privkey export DER compression flag correctly (fingera) +- #15299 Fix assertion in `CKey::SignCompact` (promag) +- #14437 Start to separate wallet from node (ryanofsky) +- #15749 Fix: importmulti only imports origin info for PKH outputs (sipa) + +### RPC and other APIs +- #12842 Prevent concurrent `savemempool` (promag) +- #13987 Report `minfeefilter` value in `getpeerinfo` RPC (ajtowns) +- #13891 Remove getinfo deprecation warning (jnewbery) +- #13399 Add `submitheader` (MarcoFalke) +- #12676 Show `bip125-replaceable` flag, when retrieving mempool entries (dexX7) +- #13723 PSBT key path cleanups (sipa) +- #14008 Preserve a format of RPC command definitions (kostyantyn) +- #9332 Let wallet `importmulti` RPC accept labels for standard scriptPubKeys (ryanofsky) +- #13983 Return more specific reject reason for submitblock (MarcoFalke) +- #13152 Add getnodeaddresses RPC command (chris-belcher) +- #14298 rest: Improve performance for JSON calls (alecalve) +- #14297 Remove warning for removed estimatefee RPC (jnewbery) +- #14373 Consistency fixes for RPC descriptions (ch4ot1c) +- #14150 Add key origin support to descriptors (sipa) +- #14518 Always throw in getblockstats if `-txindex` is required (promag) +- #14060 ZMQ: add options to configure outbound message high water mark, aka SNDHWM (mruddy) +- #13381 Add possibility to preserve labels on importprivkey (marcoagner) +- #14530 Use `RPCHelpMan` to generate RPC doc strings (MarcoFalke) +- #14720 Correctly name RPC arguments (MarcoFalke) +- #14726 Use `RPCHelpMan` for all RPCs (MarcoFalke) +- #14796 Pass argument descriptions to `RPCHelpMan` (MarcoFalke) +- #14670 http: Fix HTTP server shutdown (promag) +- #14885 Assert that named arguments are unique in `RPCHelpMan` (promag) +- #14877 Document default values for optional arguments (MarcoFalke) +- #14875 RPCHelpMan: Support required arguments after optional ones (MarcoFalke) +- #14993 Fix data race (UB) in InterruptRPC() (practicalswift) +- #14653 rpcwallet: Add missing transaction categories to RPC helptexts (andrewtoth) +- #14981 Clarify RPC `getrawtransaction`'s time help text (benthecarman) +- #12151 Remove `cs_main` lock from blockToJSON and blockheaderToJSON (promag) +- #15078 Document `bytessent_per_msg` and `bytesrecv_per_msg` (MarcoFalke) +- #15057 Correct `reconsiderblock `help text, add test (MarcoFalke) +- #12153 Avoid permanent `cs_main` lock in `getblockheader` (promag) +- #14982 Add `getrpcinfo` command (promag) +- #15122 Expand help text for `importmulti` changes (jnewbery) +- #15186 remove duplicate solvable field from `getaddressinfo` (fanquake) +- #15209 zmq: log outbound message high water mark when reusing socket (fanquake) +- #15177 rest: Improve tests and documention of /headers and /block (promag) +- #14353 rest: Add blockhash call, fetch blockhash by height (jonasschnelli) +- #15248 Compile on GCC4.8 (MarcoFalke) +- #14987 RPCHelpMan: Pass through Result and Examples (MarcoFalke) +- #15159 Remove lookup to UTXO set from GetTransaction (amitiuttarwar) +- #15245 remove deprecated mentions of signrawtransaction from fundraw help (instagibbs) +- #14667 Add `deriveaddresses` RPC util method (Sjors) +- #15357 Don't ignore `-maxtxfee` when wallet is disabled (JBaczuk) +- #15337 Fix for segfault if combinepsbt called with empty inputs (benthecarman) +- #14918 RPCHelpMan: Check default values are given at compile-time (MarcoFalke) +- #15383 mining: Omit uninitialized currentblockweight, currentblocktx (MarcoFalke) +- #13932 Additional utility RPCs for PSBT (achow101) +- #15401 Actually throw help when passed invalid number of params (MarcoFalke) +- #15471 rpc/gui: Remove 'Unknown block versions being mined' warning (laanwj) +- #15497 Consistent range arguments in scantxoutset/importmulti/deriveaddresses (sipa) +- #15510 deriveaddresses: add range to CRPCConvertParam (Sjors) +- #15582 Fix overflow bug in analyzepsbt fee: CAmount instead of int (sipa) +- #13424 Consistently validate txid / blockhash length and encoding in rpc calls (Empact) +- #15750 Remove the addresses field from the getaddressinfo return object (jnewbery) + +### GUI +- #13634 Compile `boost::signals2` only once (MarcoFalke) +- #13248 Make proxy icon from statusbar clickable (mess110) +- #12818 TransactionView: highlight replacement tx after fee bump (Sjors) +- #13529 Use new Qt5 connect syntax (promag) +- #14162 Also log and print messages or questions like bitcoind (MarcoFalke) +- #14385 Avoid system harfbuzz and bz2 (theuni) +- #14450 Fix QCompleter popup regression (hebasto) +- #14177 Set C locale for amountWidget (hebasto) +- #14374 Add `Blocksdir` to Debug window (hebasto) +- #14554 Remove unused `adjustedTime` parameter (hebasto) +- #14228 Enable system tray icon by default if available (hebasto) +- #14608 Remove the "Pay only required fee…" checkbox (hebasto) +- #14521 qt, docs: Fix `bitcoin-qt -version` output formatting (hebasto) +- #13966 When private key is disabled, only show watch-only balance (ken2812221) +- #14828 Remove hidden columns in coin control dialog (promag) +- #14783 Fix `boost::signals2::no_slots_error` in early calls to InitWarning (promag) +- #14854 Cleanup SplashScreen class (hebasto) +- #14801 Use window() instead of obsolete topLevelWidget() (hebasto) +- #14573 Add Window menu (promag) +- #14979 Restore < Qt5.6 compatibility for addAction (jonasschnelli) +- #14975 Refactoring with QString::toNSString() (hebasto) +- #15000 Fix broken notificator on GNOME (hebasto) +- #14375 Correct misleading "overridden options" label (hebasto) +- #15007 Notificator class refactoring (hebasto) +- #14784 Use `WalletModel*` instead of the wallet name as map key (promag) +- #11625 Add BitcoinApplication & RPCConsole tests (ryanofsky) +- #14517 Fix start with the `-min` option (hebasto) +- #13216 implements concept for different disk sizes on intro (marcoagner) +- #15114 Replace remaining 0 with nullptr (Empact) +- #14594 Fix minimized window bug on Linux (hebasto) +- #14556 Fix confirmed transaction labeled "open" (#13299) (hebasto) +- #15149 Show current wallet name in window title (promag) +- #15136 "Peers" tab overhaul (hebasto) +- #14250 Remove redundant stopThread() and stopExecutor() signals (hebasto) +- #15040 Add workaround for QProgressDialog bug on macOS (hebasto) +- #15101 Add WalletController (promag) +- #15178 Improve "help-console" message (hebasto) +- #15210 Fix window title update (promag) +- #15167 Fix wallet selector size adjustment (hebasto) +- #15208 Remove macOS launch-at-startup when compiled with > macOS 10.11, fix memory mismanagement (jonasschnelli) +- #15163 Correct units for "-dbcache" and "-prune" (hebasto) +- #15225 Change the receive button to respond to keypool state changing (achow101) +- #15280 Fix shutdown order (promag) +- #15203 Fix issue #9683 "gui, wallet: random abort (segmentation fault) (dooglus) +- #15091 Fix model overlay header sync (jonasschnelli) +- #15153 Add Open Wallet menu (promag) +- #15183 Fix `m_assumed_blockchain_size` variable value (marcoagner) +- #15063 If BIP70 is disabled, attempt to fall back to BIP21 parsing (luke-jr) +- #15195 Add Close Wallet action (promag) +- #15462 Fix async open wallet call order (promag) +- #15801 Bugfix: GUI: Options: Initialise prune setting range before loading current value, and remove upper bound limit (luke-jr) + +### Build system +- #13955 gitian: Bump descriptors for (0.)18 (fanquake) +- #13899 Enable -Wredundant-decls where available. Remove redundant redeclarations (practicalswift) +- #13665 Add RISC-V support to gitian (ken2812221) +- #14062 Generate MSVC project files via python script (ken2812221) +- #14037 Add README.md to linux release tarballs (hebasto) +- #14183 Remove unused Qt 4 dependencies (ken2812221) +- #14127 Avoid getifaddrs when unavailable (greenaddress) +- #14184 Scripts and tools: increased timeout downloading (cisba) +- #14204 Move `interfaces/*` to `libbitcoin_server` (laanwj) +- #14208 Actually remove `ENABLE_WALLET` (jnewbery) +- #14212 Remove libssl from LDADD unless GUI (MarcoFalke) +- #13578 Upgrade zeromq to 4.2.5 and avoid deprecated zeromq API functions (mruddy) +- #14281 lcov: filter /usr/lib/ from coverage reports (MarcoFalke) +- #14325 gitian: Use versioned unsigned