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[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

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@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ Bitcoin Core version 0.11.2 is now available from:
<https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.11.2/>
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()
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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

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