From 226a9cb35d2951629abe978e74a1a137c5e26d1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gregory Maxwell Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 17:23:43 +0000 Subject: Add some more release notes for 0.14.1. This adds a blurb for the segwit signaling and fixes up the attribution. --- doc/release-notes.md | 17 ++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 5eba44d950..22452190ae 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -37,6 +37,20 @@ The first positional argument of `createrawtransaction` was renamed. This interface change breaks compatibility with 0.14.0, when the named arguments functionality, introduced in 0.14.0, is used. + +Mining +------ + +Getblocktemplate sets the segwit version bit even when the downstream +client has not been updated to include the segwit commitment. Ability +to enforce the rule is the only required criteria for safe activation, +but previously signaling was only requested if the miner could include +transactions in order to avoid a potential outcome where segwit would +activate at a time when no segwit transactions could be included. +Since many miners are now including the segwit commitment this concern +no longer applies. + + 0.14.1 Change log ================= @@ -48,7 +62,7 @@ git merge commit are mentioned. ### RPC and other APIs - #10084 `142fbb2` Rename first named arg of createrawtransaction (MarcoFalke) - #10139 `f15268d` Remove auth cookie on shutdown (practicalswift) -- #10146 `2fea10a` Better error handling for submitblock (gmaxwell) +- #10146 `2fea10a` Better error handling for submitblock (rawodb, gmaxwell) - #10144 `d947afc` Prioritisetransaction wasn't always updating ancestor fee (sdaftuar) ### Block and transaction handling @@ -90,6 +104,7 @@ Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release: - Matt Corallo - Pieter Wuille - practicalswift +- rawodb - Suhas Daftuar - Wladimir J. van der Laan -- cgit v1.2.3