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2018-02-27[docs] Minor improvements to Compatibility NotesRandolf Richardson
Progressed from Windows Vista to Windows 7 for OS testing statement.
2018-02-10rpc: Reject deprecated reserveChangeKey in fundrawtransactionMarcoFalke
2018-01-30build: Bump version to 0.16.99Wladimir J. van der Laan
Also clean out release notes. Tree-SHA512: c4d5b52c089e14438be37381e1b0dab3711cc72aa8d345d1024169fff0055f3d021c8ca9d46fb794110694ebcbf7cbca0a12619f650873c9d381530adea7100e
2018-01-18Don't allow relative -walletdir pathsRussell Yanofsky
Also warn if bitcoind is configured to use a relative -datadir path. Specifying paths relative to the current working directory in a daemon process can be dangerous, because files can fail to be located even if the configuration doesn't change, but the daemon is started up differently. Specifying a relative -datadir now adds a warning to the debug log. It would not be backwards-compatible to forbid relative -datadir paths entirely, and it could also be also inconvenient for command line testing. Specifying a relative -walletdir now results in a startup error. But since the -walletdir option is new in 0.16.0, there should be no compatibility issues. Another reason not to use working directory paths for -walletdir specifically is that the default -walletdir is a "wallets" subdirectory inside the datadir, so it could be surprising that setting -walletdir manually would choose a directory rooted in a completely different location.
2018-01-18Merge #12166: [docs] Clarify -walletdir usageWladimir J. van der Laan
97c3cad [docs] Clarify -walletdir usage (John Newbery) Pull request description: After discussion with @ryanofsky around #11687 , I think this documentation is a bit clearer for how the new `-walletdir` argument works. Tree-SHA512: f279cab82524dbc0d75e6f9891f0e228ec4c8d0df3e16f351057fa243ddd263ff786f05383fd00a09b89edcc07dab211be5b64387f77271edf8af0177bcf667d
2018-01-18wallet: Deprecate addwitnessaddressWladimir J. van der Laan
Now that segwit is natively supported by the wallet, deprecate the hack `addwitnessaddress`.
2018-01-15[docs] Clarify -walletdir usageJohn Newbery
2017-12-22Merge #11605: [Wallet] Enable RBF by default in QTWladimir J. van der Laan
5cbbbd7 [Wallet] Use RBF by default in QT only (Sjors Provoost) Pull request description: ~If there are no objections, this would supersede #11556.~ Enabling RBF by default avoids the need to explain all possible use cases of RBF. This PR does not change the default RPC wallet behavior, as this could break implementations that depend on it and it's not clear what happens when automated services suddenly switch on RBF on a large scale. After trying various approaches, we settled on just having QT ignore `-walletrbf`. Send screen: <img width="388" alt="send" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10217/34251097-329c8dee-e63f-11e7-9e14-d7f55d2b52cc.png"> Confirmation screen by default (with RBF): <img width="429" alt="rbf yes" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10217/32442799-f50d54aa-c2fc-11e7-9392-96339d0f1f74.png"> Confirmation screen without RBF: <img width="431" alt="rf no" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10217/32442793-ef30bc34-c2fc-11e7-8ca2-e86a97175278.png"> Tree-SHA512: 53efb5d277144478143e69dcae8112c1b9c2beb981fdd0fe778592e5f7d5bf838f73d48052ead874586a75b944e8af469b25e5f376c135cf48cc3598e77f5891
2017-12-22[Wallet] Use RBF by default in QT onlySjors Provoost
GUI wallet uses RBF by default, regardless of -walletrbf. RPC and debug console in the GUI remain unchanged; they don't use RBF by default, unless launched with -walletrbf=1.