tarballs instead of generically named ones (achow101) +- #14253 During 'make clean', remove some files that are currently missed (murrayn) +- #14455 Unbreak `make clean` (jamesob) +- #14495 Warn (don't fail!) on spelling errors (practicalswift) +- #14496 Pin to specific versions of Python packages we install from PyPI in Travis (practicalswift) +- #14568 Fix Qt link order for Windows build (ken2812221) +- #14252 Run functional tests and benchmarks under the undefined behaviour sanitizer (UBSan) (practicalswift) +- #14612 Include full version number in released file names (achow101) +- #14840 Remove duplicate libconsensus linking in test make (AmirAbrams) +- #14564 Adjust configure so that only BIP70 is disabled when protobuf is missing instead of the GUI (jameshilliard) +- #14883 Add `--retry 5` to curl opts in `install_db4.sh` (qubenix) +- #14701 Add `CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD` to CFBundleGetInfoString (fanquake) +- #14849 Qt 5.9.7 (fanquake) +- #15020 Add names to Travis jobs (gkrizek) +- #15047 Allow to configure --with-sanitizers=fuzzer (MarcoFalke) +- #15154 Configure: bitcoin-tx doesn't need libevent, so don't pull it in (luke-jr) +- #15175 Drop macports support (Empact) +- #15308 Restore compatibility with older boost (Empact) +- #15407 msvc: Fix silent merge conflict between #13926 and #14372 part II (ken2812221) +- #15388 Makefile.am: add rule for src/bitcoin-wallet (Sjors) +- #15393 Bump minimum Qt version to 5.5.1 (Sjors) +- #15285 Prefer Python 3.4 even if newer versions are present on the system (Sjors) +- #15398 msvc: Add rapidcheck property tests (ken2812221) +- #15431 msvc: scripted-diff: Remove NDEBUG pre-define in project file (ken2812221) +- #15549 gitian: Improve error handling (laanwj) +- #15548 use full version string in setup.exe (MarcoFalke) +- #11526 Visual Studio build configuration for Bitcoin Core (sipsorcery) +- #15110 build\_msvc: Fix the build problem in `libbitcoin_server` (Mr-Leshiy) +- #14372 msvc: build secp256k1 and leveldb locally (ken2812221) +- #15325 msvc: Fix silent merge conflict between #13926 and #14372 (ken2812221) +- #15391 Add compile time verification of assumptions we're currently making implicitly/tacitly (practicalswift) +- #15503 msvc: Use a single file to specify the include path (ken2812221) +- #13765 contrib: Add gitian build support for github pull request (ken2812221) +- #15809 gitignore: plist and dat (jamesob) + +### Tests and QA +- #15405 appveyor: Clean cache when build configuration changes (Sjors) +- #13953 Fix deprecation in bitcoin-util-test.py (isghe) +- #13963 Replace usage of tostring() with tobytes() (dongcarl) +- #13964 ci: Add appveyor ci (ken2812221) +- #13997 appveyor: fetch the latest port data (ken2812221) +- #13707 Add usage note to check-rpc-mappings.py (masonicboom) +- #14036 travis: Run unit tests --with-sanitizers=undefined (MarcoFalke) +- #13861 Add testing of `value_ret` for SelectCoinsBnB (Empact) +- #13863 travis: Move script sections to files in `.travis/` subject to shellcheck (scravy) +- #14081 travis: Fix missing differentiation between unit and functional tests (scravy) +- #14042 travis: Add cxxflags=-wno-psabi at arm job (ken2812221) +- #14051 Make `combine_logs.py` handle multi-line logs (jnewbery) +- #14093 Fix accidental trunction from int to bool (practicalswift) +- #14108 Add missing locking annotations and locks (`g_cs_orphans`) (practicalswift) +- #14088 Don't assert(…) with side effects (practicalswift) +- #14086 appveyor: Use clcache to speed up build (ken2812221) +- #13954 Warn (don't fail!) on spelling errors. Fix typos reported by codespell (practicalswift) +- #12775 Integration of property based testing into Bitcoin Core (Christewart) +- #14119 Read reject reasons from debug log, not P2P messages (MarcoFalke) +- #14189 Fix silent merge conflict in `wallet_importmulti` (MarcoFalke) +- #13419 Speed up `knapsack_solver_test` by not recreating wallet 100 times (lucash-dev) +- #14199 Remove redundant BIP174 test from `rpc_psbt.json` (araspitzu) +- #14179 Fixups to "Run all tests even if wallet is not