Preliminary release notes for 0.10

doc/release-notes.md

@@ -1,8 +1,31 @@
-(note: this is a temporary file, to be added-to by anybody, and moved to
+Bitcoin Core version 0.10.0 is now available from:
-release-notes at release time)
 
-Block file backwards-compatibility warning
+  https://bitcoin.org/bin/0.10.0/
-===========================================
+
+This is a new major version release, bringing both new features and
+bug fixes.
+
+Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:
+
+  https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues
+
+Upgrading and downgrading
+==========================
+
+How to Upgrade
+--------------
+
+If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely
+shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the
+installer (on Windows) or just copy over /Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac) or
+bitcoind/bitcoin-qt (on Linux).
+
+If you are upgrading from version 0.7.2 or earlier, the first time you run
+0.10.0 your blockchain files will be re-indexed, which will take anywhere from 
+30 minutes to several hours, depending on the speed of your machine.
+
+Downgrading warning
+---------------------
 
 Because release 0.10.0 makes use of headers-first synchronization and parallel
 block download, the block files and databases are not backwards-compatible
@@ -124,3 +147,415 @@ libsecp256k1 is better tested and more thoroughly reviewed
 than the implementation in OpenSSL.
 
 [1] https://eprint.iacr.org/2014/161.pdf
+
+0.10.0 Release notes
+=======================
+
+Detailed release notes follow. This overview includes changes that affect external
+behavior, not code moves, refactors or string updates.
+
+RPC:
+- `f923c07` Support IPv6 lookup in bitcoin-cli even when IPv6 only bound on localhost
+- `b641c9c` Fix addnode "onetry": Connect with OpenNetworkConnection
+- `171ca77` estimatefee / estimatepriority RPC methods
+- `b750cf1` Remove cli functionality from bitcoind
+- `f6984e8` Add "chain" to getmininginfo, improve help in getblockchaininfo
+- `99ddc6c` Add nLocalServices info to RPC getinfo
+- `cf0c47b` Remove getwork() RPC call
+- `2a72d45` prioritisetransaction <txid> <priority delta> <priority tx fee>
+- `e44fea5` Add an option `-datacarrier` to allow users to disable relaying/mining data carrier transactions
+- `2ec5a3d` Prevent easy RPC memory exhaustion attack
+- `d4640d7` Added argument to getbalance to include watchonly addresses and fixed errors in balance calculation
+- `83f3543` Added argument to listaccounts to include watchonly addresses
+- `952877e` Showing 'involvesWatchonly' property for transactions returned by 'listtransactions' and 'listsinceblock'. It is only appended when the transaction involves a watchonly address
+- `d7d5d23` Added argument to listtransactions and listsinceblock to include watchonly addresses
+- `f87ba3d` added includeWatchonly argument to 'gettransaction' because it affects balance calculation
+- `0fa2f88` added includedWatchonly argument to listreceivedbyaddress/...account
+- `6c37f7f` `getrawchangeaddress`: fail when keypool exhausted and wallet locked
+- `ff6a7af` getblocktemplate: longpolling support
+- `c4a321f` Add peerid to getpeerinfo to allow correlation with the logs
+- `1b4568c` Add vout to ListTransactions output
+- `b33bd7a` Implement "getchaintips" RPC command to monitor blockchain forks
+- `733177e` Remove size limit in RPC client, keep it in server
+- `6b5b7cb` Categorize rpc help overview
+- `6f2c26a` Closely track mempool byte total. Add "getmempoolinfo" RPC
+- `aa82795` Add detailed network info to getnetworkinfo RPC
+- `01094bd` Don't reveal whether password is <20 or >20 characters in RPC
+- `57153d4` rpc: Compute number of confirmations of a block from block height
+- `ff36cbe` getnetworkinfo: export local node's client sub-version string
+- `d14d7de` SanitizeString: allow '(' and ')'
+- `31d6390` Fixed setaccount accepting foreign address
