diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 5786b7c2c..6eece5b2d 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ specified point in the future. output if they comply with the BIP65 rules as provided in code. 2. This release will produce version 4 blocks by default. Please see the - *notice to miners below*. + *notice to miners* below. 3. Once 951 out of a sequence of 1,001 blocks on the local node's best block chain contain version 4 (or higher) blocks, this release will no @@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ specified point in the future. For more information about the soft-forking change, please see +Graphs showing the progress towards block version 4 adoption may be +found at the URLs below: + +- Block versions over the last 50,000 blocks as progress towards BIP65 + consensus enforcement: + +- Block versions over the last 2,000 blocks showing the days to the + earliest possible BIP65 consensus-enforced block: + **Notice to miners:** Bitcoin Core’s block templates are now for version 4 blocks only, and any mining software relying on its getblocktemplate must be updated in parallel to use libblkmaker either @@ -84,7 +93,7 @@ version FIXME or any version from FIXME onward. - If you are mining with the getblocktemplate protocol to a pool: this will affect you at the pool operator’s discretion, which must be no - later than BIP66 achieving its 951/1001 status. + later than BIP65 achieving its 951/1001 status. [BIP65]: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0065.mediawiki @@ -130,12 +139,27 @@ 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 rejected by nodes running this release until the median time moves -forward. To compensate, subtract one hour (3,600) seconds from your +forward. To compensate, subtract one hour (3,600 seconds) from your locktimes to allow those transactions to be included in mempools at approximately the expected time. [BIP113]: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0113.mediawiki +Windows bug fix for corrupted UTXO database on unclean shutdowns +---------------------------------------------------------------- + +Several Windows users reported that they often need to reindex the +entire blockchain after an unclean shutdown of Bitcoin Core on Windows +(or an unclean shutdown of Windows itself). Although unclean shutdowns +remain unsafe, this release no longer relies on memory-mapped files for +the UTXO database, which significantly reduced the frequency of unclean +shutdowns leading to required reindexes during testing. + +For more information, see: + +Other fixes for database corruption on Windows are expected in the +next major release. + 0.11.1 Change log =================