2017-12-21Merge #11667: Add scripts to dumpwallet RPCWladimir J. van der Laan
656fde5 Add script birthtime metadata to dump and import wallet (MeshCollider) 1bab9b2 Add script dump note to RPC help text and release notes (MeshCollider) 68c1e00 Add test for importwallet (MeshCollider) 9e1184d Add dumpwallet scripts test (MeshCollider) ef0c730 Add scripts to importwallet RPC (MeshCollider) b702ae8 Add CScripts to dumpwallet RPC (MeshCollider) cdc260a Add GetCScripts to CBasicKeyStore (MeshCollider) Pull request description: As discussed in https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/11289#issuecomment-334600457, adds the CScripts from the wallet to the `dumpwallet` RPC and then allows them to be imported with the `importwallet` RPC. Includes a basic test, and modifies the helptext of the dumpwallet RPC. Notes: - Reviewers: use `?w=1` to avoid the indentation-only change in commit `Add scripts to importwallet RPC ` - currently the scripts are followed with `# addr=` comments just as the other keys are, unsure if this might confuse users into thinking all the scripts are for valid P2SH addresses though, but I don't think that should be an issue. - there are no birthtimes for scripts, so script imports don't affect rescans - `importwallet` imports the CScripts but I'm not sure how to approach specifying whether scripts are for P2SH addresses, BIP173 addresses, etc. whether that matters or not. Otherwise the RPC helptext might just need modification. Fixes #11715 Tree-SHA512: 36c55837b3a58b9d3499d4c0c2ae82153d62aa71919e751574651b63a1d2b8ecc83796db4553cc65dad9b5341c3a42ae2fcf4d62598c30af267f8e1461ba8272
2017-12-20Merge #11726: Cleanups + nit fixes for walletdir PRMarcoFalke
aac6b3f067 Update files.md for new wallets/ subdirectory (MeshCollider) b67342906c Cleanups for walletdir PR (MeshCollider) Pull request description: This addresses the remaining nits from https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/11466 - Updates `doc/files.md` with respect to the new default wallet directory - Fixes @promag and @laanwj's error message nit, and Jonas' release notes nit - ~Addresses @laanwj's net-specific wallet subdirectory concern in the case that a walletdir is specified~ - Changes the #includes from "" to <> style after #11651 Tree-SHA512: b86bf5fdc4de54c1b0f65b60a83af3cf82b35d216ce9c0de724803bfba6934796238b6c412659dcc29ae2e3e856d4eb97ae777c80f36f4089d8acecfddefe9aa
2017-12-20Add script dump note to RPC help text and release notesMeshCollider
2017-12-13Cleanups for walletdir PRMeshCollider
2017-12-06doc: Update release notes for share/rpcauth/rpcauth.py renameHenrik Jonsson
2017-12-01doc: Update release notes for `-debuglogfile`Wladimir J. van der Laan
2017-11-23[Docs] Bump minimum required version of GCC to 4.8fanquake
2017-11-18Add release notes for -walletdir and wallets/ dirMeshCollider
2017-11-11doc: Add getreceivedbyaddress release notesMarcoFalke
Also, remove release note snippets of previous versions.
2017-10-26Make listsinceblock refuse unknown block hashRussell Yanofsky
Change suggested by Cory Fields <cory-nospam-@coryfields.com> who noticed listsinceblock would ignore invalid block hashes causing it to return a completely unfiltered list of transactions.
2017-09-26rpc: Prevent `dumpwallet` from overwriting filesWladimir J. van der Laan
Prevent arbitrary files from being overwritten. There have been reports that users have overwritten wallet files this way. It may also avoid other security issues. Fixes #9934. Adds mention to release notes and adds a test.
2017-09-12doc: Update release notes for 0.16.0MarcoFalke
2017-09-11Add release notes describing blockmaxweight deprecationMatt Corallo
2017-08-14build: bump version to 0.15.99Wladimir J. van der Laan
Now that 0.15 branch has been split off, master is 0.15.99 (pre-0.16). Also clean out release notes. Tree-SHA512: 160f712fae7bfc51e49e36a27ab01f5c243b79a19a70312df95f9bc5cb8067c70aa88911f741fd1625bee549a70655eaea24d98f6049d98c3c14ee1b3143f4cb
2017-08-14doc: Update release notes from wikiWladimir J. van der Laan
Update release notes from wiki, and fill in authors list from git. Additional credits: - Awemany (for #10854) - Gregory Maxwell (release notes writing) - John Newbery (release notes writing) - Kibbled Jive Elk Zoo (for https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/10177#issuecomment-309244097) - Luke Dashjr (release notes writing) - Marco Falke (release notes writing) - Pieter Wuille (release notes writing) - Rusty Russell (release notes writing) - tintinweb (for early-announcing miniupnp CVE-2017-8798, forgot this for 0.14.2) Tree-SHA512: 8024eb761fcac4bb7f16ba3a9db376508f1f1bcf8a89cfb5e2928ad384675d3e912cada6ffef7d5aac181a965ebb8b823f6a63d9e976c1be753ec8eb9a8b9ef5
2017-06-05Replace bytes_serialized with bogosizePieter Wuille
2017-05-26Remove/ignore tx version in utxo and undoPieter Wuille
This makes the following changes: * In undo data and the chainstate database, the transaction nVersion field is removed from the data structures, always written as 0, and ignored when reading. * The definition of hash_serialized in gettxoutsetinfo is changed to no longer incude the nVersion field. It is renamed to hash_serialized_2 to avoid confusion. The new definition also includes transaction height and coinbase information, as this information was missing before. This depends on having a CHashVerifier-based undo data checksum verifier. Apart from changing the definition of serialized_hash, downgrading after using this patch is supported, as no release ever used the value of nVersion field in UTXO entries.
