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diff --git a/doc/build-unix.md b/doc/build-unix.md index e799e709fa..6b51db5f55 100644 --- a/doc/build-unix.md +++ b/doc/build-unix.md @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Build requirements: Now, you can either build from self-compiled [depends](/depends/README.md) or install the required dependencies: - sudo apt-get install libevent-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev + sudo apt-get install libevent-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev BerkeleyDB is required for the wallet. diff --git a/doc/developer-notes.md b/doc/developer-notes.md index d106aab3e4..207c4ba7c6 100644 --- a/doc/developer-notes.md +++ b/doc/developer-notes.md @@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ $ valgrind --suppressions=contrib/valgrind.supp src/test/test_bitcoin $ valgrind --suppressions=contrib/valgrind.supp --leak-check=full \ --show-leak-kinds=all src/test/test_bitcoin --log_level=test_suite $ valgrind -v --leak-check=full src/bitcoind -printtoconsole +$ ./test/functional/test_runner.py --valgrind ``` ### Compiling for test coverage diff --git a/doc/release-notes-15437.md b/doc/release-notes-15437.md deleted file mode 100644 index 6614207757..0000000000 --- a/doc/release-notes-15437.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,53 +0,0 @@ -P2P and network changes ------------------------ - -#### Removal of reject network messages from Bitcoin Core (BIP61) - -The command line option to enable BIP61 (`-enablebip61`) has been removed. - -This feature has been disabled by default since Bitcoin Core version 0.18.0. -Nodes on the network can not generally be trusted to send valid ("reject") -messages, so this should only ever be used when connected to a trusted node. -Please use the recommended alternatives if you rely on this deprecated feature: - -* Testing or debugging of implementations of the Bitcoin P2P network protocol - should be done by inspecting the log messages that are produced by a recent - version of Bitcoin Core. Bitcoin Core logs debug messages - (`-debug=<category>`) to a stream (`-printtoconsole`) or to a file - (`-debuglogfile=<debug.log>`). - -* Testing the validity of a block can be achieved by specific RPCs: - - `submitblock` - - `getblocktemplate` with `'mode'` set to `'proposal'` for blocks with - potentially invalid POW - -* Testing the validity of a transaction can be achieved by specific RPCs: - - `sendrawtransaction` - - `testmempoolaccept` - -* Wallets should not use the absence of "reject" messages to indicate a - transaction has propagated the network, nor should wallets use "reject" - messages to set transaction fees. Wallets should rather use fee estimation - to determine transaction fees and set replace-by-fee if desired. Thus, they - could wait until the transaction has confirmed (taking into account the fee - target they set (compare the RPC `estimatesmartfee`)) or listen for the - transaction announcement by other network peers to check for propagation. - -The removal of BIP61 REJECT message support also has the following minor RPC -and logging implications: - -* `testmempoolaccept` and `sendrawtransaction` no longer return the P2P REJECT - code when a transaction is not accepted to the mempool. They still return the - verbal reject reason. - -* Log messages that previously reported the REJECT code when a transaction was - not accepted to the mempool now no longer report the REJECT code. The reason - for rejection is still reported. - -Updated RPCs ------------- - -- `testmempoolaccept` and `sendrawtransaction` no longer return the P2P REJECT - code when a transaction is not accepted to the mempool. See the Section - _Removal of reject network messages from Bitcoin Core (BIP61)_ for details on - the removal of BIP61 REJECT message support. diff --git a/doc/release-notes-15954.md b/doc/release-notes-15954.md deleted file mode 100644 index f4d2c5688c..0000000000 --- a/doc/release-notes-15954.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,4 +0,0 @@ -Configuration option changes ------------------------------ - -Importing blocks upon startup via the `bootstrap.dat` file no longer occurs by default. The file must now be specified with `-loadblock=<file>`. diff --git a/doc/release-notes-17056.md b/doc/release-notes-17056.md deleted file mode 100644 index 23d5a8c8cd..0000000000 --- a/doc/release-notes-17056.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,4 +0,0 @@ -Low-level RPC Changes -=== - -- A new descriptor type `sortedmulti(...)` has been added to support multisig scripts where the public keys are sorted lexicographically in the resulting script. diff --git a/doc/release-notes-17264.md b/doc/release-notes-17264.md deleted file mode 100644 index f6e0979596..0000000000 --- a/doc/release-notes-17264.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,4 +0,0 @@ -Updated RPCs ------------- - -- `walletprocesspsbt` and `walletcreatefundedpsbt` now include BIP 32 derivation paths by default for public keys if we know them. This can be disabled by setting `bip32derivs` to `false`. diff --git a/doc/release-notes-17410.md b/doc/release-notes-17410.md deleted file mode 100644 index 08ed353889..0000000000 --- a/doc/release-notes-17410.