+- `b5ec5fe` update getnetworkinfo help with subversion
+- `ad6e601` RPC additions after headers-first
+- `33dfbf5` rpc: Fix leveldb iterator leak, and flush before `gettxoutsetinfo`
+- `2aa6329` Enable customising node policy for datacarrier data size with a -datacarriersize option
+- `f877aaa` submitblock: Use a temporary CValidationState to determine accurately the outcome of ProcessBlock
+- `e69a587` submitblock: Support for returning specific rejection reasons
+- `af82884` Add "warmup mode" for RPC server
+- `e2655e0` Add unauthenticated HTTP REST interface to public blockchain data
+- `683dc40` Disable SSLv3 (in favor of TLS) for the RPC client and server
+- `44b4c0d` signrawtransaction: validate private key
+- `9765a50` Implement BIP 23 Block Proposal
+- `f9de17e` Add warning comment to getinfo
+
+Command-line options:
+- `ee21912` Use netmasks instead of wildcards for IP address matching
+- `deb3572` Add `-rpcbind` option to allow binding RPC port on a specific interface
+- `96b733e` Add `-version` option to get just the version
+- `1569353` Add `-stopafterblockimport` option
+- `77cbd46` Let -zapwallettxes recover transaction meta data
+- `1c750db` remove -tor compatibility code (only allow -onion)
+- `4aaa017` rework help messages for fee-related options
+- `4278b1d` Clarify error message when invalid -rpcallowip
+- `6b407e4` -datadir is now allowed in config files
+- `bdd5b58` Add option `-sysperms` to disable 077 umask (create new files with system default umask)
+- `cbe39a3` Add "bitcoin-tx" command line utility and supporting modules
+- `dbca89b` Trigger -alertnotify if network is upgrading without you
+- `ad96e7c` Make -reindex cope with out-of-order blocks
+- `16d5194` Skip reindexed blocks individually
+- `ec01243` --tracerpc option for regression tests
+- `f654f00` Change -genproclimit default to 1
+- `3c77714` Make -proxy set all network types, avoiding a connect leak
+- `57be955` Remove -printblock, -printblocktree, and -printblockindex
+- `ad3d208` remove -maxorphanblocks config parameter since it is no longer functional
+
+Block and transaction handling:
+- `7a0e84d` ProcessGetData(): abort if a block file is missing from disk
+- `8c93bf4` LoadBlockIndexDB(): Require block db reindex if any `blk*.dat` files are missing
+- `77339e5` Get rid of the static chainMostWork (optimization)
+- `4e0eed8` Allow ActivateBestChain to release its lock on cs_main
+- `18e7216` Push cs_mains down in ProcessBlock
+- `fa126ef` Avoid undefined behavior using CFlatData in CScript serialization
+- `7f3b4e9` Relax IsStandard rules for pay-to-script-hash transactions
+- `c9a0918` Add a skiplist to the CBlockIndex structure
+- `bc42503` Use unordered_map for CCoinsViewCache with salted hash (optimization)
+- `d4d3fbd` Do not flush the cache after every block outside of IBD (optimization)
+- `ad08d0b` Bugfix: make CCoinsViewMemPool support pruned entries in underlying cache
+- `5734d4d` Only remove actualy failed blocks from setBlockIndexValid
+- `d70bc52` Rework block processing benchmark code
+- `714a3e6` Only keep setBlockIndexValid entries that are possible improvements
+- `ea100c7` Reduce maximum coinscache size during verification (reduce memory usage)
+- `4fad8e6` Reject transactions with excessive numbers of sigops
+- `b0875eb` Allow BatchWrite to destroy its input, reducing copying (optimization)
+- `92bb6f2` Bypass reloading blocks from disk (optimization)
+- `2e28031` Perform CVerifyDB on pcoinsdbview instead of pcoinsTip (reduce memory usage)
+- `ab15b2e` Avoid copying undo data (optimization)
+- `341735e` Headers-first synchronization
+- `afc32c5` Fix rebuild-chainstate feature and improve its performance
+- `e11b2ce` Fix large reorgs
+- `ed6d1a2` Keep information about all block files in memory
+- `a48f2d6` Abstract context-dependent block checking from acceptance
+- `7e615f5` Fixed mempool sync after sending a transaction
+- `51ce901` Improve chainstate/blockindex disk writing policy