compiled" (MarcoFalke) +- #14225 Reorder tests and move most of extended tests up to normal tests (ken2812221) +- #14236 `generate` --> `generatetoaddress` change to allow tests run without wallet (sanket1729) +- #14287 Use MakeUnique to construct objects owned by `unique_ptrs` (practicalswift) +- #14007 Run functional test on Windows and enable it on Appveyor (ken2812221) +- #14275 Write the notification message to different files to avoid race condition in `feature_notifications.py` (ken2812221) +- #14306 appveyor: Move AppVeyor YAML to dot-file-style YAML (MitchellCash) +- #14305 Enforce critical class instance attributes in functional tests, fix segwit test specificity (JustinTArthur) +- #12246 Bugfix: Only run bitcoin-tx tests when bitcoin-tx is enabled (luke-jr) +- #14316 Exclude all tests with difference parameters in `--exclude` list (ken2812221) +- #14381 Add missing call to `skip_if_no_cli()` (practicalswift) +- #14389 travis: Set codespell version to avoid breakage (MarcoFalke) +- #14398 Don't access out of bounds array index: array[sizeof(array)] (Empact) +- #14419 Remove `rpc_zmq.py` (jnewbery) +- #14241 appveyor: Script improvement (ken2812221) +- #14413 Allow closed RPC handler in `assert_start_raises_init_error` (ken2812221) +- #14324 Run more tests with wallet disabled (MarcoFalke) +- #13649 Allow arguments to be forwarded to flake8 in lint-python.sh (jamesob) +- #14465 Stop node before removing the notification file (ken2812221) +- #14460 Improve 'CAmount' tests (hebasto) +- #14456 forward timeouts properly in `send_blocks_and_test` (jamesob) +- #14527 Revert "Make qt wallet test compatible with qt4" (MarcoFalke) +- #14504 Show the progress of functional tests (isghe) +- #14559 appveyor: Enable multiwallet tests (ken2812221) +- #13515 travis: Enable qt for all jobs (ken2812221) +- #14571 Test that nodes respond to `getdata` with `notfound` (MarcoFalke) +- #14569 Print dots by default in functional tests (ken2812221) +- #14631 Move deterministic address import to `setup_nodes` (jnewbery) +- #14630 test: Remove travis specific code (MarcoFalke) +- #14528 travis: Compile once on xenial (MarcoFalke) +- #14092 Dry run `bench_bitcoin` as part `make check` to allow for quick identification of assertion/sanitizer failures in benchmarking code (practicalswift) +- #14664 `example_test.py`: fixup coinbase height argument, derive number clearly (instagibbs) +- #14522 Add invalid P2P message tests (jamesob) +- #14619 Fix value display name in `test_runner` help text (merland) +- #14672 Send fewer spam messages in `p2p_invalid_messages` (jamesob) +- #14673 travis: Fail the ubsan travis build in case of newly introduced ubsan errors (practicalswift) +- #14665 appveyor: Script improvement part II (ken2812221) +- #14365 Add Python dead code linter (vulture) to Travis (practicalswift) +- #14693 `test_node`: `get_mem_rss` fixups (MarcoFalke) +- #14714 util.h: explicitly include required QString header (1Il1) +- #14705 travis: Avoid timeout on verify-commits check (MarcoFalke) +- #14770 travis: Do not specify sudo in `.travis` (scravy) +- #14719 Check specific reject reasons in `feature_block` (MarcoFalke) +- #14771 Add `BOOST_REQUIRE` to getters returning optional (MarcoFalke) +- #14777 Add regtest for JSON-RPC batch calls (domob1812) +- #14764 travis: Run thread sanitizer on unit tests (MarcoFalke) +- #14400 Add Benchmark to test input de-duplication worst case (JeremyRubin) +- #14812 Fix `p2p_invalid_messages` on macOS (jamesob) +- #14813 Add `wallet_encryption` error tests (MarcoFalke) +- #14820 Fix `descriptor_tests` not checking ToString output of public descriptors (ryanofsky) +- #14794 Add AddressSanitizer (ASan) Travis build (practicalswift) +- #14819 Bugfix: `test/functional/mempool_accept`: Ensure oversize transaction is actually oversize (luke-jr) +- #14822 bench: Destroy wallet txs instead of leaking their memory (MarcoFalke) +- #14683 Better `combine_logs.py` behavior (jamesob) +- #14231 travis: Save cache even when build or test fail (ken2812221) +- #14816 Add CScriptNum decode python implementation in functional suite (instagibbs) +- #14861 