From 929b2c73df2792f4705a5cd14e90c339b76b4366 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "David A. Harding" Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 14:19:02 -0500 Subject: [docs] Minor revisions to 0.11.2RC1 release notes - Revisions to text as proposed by Greg Maxwell - Add Btcdrak to contributors for backporting #6884 - Fix spelling mistake [ci skip] --- doc/release-notes.md | 19 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 4e1a729566..5786b7c2c9 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ Bitcoin Core version 0.11.2 is now available from: -This is a new minor version release, bringing new features and bug fixes. It is recommended -to upgrade to this version as soon as possible. +This is a new minor version release, bringing bug fixes, the BIP65 +(CLTV) consensus change, and relay policy preparation for BIP113. It is +recommended to upgrade to this version as soon as possible. Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github: @@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ version FIXME or any version from FIXME onward. [BIP65]: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0065.mediawiki -BIP113 mempool-only locktime enforment using GetMedianTimePast() +BIP113 mempool-only locktime enforcement using GetMedianTimePast() ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bitcoin transactions currently may specify a locktime indicating when @@ -118,10 +119,13 @@ This release begins applying the BIP113 rule to received transactions, so transaction whose time is greater than the GetMedianTimePast() will no longer be accepted into the mempool. -**Implication for miners:** you may begin rejecting locktime -transactions that could be included under the current consensus rules. -Rejecting those transactions now means that you don't have to worry -about producing invalid blocks when BIP113 becomes consensus enforced. +**Implication for miners:** you will begin rejecting transactions that +would not be valid under BIP113, which will prevent you from producing +invalid blocks if/when BIP113 is enforced on the network. Any +transactions which are valid under the current rules but not yet valid +under the BIP113 rules will either be mined by other miners or delayed +until they are valid under BIP113. Note, however, that time-based +locktime transactions are more or less unseen on the network currently. **Implication for users:** GetMedianTimePast() always trails behind the current time, so a transaction locktime set to the present time will be @@ -167,6 +171,7 @@ Credits Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release: - Alex Morcos +- ฿tcDrak - Chris Kleeschulte - Daniel Cousens - Diego Viola -- cgit v1.2.3