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-rw-r--r--doc/REST-interface.md12
-rw-r--r--doc/developer-notes.md13
-rw-r--r--doc/gitian-building.md6
-rw-r--r--doc/gitian-building/system_settings.pngbin0 -> 76448 bytes
-rw-r--r--doc/release-notes.md99
-rw-r--r--doc/release-process.md6
6 files changed, 50 insertions, 86 deletions
diff --git a/doc/REST-interface.md b/doc/REST-interface.md
index caf6782886..7a17c175bd 100644
--- a/doc/REST-interface.md
+++ b/doc/REST-interface.md
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ The interface runs on the same port as the JSON-RPC interface, by default port 8
Supported API
-------------
-####Transactions
+#### Transactions
`GET /rest/tx/<TX-HASH>.<bin|hex|json>`
Given a transaction hash: returns a transaction in binary, hex-encoded binary, or JSON formats.
For full TX query capability, one must enable the transaction index via "txindex=1" command line / configuration option.
-####Blocks
+#### Blocks
`GET /rest/block/<BLOCK-HASH>.<bin|hex|json>`
`GET /rest/block/notxdetails/<BLOCK-HASH>.<bin|hex|json>`
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ The HTTP request and response are both handled entirely in-memory, thus making m
With the /notxdetails/ option JSON response will only contain the transaction hash instead of the complete transaction details. The option only affects the JSON response.
-####Blockheaders
+#### Blockheaders
`GET /rest/headers/<COUNT>/<BLOCK-HASH>.<bin|hex|json>`
Given a block hash: returns <COUNT> amount of blockheaders in upward direction.
-####Chaininfos
+#### Chaininfos
`GET /rest/chaininfo.json`
Returns various state info regarding block chain processing.
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Only supports JSON as output format.
* softforks : (array) status of softforks in progress
* bip9_softforks : (object) status of BIP9 softforks in progress
-####Query UTXO set
+#### Query UTXO set
`GET /rest/getutxos/<checkmempool>/<txid>-<n>/<txid>-<n>/.../<txid>-<n>.<bin|hex|json>`
The getutxo command allows querying of the UTXO set given a set of outpoints.
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ $ curl localhost:18332/rest/getutxos/checkmempool/b2cdfd7b89def827ff8af7cd9bff76
}
```
-####Memory pool
+#### Memory pool
`GET /rest/mempool/info.json`
Returns various information about the TX mempool.
diff --git a/doc/developer-notes.md b/doc/developer-notes.md
index 81bdcc9fdb..77260bbdfd 100644
--- a/doc/developer-notes.md
+++ b/doc/developer-notes.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Developer Notes
Various coding styles have been used during the history of the codebase,
and the result is not very consistent. However, we're now trying to converge to
a single style, which is specified below. When writing patches, favor the new
-style over attempting to mimick the surrounding style, except for move-only
+style over attempting to mimic the surrounding style, except for move-only
commits.
Do not submit patches solely to modify the style of existing code.
@@ -28,15 +28,16 @@ tool to clean up patches automatically before submission.
required when doing so would need changes to significant pieces of existing
code.
- Variable and namespace names are all lowercase, and may use `_` to
- separate words.
+ separate words (snake_case).
- Class member variables have a `m_` prefix.
- Global variables have a `g_` prefix.
- Constant names are all uppercase, and use `_` to separate words.
- - Class names, function names and method names are CamelCase. Do not prefix
- class names with `C`.
+ - Class names, function names and method names are UpperCamelCase
+ (PascalCase). Do not prefix class names with `C`.
- **Miscellaneous**
- `++i` is preferred over `i++`.
+ - `static_assert` is preferred over `assert` where possible. Generally; compile-time checking is preferred over run-time checking.
Block style example:
```c++
@@ -561,10 +562,10 @@ A few guidelines for introducing and reviewing new RPC interfaces:
which is error prone, and it is easy to get things such as escaping wrong.
JSON already supports nested data structures, no need to re-invent the wheel.
