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diff --git a/doc/bips.md b/doc/bips.md index 8c20533c9b..5a99d4f6a9 100644 --- a/doc/bips.md +++ b/doc/bips.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -BIPs that are implemented by Bitcoin Core (up-to-date up to **v0.21.0**): +BIPs that are implemented by Bitcoin Core (up-to-date up to **v0.21.1**): * [`BIP 9`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0009.mediawiki): The changes allowing multiple soft-forks to be deployed in parallel have been implemented since **v0.12.1** ([PR #7575](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7575)) * [`BIP 11`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0011.mediawiki): Multisig outputs are standard since **v0.6.0** ([PR #669](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/669)). @@ -46,3 +46,4 @@ BIPs that are implemented by Bitcoin Core (up-to-date up to **v0.21.0**): * [`BIP 325`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0325.mediawiki): Signet test network is supported as of **v0.21.0** ([PR 18267](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/18267)). * [`BIP 339`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0339.mediawiki): Relay of transactions by wtxid is supported as of **v0.21.0** ([PR 18044](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/18044)). * [`BIP 340`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0340.mediawiki) [`341`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0341.mediawiki) [`342`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0342.mediawiki): Validation rules for Taproot (including Schnorr signatures and Tapscript leaves) are implemented as of **v0.21.0** ([PR 19953](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/19953)), without mainnet activation. +* [`BIP 350`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0350.mediawiki): Addresses for native v1+ segregated Witness outputs use Bech32m instead of Bech32 as of **v0.21.1** ([PR 20861](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/20861)). diff --git a/doc/release-notes-20861.md b/doc/release-notes-20861.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5c68e4ab0c --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes-20861.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +Updated RPCs +------------ + +- Due to [BIP 350](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0350.mediawiki) + being implemented, behavior for all RPCs that accept addresses is changed when + a native witness version 1 (or higher) is passed. These now require a Bech32m + encoding instead of a Bech32 one, and Bech32m encoding will be used for such + addresses in RPC output as well. No version 1 addresses should be created + for mainnet until consensus rules are adopted that give them meaning + (e.g. through [BIP 341](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0341.mediawiki)). + Once that happens, Bech32m is expected to be used for them, so this shouldn't + affect any production systems, but may be observed on other networks where such + addresses already have meaning (like signet). |