2017-03-08Update release notes to include RPC error code changes.John Newbery
2017-02-17build: bump version to 0.14.99Wladimir J. van der Laan
Now that 0.14 branch has been split off, master is 0.14.99 (pre-0.15). Also clean out release notes.
2017-01-19Add fundrawtransactions new reserveChangeKey option to the release notesJonas Schnelli
2017-01-16Merge #9484: Introduce assumevalid setting to skip validation presumed valid ↵Pieter Wuille
scripts. 7b5e3fe Add assumevalid testcase (John Newbery) e440ac7 Introduce assumevalid setting to skip presumed valid scripts. (Gregory Maxwell)
2017-01-15Merge #9550: Trim down the XP notice and say more about what we support.MarcoFalke
7094bf7 Trim down the XP notice and say more about what we support. (Gregory Maxwell)
2017-01-15Trim down the XP notice and say more about what we support.Gregory Maxwell
The big notice at the top of the release note is not interesting to most users now and apparently comes across poorly to some. Better to provide more information about what we do support.
2017-01-13Introduce assumevalid setting to skip presumed valid scripts.Gregory Maxwell
This disentangles the script validation skipping from checkpoints. A new option is introduced "assumevalid" which specifies a block whos ancestors we assume all have valid scriptsigs and so we do not check them when they are also burried under the best header by two weeks worth of work. Unlike checkpoints this has no influence on consensus unless you set it to a block with an invalid history. Because of this it can be easily be updated without risk of influencing the network consensus. This results in a massive IBD speedup. This approach was independently recommended by Peter Todd and Luke-Jr since POW based signature skipping (see PR#9180) does not have the verifiable properties of a specific hash and may create bad incentives. The downside is that, like checkpoints, the defaults bitrot and older releases will sync slower. On the plus side users can provide their own value here, and if they set it to something crazy all that will happen is more time will be spend validating signatures. Checkblocks and checklevel are also moved to the hidden debug options: Especially now that checkblocks has a low default there is little need to change these settings, and users frequently misunderstand them as influencing security or IBD speed. By hiding them we offset the space added by this new option.
2017-01-12Document fee estimation changesAlex Morcos
2017-01-12Clarify that prioritisetransaction remains supportedAlex Morcos
2017-01-05Add release notes for addnode changes.Gregory Maxwell
2016-11-18Set DEFAULT_LIMITFREERELAY = 0 kB/minuteMarcoFalke
2016-11-07add release notes for removal of priority estimationAlex Morcos
2016-10-18RPC: Chainparams: Remove Chainparams::fTestnetToBeDeprecatedFieldRPCJorge Timón
2016-09-01Make the dummy argument to getaddednodeinfo optionalPieter Wuille
2016-09-01rest.cpp: change HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR to HTTP_BAD_REQUESTdjpnewton
2016-08-24[wallet] rpc: Drop misleading optionMarcoFalke
2016-08-12[doc] typos, READMEs, commentsJustin Camarena
Just a quick run through some docs and fixing some text errors.
2016-07-18doc: Clean out release notesWladimir J. van der Laan
Now that 0.13 has branched, release notes for 0.13 should be maintained there, and the release notes file on master is for 0.14 release notes.
2016-07-08Merge #7540: Rename OP_NOP3 to OP_CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFYWladimir J. van der Laan
18c975c Rename NOP3 to CHECSEQUENCEVERIFY in rpc tests (BtcDrak) 14d0130 Rename OP_NOP3 to OP_CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY (BtcDrak)
2016-07-06doc: Mention dbcache increase in release notesWladimir J. van der Laan
2016-06-28Rename OP_NOP3 to OP_CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFYBtcDrak
2016-06-24doc: Mention Windows XP end of support in release notesWladimir J. van der Laan
Closes #7681.
2016-06-21doc: Mention Linux ARM builds in release notesWladimir J. van der Laan
2016-06-16Merge #7892: Add full UTF-8 support to RPCWladimir J. van der Laan
7982fce doc: Mention full UTF-8 support in release notes (Wladimir J. van der Laan) 6bbb4ef test: test utf-8 for labels in wallet (Wladimir J. van der Laan) a406fcb test: add ensure_ascii setting to AuthServiceProxy (Wladimir J. van der Laan) 60ab9b2 Squashed 'src/univalue/' changes from 2740c4f..f32df99 (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
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