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,5 +0,0 @@ -Command-line options --------------------- - -- The `-debug=db` logging category has been renamed to `-debug=walletdb`, to distinguish it from `coindb`. - `-debug=db` has been deprecated and will be removed in the next major release. diff --git a/doc/release-notes-17437.md b/doc/release-notes-17437.md deleted file mode 100644 index 3edfd00a38..0000000000 --- a/doc/release-notes-17437.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,5 +0,0 @@ -Low-level RPC Changes -=== - -- The RPC gettransaction, listtransactions and listsinceblock responses now also -includes the height of the block that contains the wallet transaction, if any. diff --git a/doc/release-notes-17578.md b/doc/release-notes-17578.md deleted file mode 100644 index 664d17fd78..0000000000 --- a/doc/release-notes-17578.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,13 +0,0 @@ -Deprecated or removed RPCs --------------------------- - -- RPC `getaddressinfo` changes: - - - the `label` field has been deprecated in favor of the `labels` field and - will be removed in 0.21. It can be re-enabled in the interim by launching - with `-deprecatedrpc=label`. - - - the `labels` behavior of returning an array of JSON objects containing name - and purpose key/value pairs has been deprecated in favor of an array of - label names and will be removed in 0.21. The previous behavior can be - re-enabled in the interim by launching with `-deprecatedrpc=labelspurpose`. diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 99ca53c597..22d5767b7b 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -62,6 +62,64 @@ distribution provides binaries for the RISC-V platform. Notable changes =============== +P2P and network changes +----------------------- + +#### Removal of reject network messages from Bitcoin Core (BIP61) + +The command line option to enable BIP61 (`-enablebip61`) has been removed. + +This feature has been disabled by default since Bitcoin Core version 0.18.0. +Nodes on the network can not generally be trusted to send valid ("reject") +messages, so this should only ever be used when connected to a trusted node. +Please use the recommended alternatives if you rely on this deprecated feature: + +* Testing or debugging of implementations of the Bitcoin P2P network protocol + should be done by inspecting the log messages that are produced by a recent + version of Bitcoin Core. Bitcoin Core logs debug messages + (`-debug=<category>`) to a stream (`-printtoconsole`) or to a file + (`-debuglogfile=<debug.log>`). + +* Testing the validity of a block can be achieved by specific RPCs: + - `submitblock` + - `getblocktemplate` with `'mode'` set to `'proposal'` for blocks with + potentially invalid POW + +* Testing the validity of a transaction can be achieved by specific RPCs: + - `sendrawtransaction` + - `testmempoolaccept` + +* Wallets should not use the absence of "reject" messages to indicate a + transaction has propagated the network, nor should wallets use "reject" + messages to set transaction fees. Wallets should rather use fee estimation + to determine transaction fees and set replace-by-fee if desired. Thus, they + could wait until the transaction has confirmed (taking into account the fee + target they set (compare the RPC `estimatesmartfee`)) or listen for the + transaction announcement by other network peers to check for propagation. + +The removal of BIP61 REJECT message support also has the following minor RPC +and logging implications: + +* `testmempoolaccept` and `sendrawtransaction` no longer return the P2P REJECT + code when a transaction is not accepted to the mempool. They still return the + verbal reject reason. + +* Log messages that previously reported the REJECT code when a transaction was + not accepted to the mempool now no longer report the REJECT code. The reason + for rejection is still reported. + +Updated RPCs +------------ + +- `testmempoolaccept` and `sendrawtransaction` no longer return the P2P REJECT + code when a transaction is not accepted to the mempool. See the Section + _Removal of reject network messages from Bitcoin Core (BIP61)_ for details on + the removal of BIP61 REJECT message support. + +- A new descriptor type `sortedmulti(...)` has been added to support multisig scripts where the public keys are sorted lexicographically in the resulting script. + +- `walletprocesspsbt` and `walletcreatefundedpsbt` now include BIP 32 derivation paths by default for public keys if we know them. This can be disabled by setting `bip32derivs` to `false`. + Build System ------------ @@ -81,14 +139,21 @@ New settings - RPC Whitelist system. It can give certain RPC users permissions to only some RPC calls. It can be set with two command line arguments (`rpcwhitelist` and `rpcwhitelistdefault`). (#12763) +- A new `-asmap` configuration option has been added to enable IP-to-ASN mapping + for bucketing of the network peers to diversify the network connections. The + legacy /16 prefix mapping remains the default. See [issue + #16599](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/16599), [PR + #16702](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16702), and the `bitcoind + help` for