- - *Exception*: AmountToValue can parse amounts as string. This was introduced because many JSON
+ - *Exception*: AmountFromValue can parse amounts as string. This was introduced because many JSON
parsers and formatters hard-code handling decimal numbers as floating point
values, resulting in potential loss of precision. This is unacceptable for
- monetary values. **Always** use `AmountToValue` and `ValueToAmount` when
+ monetary values. **Always** use `AmountFromValue` and `ValueFromAmount` when
inputting or outputting monetary values. The only exceptions to this are
`prioritisetransaction` and `getblocktemplate` because their interface
is specified as-is in BIP22.
diff --git a/doc/gitian-building.md b/doc/gitian-building.md
index 9f9afaf04f..636686b391 100644
--- a/doc/gitian-building.md
+++ b/doc/gitian-building.md
@@ -76,7 +76,11 @@ In the VirtualBox GUI click "New" and choose the following parameters in the wiz
After creating the VM, we need to configure it.
-- Click the `Settings` button, then go to the `Network` tab. Adapter 1 should be attached to `NAT`.
+- Click the `Settings` button, then go to `System` tab and `Processor` sub-tab. Increase the number of processors to the number of cores on your machine if you want builds to be faster.
+
+![](gitian-building/system_settings.png)
+
+- Go to the `Network` tab. Adapter 1 should be attached to `NAT`.
![](gitian-building/network_settings.png)
diff --git a/doc/gitian-building/system_settings.png b/doc/gitian-building/system_settings.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5720ef3a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/gitian-building/system_settings.png
Binary files differ
diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
index a13ede2dd5..aa1d1bea14 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes.md
@@ -16,16 +16,39 @@ 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, 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. Upgrading
+directly from 0.7.x and earlier without redownloading the blockchain is not supported.
+However, as usual, old wallet versions are still supported.
+
+Downgrading warning
+-------------------
+
+The chainstate database for this release is not compatible with previous
+releases, so if you run 0.15 and then decide to switch back to any
+older version, you will need to run the old release with the `-reindex-chainstate`
+option to rebuild the chainstate data structures in the old format.
+
+If your node has pruning enabled, this will entail re-downloading and
+processing the entire blockchain.
+
Compatibility
==============
Bitcoin Core is extensively tested on multiple operating systems using
-the Linux kernel, macOS 10.8+, and Windows Vista and later.
-
-Microsoft ended support for Windows XP on [April 8th, 2014](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/WindowsForBusiness/end-of-xp-support).
-No attempt is made to prevent installing or running the software on Windows XP, you
-can still do so at your own risk but be aware that there are known instabilities.
-Please do not report issues about Windows XP to the issue tracker.
+the Linux kernel, macOS 10.8+, and Windows Vista and later. Windows XP is not supported.
Bitcoin Core should also work on most other Unix-like systems but is not
frequently tested on them.
@@ -33,70 +56,6 @@ frequently tested on them.
Notable changes
===============
-Low-level RPC changes
----------------------
-
-- The new database model no longer stores information about transaction
- versions of unspent outputs. This means that:
- - The `gettxout` RPC no longer has a `version` field in the response.
- - The `gettxoutsetinfo` RPC reports `hash_serialized_2` instead of `hash_serialized`,
- which does not commit to the transaction versions of unspent outputs, but does
- commit to the height and coinbase information.
- - The `gettxoutsetinfo` response now contains `disk_size` and `bogosize` instead of
- `bytes_serialized`. The first is a more accurate estimate of actual disk usage, but
- is not deterministic. The second is unrelated to disk usage, but is a
- database-independent metric of UTXO set size: it counts every UTXO entry as 50 + the
- length of its scriptPubKey.
- - The `getutxos` REST path no longer reports the `txvers` field in JSON format,
- and always reports 0 for transaction versions in the binary format
-
-
-- Error codes have been updated to be more accurate for the following error cases:
- - `getblock` now returns RPC_MISC_ERROR if the block can't be found on disk (for
- example if the block has been pruned). Previously returned RPC_INTERNAL_ERROR.
- - `pruneblockchain` now returns RPC_MISC_ERROR if the blocks cannot be pruned
- because the node is not in pruned mode. Previously returned RPC_METHOD_NOT_FOUND.
- - `pruneblockchain` now returns RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER if the blocks cannot be pruned
- because the supplied timestamp is too late. Previously returned RPC_INTERNAL_ERROR.
- - `pruneblockchain` now returns RPC_MISC_ERROR if the blocks cannot be pruned
- because the blockchain is too short. Previously returned RPC_INTERNAL_ERROR.