+- `a206950` Introduce separate flushing modes
+- `9ec75c5` Add a locking mechanism to IsInitialBlockDownload to ensure it never goes from false to true
+- `868d041` Remove coinbase-dependant transactions during reorg
+- `723d12c` Remove txn which are invalidated by coinbase maturity during reorg
+- `0cb8763` Check against MANDATORY flags prior to accepting to mempool
+- `8446262` Reject headers that build on an invalid parent
+
+P2P protocol and network code:
+- `f80cffa` Do not trigger a DoS ban if SCRIPT_VERIFY_NULLDUMMY fails
+- `c30329a` Add testnet DNS seed of Alex Kotenko
+- `45a4baf` Add testnet DNS seed of Andreas Schildbach
+- `f1920e8` Ping automatically every 2 minutes (unconditionally)
+- `806fd19` Allocate receive buffers in on the fly
+- `6ecf3ed` Display unknown commands received
+- `aa81564` Track peers' available blocks
+- `caf6150` Use async name resolving to improve net thread responsiveness
+- `9f4da19` Use pong receive time rather than processing time
+- `0127a9b` remove SOCKS4 support from core and GUI, use SOCKS5
+- `40f5cb8` Send rejects and apply DoS scoring for errors in direct block validation
+- `dc942e6` Introduce whitelisted peers
+- `c994d2e` prevent SOCKET leak in BindListenPort()
+- `a60120e` Add built-in seeds for .onion
+- `60dc8e4` Allow -onlynet=onion to be used
+- `3a56de7` addrman: Do not propagate obviously poor addresses onto the network
+- `6050ab6` netbase: Make SOCKS5 negotiation interruptible
+- `604ee2a` Remove tx from AlreadyAskedFor list once we receive it, not when we process it
+- `efad808` Avoid reject message feedback loops
+- `71697f9` Separate protocol versioning from clientversion
+- `20a5f61` Don't relay alerts to peers before version negotiation
+- `b4ee0bd` Introduce preferred download peers
+- `845c86d` Do not use third party services for IP detection
+- `12a49ca` Limit the number of new addressses to accumulate
+- `35e408f` Regard connection failures as attempt for addrman
+
+Validation:
+- `6fd7ef2` Also switch the (unused) verification code to low-s instead of even-s
+- `584a358` Do merkle root and txid duplicates check simultaneously
+- `217a5c9` When transaction outputs exceed inputs, show the offending amounts so as to aid debugging
+- `f74fc9b` Print input index when signature validation fails, to aid debugging
+- `6fd59ee` script.h: set_vch() should shift a >32 bit value
+- `d752ba8` Add SCRIPT_VERIFY_SIGPUSHONLY (BIP62 rule 2) (test only)
+- `698c6ab` Add SCRIPT_VERIFY_MINIMALDATA (BIP62 rules 3 and 4) (test only)
+- `ab9edbd` script: create sane error return codes for script validation and remove logging
+- `219a147` script: check ScriptError values in script tests
+- `0391423` Discourage NOPs reserved for soft-fork upgrades
+- `98b135f` Make STRICTENC invalid pubkeys fail the script rather than the opcode
+- `307f7d4` Report script evaluation failures in log and reject messages
+
+Build system:
+- `f25e3ad` Fix build in OS X 10.9
+- `65e8ba4` build: Switch to non-recursive make
+- `460b32d` build: fix broken boost chrono check on some platforms
+- `9ce0774` build: Fix windows configure when using --with-qt-libdir
+- `ea96475` build: Add mention of --disable-wallet to bdb48 error messages
+- `1dec09b` depends: add shared dependency builder
+- `c101c76` build: Add --with-utils (bitcoin-cli and bitcoin-tx, default=yes). Help string consistency tweaks. Target sanity check fix
+- `e432a5f` build: add option for reducing exports (v2)
+- `6134b43` Fixing condition 'sabotaging' MSVC build
+- `af0bd5e` osx: fix signing to make Gatekeeper happy (again)
+- `a7d1f03` build: fix dynamic boost check when --with-boost= is used
+- `d5fd094` build: fix qt test build when libprotobuf is in a non-standard path
+- `2cf5f16` Add libbitcoinconsensus library
+- `914868a` build: add a deterministic dmg signer 
+
+Wallet:
+- `b33d1f5` Use fee/priority estimates in wallet CreateTransaction
+- `4b7b1bb` Sanity checks for estimates