Modify `rpc_bind` to conform to #14532 behaviour (dongcarl) +- #14864 Run scripted-diff in subshell (dongcarl) +- #14795 Allow `test_runner` command line to receive parameters for each test (marcoagner) +- #14788 Possible fix the permission error when the tests open the cookie file (ken2812221) +- #14857 `wallet_keypool_topup.py`: Test for all keypool address types (instagibbs) +- #14886 Refactor importmulti tests (jnewbery) +- #14908 Removed implicit CTransaction constructor calls from tests and benchmarks (lucash-dev) +- #14903 Handle ImportError explicitly, improve comparisons against None (daniel-s-ingram) +- #14884 travis: Enforce python 3.4 support through linter (Sjors) +- #14940 Add test for truncated pushdata script (MarcoFalke) +- #14926 consensus: Check that final transactions are valid (MarcoFalke) +- #14937 travis: Fix travis would always be green even if it fail (ken2812221) +- #14953 Make `g_insecure_rand_ctx` `thread_local` (MarcoFalke) +- #14931 mempool: Verify prioritization is dumped correctly (MarcoFalke) +- #14935 Test for expected return values when calling functions returning a success code (practicalswift) +- #14969 Fix `cuckoocache_tests` TSAN failure introduced in 14935 (practicalswift) +- #14964 Fix race in `mempool_accept` (MarcoFalke) +- #14829 travis: Enable functional tests in the threadsanitizer (tsan) build job (practicalswift) +- #14985 Remove `thread_local` from `test_bitcoin` (MarcoFalke) +- #15005 Bump timeout to run tests in travis thread sanitizer (MarcoFalke) +- #15013 Avoid race in `p2p_timeouts` (MarcoFalke) +- #14960 lint/format-strings: Correctly exclude escaped percent symbols (luke-jr) +- #14930 pruning: Check that verifychain can be called when pruned (MarcoFalke) +- #15022 Upgrade Travis OS to Xenial (gkrizek) +- #14738 Fix running `wallet_listtransactions.py` individually through `test_runner.py` (kristapsk) +- #15026 Rename `rpc_timewait` to `rpc_timeout` (MarcoFalke) +- #15069 Fix `rpc_net.py` `pong` race condition (Empact) +- #14790 Allow running `rpc_bind.py` --nonloopback test without IPv6 (kristapsk) +- #14457 add invalid tx templates for use in functional tests (jamesob) +- #14855 Correct ineffectual WithOrVersion from `transactions_tests` (Empact) +- #15099 Use `std::vector` API for construction of test data (domob1812) +- #15102 Run `invalid_txs.InputMissing` test in `feature_block` (MarcoFalke) +- #15059 Add basic test for BIP34 (MarcoFalke) +- #15108 Tidy up `wallet_importmulti.py` (amitiuttarwar) +- #15164 Ignore shellcheck warning SC2236 (promag) +- #15170 refactor/lint: Add ignored shellcheck suggestions to an array (koalaman) +- #14958 Remove race between connecting and shutdown on separate connections (promag) +- #15166 Pin shellcheck version (practicalswift) +- #15196 Update all `subprocess.check_output` functions to be Python 3.4 compatible (gkrizek) +- #15043 Build fuzz targets into seperate executables (MarcoFalke) +- #15276 travis: Compile once on trusty (MarcoFalke) +- #15246 Add tests for invalid message headers (MarcoFalke) +- #15301 When testing with --usecli, unify RPC arg to cli arg conversion and handle dicts and lists (achow101) +- #15247 Use wallet to retrieve raw transactions (MarcoFalke) +- #15303 travis: Remove unused `functional_tests_config` (MarcoFalke) +- #15330 Fix race in `p2p_invalid_messages` (MarcoFalke) +- #15324 Make bloom tests deterministic (MarcoFalke) +- #15328 travis: Revert "run extended tests once daily" (MarcoFalke) +- #15327 Make test `updatecoins_simulation_test` deterministic (practicalswift) +- #14519 add utility to easily profile node performance with perf (jamesob) +- #15349 travis: Only exit early if compilation took longer than 30 min (MarcoFalke) +- #15350 Drop RPC connection if --usecli (promag) +- #15370 test: Remove unused --force option (MarcoFalke) +- #14543 minor `p2p_sendheaders` fix of height in coinbase (instagibbs) +- #13787 Test for Windows encoding issue (ken2812221) +- #15378 Added missing tests for RPC wallet errors (benthecarman) +- #15238 remove some magic mining constants in functional tests (instagibbs) +- #15411 travis: Combine --disable-bip70 into existing job (MarcoFalke) +- #15295 fuzz: Add `test/fuzz/test_runner.py` and run it in travis (MarcoFalke) +- #15413 Add missing `cs_main` locks required when accessing pcoinsdbview, pcoinsTip or pblocktree (practicalswift) +- #15399 fuzz: Script validation flags (MarcoFalke) +- #15410 txindex: interrupt threadGroup before calling destructor (MarcoFalke) +- #15397 Remove manual byte editing in `wallet_tx_clone` func test (instagibbs) +- #15415 functional: allow custom cwd, use tmpdir as default (Sjors) +- #15404 Remove `-txindex` to start nodes (amitiuttarwar) +- #15439 remove `byte.hex()` to keep compatibility (AkioNak) +- #15419 Always refresh cache to be out of ibd (MarcoFalke) +- #15507 Bump timeout on tests that timeout on windows (MarcoFalke) +- #15506 appveyor: fix cache issue and reduce dependencies build time (ken2812221) +- #15485 add `rpc_misc.py`, mv test getmemoryinfo, add test mallocinfo (adamjonas) +- #15321 Add `cs_main` lock annotations for mapBlockIndex (MarcoFalke) +- #14128 lint: Make sure we read the command line inputs using UTF-8 decoding in python (ken2812221) +- #14115 lint: Make all linters work under the default macos dev environment (build-osx.md) (practicalswift) +- #15219 lint: Enable python linters via an array (Empact) + +### Platform support +- #13866 utils: Use `_wfopen` and `_wfreopen` on windows (ken2812221) +- #13886 utils: Run commands using UTF-8 string on windows (ken2812221) +- #14192 utils: Convert `fs::filesystem_error` messages from local multibyte to UTF-8 on windows (ken2812221) +- #13877 utils: Make fs::path::string() always return UTF-8 string on windows (ken2812221) +- #13883 utils: Convert windows args to UTF-8 string (ken2812221) +- #13878 utils: Add fstream wrapper to allow to pass unicode filename on windows (ken2812221) +- #14426 utils: Fix broken windows filelock (ken2812221) +- #14686 Fix windows build error if `--disable-bip70` (ken2812221) +- #14922 windows: Set `_WIN32_WINNT` to 0x0601 (Windows 7) (ken2812221) +- #13888 Call unicode API on Windows (ken2812221) +- #15468 Use `fsbridge::ifstream` to fix Windows path issue (ken2812221) +- #13734 Drop `boost::scoped_array` and use `wchar_t` API explicitly on Windows (ken2812221) +- #13884 Enable bdb unicode support for Windows (ken2812221) + +### Miscellaneous +- #13935 contrib: Adjust output to current test format (AkioNak) +- #14097 validation: Log FormatStateMessage on ConnectBlock error in ConnectTip (MarcoFalke) +- #13724 contrib: Support ARM and RISC-V symbol check (ken2812221) +- #13159 Don't close old debug log file handle prematurely when trying to re-open (on SIGHUP) (practicalswift) +- #14186 bitcoin-cli: don't translate command line options (HashUnlimited) +- #14057 logging: Only log `using config file path_to_bitcoin.conf` message on startup if conf file exists (leishman) +- #14164 Update univalue subtree (MarcoFalke) +- #14272 init: Remove deprecated args from hidden args (MarcoFalke) +- #14494 Error if # is used in rpcpassword in conf (MeshCollider) +- #14742 Properly generate salt in rpcauth.py (dongcarl) +- #14708 Warn unrecognised sections in the config file (AkioNak) +- #14756 Improve rpcauth.py by using argparse and getpass modules (promag) +- #14785 scripts: Fix detection of copyright holders (cornelius) +- #14831 scripts: Use `#!/usr/bin/env bash` instead of `#!/bin/bash` (vim88) +- #14869 Scripts: Add trusted key for samuel dobson (laanwj) +- #14809 Tools: improve verify-commits.py script (jlopp) +- #14624 Some simple improvements to the RNG code (sipa) +- #14947 scripts: Remove python 2 import workarounds (practicalswift) +- #15087 Error if rpcpassword contains hash in conf sections (MeshCollider) +- #14433 Add checksum in gitian build scripts for ossl (TheCharlatan) +- #15165 contrib: Allow use of github api authentication in github-merge (laanwj) +- #14409 utils and libraries: Make 'blocksdir' always net specific (hebasto) +- #14839 threads: Fix unitialized members in `sched_param` (fanquake) +- #14955 Switch all RNG code to the built-in PRNG (sipa) +- #15258 Scripts and tools: Fix `devtools/copyright_header.py` to always honor exclusions (Empact) +- #12255 Update bitcoin.service to conform to init.md (dongcarl) +- #15266 memory: Construct globals on first use (MarcoFalke) +- #15347 Fix build after pr 15266 merged (hebasto) +- #15351 Update linearize-hashes.py (OverlordQ) +- #15358 util: Add setuphelpoptions() (MarcoFalke) +- #15216 Scripts and tools: Replace script name with a special parameter (hebasto) +- #15250 Use RdSeed when available, and reduce RdRand load (sipa) +- #15278 Improve PID file error handling (hebasto) +- #15270 Pull leveldb subtree (MarcoFalke) +- #15456 Enable PID file creation on WIN (riordant) +- #12783 macOS: disable AppNap during sync (krab) +- #13910 Log progress while verifying blocks at level 4 (domob1812) +- #15124 Fail AppInitMain if either disk space check fails (Empact) +- #15117 Fix invalid memory write in case of failing mmap(…) in PosixLockedPageAllocator::AllocateLocked (practicalswift) +- #14357 streams: Fix broken `streams_vector_reader` test. Remove unused `seek(size_t)` +- #11640 Make `LOCK`, `LOCK2`, `TRY_LOCK` work with CWaitableCriticalSection (ryanofsky) +- #14074 Use `std::unordered_set` instead of `set` in blockfilter interface (jimpo) +- #15275 Add gitian PGP key for hebasto (hebasto) + +### Documentation +- #14120 Notes about control port and read access to cookie (JBaczuk) +- #14135 correct GetDifficulty doc after #13288 (fanquake) +- #14013 Add new regtest ports in man following #10825 ports reattributions (ariard) +- #14149 Remove misleading checkpoints comment in CMainParams (MarcoFalke) +- #14153 Add disable-wallet section to OSX build instructions, update line in Unix instructions (bitstein) +- #13662 Explain when reindex-chainstate can be used instead of reindex (Sjors) +- #14207 `-help-debug` implies `-help` (laanwj) +- #14213 Fix reference to lint-locale-dependence.sh (hebasto) +- #14206 Document `-checklevel` levels (laanwj) +- #14217 Add GitHub PR template (MarcoFalke) +- #14331 doxygen: Fix member comments (MarcoFalke) +- #14264 Split depends installation instructions per arch (MarcoFalke) +- #14393 Add missing apt-get install (poiuty) +- #14428 Fix macOS files description in qt/README.md (hebasto) +- #14390 release process: RPC documentation (karel-3d) +- #14472 getblocktemplate: use SegWit in example (Sjors) +- #14497 Add doc/bitcoin-conf.md (hebasto) +- #14526 Document lint tests (fanquake) +- #14511 Remove explicit storage requirement from README.md (merland) +- #14600 Clarify commit message guidelines (merland) +- #14617 FreeBSD: Document Python 3 requirement for 'gmake check' (murrayn) +- #14592 Add external interface consistency guarantees (MarcoFalke) +- #14625 Make clear function argument case in dev notes (dongcarl) +- #14515 Update OpenBSD build guide for 6.4 (fanquake) +- #14436 Add comment explaining recentRejects-DoS behavior (jamesob) +- #14684 conf: Remove deprecated options from docs, Other cleanup (MarcoFalke) +- #14731 Improve scripted-diff developer docs (dongcarl) +- #14778 A few minor formatting fixes and clarifications to descriptors.md (jnewbery) +- #14448 Clarify rpcwallet flag url change (JBaczuk) +- #14808 Clarify RPC rawtransaction documentation (jlopp) +- #14804 Less confusing documentation for `torpassword` (fanquake) +- #14848 Fix broken Gmane URL in security-check.py (cyounkins-bot) +- #14882 developer-notes.md: Point out that UniValue deviates from upstream (Sjors) +- #14909 Update minimum required Qt (fanquake) +- #14914 Add nice table to files.md (emilengler) +- #14741 Indicate `-rpcauth` option password hashing alg (dongcarl) +- #14950 Add NSIS setup/install steps to windows docs (fanquake) +- #13930 Better explain GetAncestor check for `m_failed_blocks` in AcceptBlockHeader (Sjors) +- #14973 Improve Windows native build instructions (murrayn) +- #15073 Botbot.me (IRC logs) not available anymore (anduck) +- #15038 Get more info about GUI-related issue on Linux (hebasto) +- #14832 Add more Doxygen information to Developer Notes (ch4ot1c) +- #15128 Fix download link in doc/README.md (merland) +- #15127 Clarifying testing