more information. This option is experimental and subject to changes + or removal in future releases. + Updated settings ---------------- -Updated RPCs ------------- +Importing blocks upon startup via the `bootstrap.dat` file no longer occurs by default. The file must now be specified with `-loadblock=<file>`. -Note: some low-level RPC changes mainly useful for testing are described in the -Low-level Changes section below. +- The `-debug=db` logging category has been renamed to `-debug=walletdb`, to distinguish it from `coindb`. + `-debug=db` has been deprecated and will be removed in the next major release. GUI changes ----------- @@ -101,6 +166,20 @@ Wallet - The wallet now by default uses bech32 addresses when using RPC, and creates native segwit change outputs. - The way that output trust was computed has been fixed in #16766, which impacts confirmed/unconfirmed balance status and coin selection. +- The RPC gettransaction, listtransactions and listsinceblock responses now also +includes the height of the block that contains the wallet transaction, if any. + +- RPC `getaddressinfo` changes: + + - the `label` field has been deprecated in favor of the `labels` field and + will be removed in 0.21. It can be re-enabled in the interim by launching + with `-deprecatedrpc=label`. + + - the `labels` behavior of returning an array of JSON objects containing name + and purpose key/value pairs has been deprecated in favor of an array of + label names and will be removed in 0.21. The previous behavior can be + re-enabled in the interim by launching with `-deprecatedrpc=labelspurpose`. + Low-level changes ================= diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.19.1.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.19.1.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5746bebb0d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.19.1.md @@ -0,0 +1,115 @@ +0.19.1 Release Notes +=============================== + +Bitcoin Core version 0.19.1 is now available from: + + <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.19.1/> + +This minor release includes 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). + +Upgrading directly from a version of Bitcoin Core that has reached its EOL is +possible, but it might take some time if the datadir needs to be migrated. Old +wallet versions of Bitcoin Core are generally 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 Bitcoin Core 0.17.0 onwards, macOS versions earlier than 10.10 are no +longer supported, as Bitcoin Core is now built using Qt 5.9.x which requires +macOS 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 provides binaries for the RISC-V platform. + +0.19.1 change log +================= + +### Wallet +- #17643 Fix origfee return for bumpfee with feerate arg (instagibbs) +- #16963 Fix `unique_ptr` usage in boost::signals2 (promag) +- #17258 Fix issue with conflicted mempool tx in listsinceblock (adamjonas, mchrostowski) +- #17924 Bug: IsUsedDestination shouldn't use key id as script id for ScriptHash (instagibbs) +- #17621 IsUsedDestination should count any known single-key address (instagibbs) +- #17843 Reset reused transactions cache (fjahr) + +### RPC and other APIs +- #17687 cli: Fix fatal leveldb error when specifying -blockfilterindex=basic twice (brakmic) +- #17728 require second argument only for scantxoutset start action (achow101) +- #17445 zmq: Fix due to invalid argument and multiple notifiers (promag) +- #17524 psbt: handle unspendable psbts (achow101) +- #17156 psbt: check that various indexes and amounts are within bounds (achow101) + +### GUI +- #17427 Fix missing qRegisterMetaType for `size_t` (hebasto) +- #17695 disable File-\>CreateWallet during startup (fanquake) +- #17634 Fix comparison function signature (hebasto) +- #18062 Fix unintialized WalletView::progressDialog (promag) + +### Tests and QA +- #17416 Appveyor improvement - text file for vcpkg package list (sipsorcery) +- #17488 fix "bitcoind already running" warnings on macOS (fanquake) +- #17980 add missing #include to fix compiler errors (kallewoof) + +### Platform support +- #17736 Update msvc build for Visual Studio 2019 v16.4 (sipsorcery) +- #17364 Updates to appveyor config for VS2019 and Qt5.9.8 + msvc project fixes (sipsorcery) +- #17887 bug-fix macos: give free bytes to `F_PREALLOCATE` (kallewoof) + +### Miscellaneous +- #17897 init: Stop indexes on shutdown after ChainStateFlushed callback (jimpo) +- #17450 util: Add missing headers to util/fees.cpp (hebasto) +- #17654 Unbreak build with Boost 1.72.0 (jbeich) +- #17857 scripts: Fix symbol-check & security-check argument passing (fanquake) +- #17762 Log to net category for exceptions in ProcessMessages (laanwj) +- #18100 Update univalue subtree (MarcoFalke) + +Credits +======= + +Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release: + +- Aaron Clauson +- Adam Jonas +- Andrew Chow +- Fabian Jahr +- fanquake +- Gregory Sanders +- Harris +- Hennadii Stepanov +- Jan Beich +- Jim Posen +- João Barbosa +- Karl-Johan Alm +- Luke Dashjr +- MarcoFalke +- Michael Chrostowski +- Russell Yanofsky +- Wladimir J. van der Laan + +As well as to everyone that helped with translations on +[Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/). |