- - `setban` now returns RPC_CLIENT_INVALID_IP_OR_SUBNET if the supplied IP address
- or subnet is invalid. Previously returned RPC_CLIENT_NODE_ALREADY_ADDED.
- - `setban` now returns RPC_CLIENT_INVALID_IP_OR_SUBNET if the user tries to unban
- a node that has not previously been banned. Previously returned RPC_MISC_ERROR.
- - `removeprunedfunds` now returns RPC_WALLET_ERROR if bitcoind is unable to remove
- the transaction. Previously returned RPC_INTERNAL_ERROR.
- - `removeprunedfunds` now returns RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER if the transaction does not
- exist in the wallet. Previously returned RPC_INTERNAL_ERROR.
- - `fundrawtransaction` now returns RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY if an invalid change
- address is provided. Previously returned RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER.
- - `fundrawtransaction` now returns RPC_WALLET_ERROR if bitcoind is unable to create
- the transaction. The error message provides further details. Previously returned
- RPC_INTERNAL_ERROR.
- - `bumpfee` now returns RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER if the provided transaction has
- descendants in the wallet. Previously returned RPC_MISC_ERROR.
- - `bumpfee` now returns RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER if the provided transaction has
- descendants in the mempool. Previously returned RPC_MISC_ERROR.
- - `bumpfee` now returns RPC_WALLET_ERROR if the provided transaction has
- has been mined or conflicts with a mined transaction. Previously returned
- RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY.
- - `bumpfee` now returns RPC_WALLET_ERROR if the provided transaction is not
- BIP 125 replaceable. Previously returned RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY.
- - `bumpfee` now returns RPC_WALLET_ERROR if the provided transaction has already
- been bumped by a different transaction. Previously returned RPC_INVALID_REQUEST.
- - `bumpfee` now returns RPC_WALLET_ERROR if the provided transaction contains
- inputs which don't belong to this wallet. Previously returned RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY.
- - `bumpfee` now returns RPC_WALLET_ERROR if the provided transaction has multiple change
- outputs. Previously returned RPC_MISC_ERROR.
- - `bumpfee` now returns RPC_WALLET_ERROR if the provided transaction has no change
- output. Previously returned RPC_MISC_ERROR.
- - `bumpfee` now returns RPC_WALLET_ERROR if the fee is too high. Previously returned
- RPC_MISC_ERROR.
- - `bumpfee` now returns RPC_WALLET_ERROR if the fee is too low. Previously returned
- RPC_MISC_ERROR.
- - `bumpfee` now returns RPC_WALLET_ERROR if the change output is too small to bump the
- fee. Previously returned RPC_MISC_ERROR.
-
Credits
=======
diff --git a/doc/release-process.md b/doc/release-process.md
index 5a99b726f1..f429b4bbdb 100644
--- a/doc/release-process.md
+++ b/doc/release-process.md
@@ -111,16 +111,16 @@ The gbuild invocations below <b>DO NOT DO THIS</b> by default.
### Build and sign Bitcoin Core for Linux, Windows, and OS X:
pushd ./gitian-builder
- ./bin/gbuild --memory 3000 --commit bitcoin=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
+ ./bin/gbuild --num-make 2 --memory 3000 --commit bitcoin=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-linux --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
mv build/out/bitcoin-*.tar.gz build/out/src/bitcoin-*.tar.gz ../
- ./bin/gbuild --memory 3000 --commit bitcoin=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
+ ./bin/gbuild --num-make 2 --memory 3000 --commit bitcoin=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-win-unsigned --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
mv build/out/bitcoin-*-win-unsigned.tar.gz inputs/bitcoin-win-unsigned.tar.gz
mv build/out/bitcoin-*.zip build/out/bitcoin-*.exe ../
- ./bin/gbuild --memory 3000 --commit bitcoin=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
+ ./bin/gbuild --num-make 2 --memory 3000 --commit bitcoin=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-osx-unsigned --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
mv build/out/bitcoin-*-osx-unsigned.tar.gz inputs/bitcoin-osx-unsigned.tar.gz
mv build/out/bitcoin-*.tar.gz build/out/bitcoin-*.dmg ../