instructions (benthecarman) +- #15132 Add FreeBSD build notes link to doc/README.md (fanquake) +- #15173 Explain what .python-version does (Sjors) +- #15223 Add information about security to the JSON-RPC doc (harding) +- #15249 Update python docs to reflect that wildcard imports are disallowed (Empact) +- #15176 Get rid of badly named `doc/README_osx.md` (merland) +- #15272 Correct logging return type and RPC example (fanquake) +- #15244 Gdb attaching to process during tests has non-sudo solution (instagibbs) +- #15332 Small updates to `getrawtransaction` description (amitiuttarwar) +- #15354 Add missing `bitcoin-wallet` tool manpages (MarcoFalke) +- #15343 netaddress: Make IPv4 loopback comment more descriptive (dongcarl) +- #15353 Minor textual improvements in `translation_strings_policy.md` (merland) +- #15426 importmulti: add missing description of keypool option (harding) +- #15425 Add missing newline to listunspent help for witnessScript (harding) +- #15348 Add separate productivity notes document (dongcarl) +- #15416 Update FreeBSD build guide for 12.0 (fanquake) +- #15222 Add info about factors that affect dependency list (merland) +- #13676 Explain that mempool memory is added to `-dbcache` (Sjors) +- #15273 Slight tweak to the verify-commits script directions (droark) +- #15477 Remove misleading hint in getrawtransaction (MarcoFalke) +- #15489 Update release process for snap package (MarcoFalke) +- #15524 doc: Remove berkeleydb PPA from linux build instructions (MarcoFalke) +- #15559 Correct `analyzepsbt` rpc doc (fanquake) +- #15194 Add comment describing `fDisconnect` behavior (dongcarl) +- #15754 getrpcinfo docs (benthecarman) +- #15763 Update bips.md for 0.18.0 (sipa) +- #15757 List new RPCs in psbt.md and descriptors.md (sipa) +- #15765 correct bitcoinconsensus_version in shared-libraries.md (fanquake) +- #15792 describe onlynet option in doc/tor.md (jonatack) +- #15802 mention creating application support bitcoin folder on OSX (JimmyMow) +- #15799 Clarify RPC versioning (MarcoFalke) + +Credits +======= + +Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release: + +- 1Il1 +- 251 +- Aaron Clauson +- Adam Jonas +- Akio Nakamura +- Alexander Leishman +- Alexey Ivanov +- Alexey Poghilenkov +- Amir Abrams +- Amiti Uttarwar +- Andrew Chow +- andrewtoth +- Anthony Towns +- Antoine Le Calvez +- Antoine Riard +- Antti Majakivi +- araspitzu +- Arvid Norberg +- Ben Carman +- Ben Woosley +- benthecarman +- bitcoinhodler +- Carl Dong +- Chakib Benziane +- Chris Moore +- Chris Stewart +- chris-belcher +- Chun Kuan Lee +- Cornelius Schumacher +- Cory Fields +- Craig Younkins +- Cristian Mircea Messel +- Damian Mee +- Daniel Ingram +- Daniel Kraft +- David A. Harding +- DesWurstes +- dexX7 +- Dimitri Deijs +- Dimitris Apostolou +- Douglas Roark +- DrahtBot +- Emanuele Cisbani +- Emil Engler +- Eric Scrivner +- fridokus +- Gal Buki +- Gleb Naumenko +- Glenn Willen +- Graham Krizek +- Gregory Maxwell +- Gregory Sanders +- gustavonalle +- Harry Moreno +- Hennadii Stepanov +- Isidoro Ghezzi +- Jack Mallers +- James Hilliard +- James O'Beirne +- Jameson Lopp +- Jeremy Rubin +- Jesse Cohen +- Jim Posen +- John Newbery +- Jon Layton +- Jonas Schnelli +- João Barbosa +- Jordan Baczuk +- Jorge Timón +- Julian Fleischer +- Justin Turner Arthur +- Karel Bílek +- Karl-Johan Alm +- Kaz Wesley +- ken2812221 +- Kostiantyn Stepaniuk +- Kristaps Kaupe +- Lawrence Nahum +- Lenny Maiorani +- liuyujun +- lucash-dev +- luciana +- Luke Dashjr +- marcaiaf +- marcoagner +- MarcoFalke +- Martin Erlandsson +- Marty Jones +- Mason Simon +- Michael Ford +- Michael Goldstein +- Michael Polzer +- Mitchell Cash +- mruddy +- Murray Nesbitt +- OverlordQ +- Patrick Strateman +- Pierre Rochard +- Pieter Wuille +- poiuty +- practicalswift +- priscoan +- qubenix +- riordant +- Russell Yanofsky +- Samuel Dobson +- sanket1729 +- Sjors Provoost +- Stephan Oeste +- Steven Roose +- Suhas Daftuar +- TheCharlatan +- Tim Ruffing +- Vidar Holen +- vim88 +- Walter +- whythat +- Wladimir J. van der Laan +- Zain Iqbal Allarakhia + +As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/). |