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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 6b4bb478e9..618244bb56 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -72,16 +72,37 @@ 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. - -Command line option changes ---------------------------- - -The `-enablebip61` command line option (introduced in Bitcoin Core 0.17.0) is -used to toggle sending of BIP 61 reject messages. Reject messages have no use -case on the P2P network and are only logged for debugging by most network -nodes. The option will now by default be off for improved privacy and security -as well as reduced upload usage. The option can explicitly be turned on for -local-network debugging purposes. + 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]`. + +- The `enablebip61` option (introduced in Bitcoin Core 0.17.0) is + used to toggle sending of BIP 61 reject messages. Reject messages have no use + case on the P2P network and are only logged for debugging by most network + nodes. The option will now by default be off for improved privacy and security + as well as reduced upload usage. The option can explicitly be turned on for + local-network debugging purposes. + +- The `rpcallowip` option can no longer be used to automatically listen + on all network interfaces. Instead, the `rpcbind` parameter must also + 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. Documentation ------------- @@ -168,7 +189,7 @@ Updated RPCs Note: some low-level RPC changes mainly useful for testing are described in the Low-level Changes section below. -- The `getpeerinfo` RPC now returns an additional "minfeefilter" field +- The `getpeerinfo` RPC 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. @@ -192,6 +213,22 @@ in the Low-level Changes section below. - See the [Mining](#mining) section for changes to `getblocktemplate`. +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. + Low-level changes ================= @@ -216,6 +253,16 @@ Configuration deterministic wallets. This release makes specifying `-usehd` an invalid configuration option. +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. + Credits ======= |