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- Big endian support
- Memory usage optimization
- Disable wallet transaction broadcast
- Stream isolation for Tor
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@ -67,12 +67,72 @@ UTXO but where its block file has been pruned.
Pruning is disabled by default.
Big endian support
--------------------
Experimental support for big-endian CPU architectures was added in this
release. This has been tested on at least MIPS and PPC hosts. The build
system will automatically detect the endianness of the target.
Memory usage optimization
--------------------------
There have been many changes in this release to reduce the default memory usage
of a node, among which:
- Accurate UTXO cache size accounting (#6102); this makes the option `-dbcache`
precise, where is did a gross underestimation of memory usage before
- Reduce size of per-peer data structure (#6064 and others); this increases the
number of connections that can be supported with the same amount of memory
- Reduce the number of threads (#5964, #5679); lowers the amount of (esp.
virtual) memory needed
Privacy: Disable wallet transaction broadcast
----------------------------------------------
This release adds an option `-walletbroadcast=0` to prevent automatic
transaction broadcast and rebroadcast (#5951). This option allows separating
transaction submission from the node functionality.
Making use of this, third-party scripts can be written to take care of
transaction (re)broadcast:
- Send the transaction as normal, either through RPC or the GUI
- Retrieve the transaction data through RPC using `gettransaction` (NOT
`getrawtransaction`). The `hex` field of the result will contain the raw
hexadecimal representation of the transaction
- The transaction can then be broadcasted through arbitrary mechanisms
supported by the script
One such application is selective Tor usage, where the node runs on the normal
internet but transactions are broadcasted over Tor.
Privacy: Stream isolation for Tor
----------------------------------
This release adds functionality to create a new circuit for every peer
connection, when the software is used with Tor. The new option,
`-proxyrandomize`, is on by default.
When enabled, every outgoing connection will (potentially) go through a
different exit node. That significantly reduces the chance to get unlucky and
pick a single exit node that is either malicious, or widely banned from the P2P
network. This improves connection reliability as well as privacy, especially
for the initial connections.
**Important note:** If a non-Tor SOCKS5 proxy is configured that supports
authentication, but doesn't require it, this change may cause it to reject
connections. A user and password is sent where they weren't before. This setup
is exceedingly rare, but in this case `-proxyrandomize=0` can be passed to
disable the behavior.
0.11.0 Change log
=================
Detailed release notes follow. This overview includes changes that affect
behavior, not code moves, refactors or string updates.
behavior, not code moves, refactors and string updates. For convenience in locating
the code changes and accompanying discussion, both the pull request and
git merge commit are mentioned.
### RPC and REST
- #5461 `5f7279a` signrawtransaction: validate private key
@ -90,7 +150,7 @@ behavior, not code moves, refactors or string updates.
- #5199 `6364408` Add RPC call `gettxoutproof` to generate and verify merkle blocks
- #5418 `16341cc` Report missing inputs in sendrawtransaction
- #5937 `40f5e8d` show script verification errors in signrawtransaction result
- #5420 `1fd2d39` [REST] getutxos REST command (based on Bip64)
- #5420 `1fd2d39` getutxos REST command (based on Bip64)
### Configuration and command-line options
- #5636 `a353ad4` Add option `-allowselfsignedrootcertificate` to allow self signed root certs (for testing payment requests)
@ -123,7 +183,7 @@ behavior, not code moves, refactors or string updates.
- #5507 `844ace9` Prevent DOS attacks on in-flight data structures
- #5770 `32a8b6a` Sanitize command strings before logging them
- #5859 `dd4ffce` Add correct bool combiner for net signals
- #5876 `8e4fd0c` Add a NODE_GETUTXO service bit and document NODE_NETWORK.
- #5876 `8e4fd0c` Add a NODE_GETUTXO service bit and document NODE_NETWORK
- #6028 `b9311fb` Move nLastTry from CAddress to CAddrInfo
- #5662 `5048465` Change download logic to allow calling getdata on inbound peers
- #5971 `18d2832` replace absolute sleep with conditional wait
@ -152,7 +212,7 @@ behavior, not code moves, refactors or string updates.
### Wallet
- #2340 `811c71d` Discourage fee sniping with nLockTime
- #5485 `d01bcc4` Enforce minRelayTxFee on wallet created tx and add a maxtxfee option.
- #5485 `d01bcc4` Enforce minRelayTxFee on wallet created tx and add a maxtxfee option
- #5508 `9a5cabf` Add RandAddSeedPerfmon to MakeNewKey
- #4805 `8204e19` Do not flush the wallet in AddToWalletIfInvolvingMe(..)
- #5319 `93b7544` Clean up wallet encryption code

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