+- `c898846` Add support for watch-only addresses
+- `d5087d1` Use script matching rather than destination matching for watch-only
+- `d88af56` Fee fixes
+- `a35b55b` Dont run full check every time we decrypt wallet
+- `3a7c348` Fix make_change to not create half-satoshis
+- `f606bb9` fix a possible memory leak in CWalletDB::Recover
+- `870da77` fix possible memory leaks in CWallet::EncryptWallet
+- `ccca27a` Watch-only fixes
+- `9b1627d` [Wallet] Reduce minTxFee for transaction creation to 1000 satoshis
+- `a53fd41` Deterministic signing
+- `15ad0b5` Apply AreSane() checks to the fees from the network
+- `11855c1` Enforce minRelayTxFee on wallet created tx and add a maxtxfee option
+
+GUI:
+- `c21c74b` osx: Fix missing dock menu with qt5
+- `b90711c` Fix Transaction details shows wrong To:
+- `516053c` Make links in 'About Bitcoin Core' clickable
+- `bdc83e8` Ensure payment request network matches client network
+- `65f78a1` Add GUI view of peer information
+- `06a91d9` VerifyDB progress reporting
+- `fe6bff2` Add BerkeleyDB version info to RPCConsole
+- `b917555` PeerTableModel: Fix potential deadlock. #4296
+- `dff0e3b` Improve rpc console history behavior
+- `95a9383` Remove CENT-fee-rule from coin control completely
+- `56b07d2` Allow setting listen via GUI
+- `d95ba75` Log messages with type>QtDebugMsg as non-debug
+- `8969828` New status bar Unit Display Control and related changes
+- `674c070` seed OpenSSL PNRG with Windows event data
+- `509f926` Payment request parsing on startup now only changes network if a valid network name is specified
+- `acd432b` Prevent balloon-spam after rescan
+- `7007402` Implement SI-style (thin space) thoudands separator
+- `91cce17` Use fixed-point arithmetic in amount spinbox
+- `bdba2dd` Remove an obscure option no-one cares about
+- `bd0aa10` Replace the temporary file hack currently used to change Bitcoin-Qt's dock icon (OS X) with a buffer-based solution
+- `94e1b9e` Re-work overviewpage UI
+- `8bfdc9a` Better looking trayicon
+- `b197bf3` disable tray interactions when client model set to 0
+- `1c5f0af` Add column Watch-only to transactions list
+- `21f139b` Fix tablet crash. closes #4854
+- `e84843c` Broken addresses on command line no longer trigger testnet
+- `a49f11d` Change splash screen to normal window
+- `1f9be98` Disable App Nap on OSX 10.9+
+- `27c3e91` Add proxy to options overridden if necessary
+- `4bd1185` Allow "emergency" shutdown during startup
+- `d52f072` Don't show wallet options in the preferences menu when running with -disablewallet
+- `6093aa1` Qt: QProgressBar CPU-Issue workaround
+- `0ed9675` [Wallet] Add global boolean whether to send free transactions (default=true)
+- `ed3e5e4` [Wallet] Add global boolean whether to pay at least the custom fee (default=true)
+- `e7876b2` [Wallet] Prevent user from paying a non-sense fee
+- `c1c9d5b` Add Smartfee to GUI
+- `e0a25c5` Make askpassphrase dialog behave more sanely
+
+Tests:
+- `b41e594` Fix script test handling of empty scripts
+- `d3a33fc` Test CHECKMULTISIG with m == 0 and n == 0
+- `29c1749` Let tx (in)valid tests use any SCRIPT_VERIFY flag
+- `6380180` Add rejection of non-null CHECKMULTISIG dummy values
+- `21bf3d2` Add tests for BoostAsioToCNetAddr
+- `b5ad5e7` Add Python test for -rpcbind and -rpcallowip
+- `9ec0306` Add CODESEPARATOR/FindAndDelete() tests
+- `75ebced` Added many rpc wallet tests
+- `0193fb8` Allow multiple regression tests to run at once
+- `92a6220` Hook up sanity checks
+- `3820e01` Extend and move all crypto tests to crypto_tests.cpp
+- `3f9a019` added list/get received by address/ account tests
+- `a90689f` Remove timing-based signature cache unit test
+- `236982c` Add skiplist unit tests
+- `f4b00be` Add CChain::GetLocator() unit test
+- `b45a6e8` Add test for getblocktemplate longpolling
+- `cdf305e` Set -discover=0 in regtest framework
+- `ed02282` additional test for OP_SIZE in script_valid.json
+- `0072d98` script tests: BOOLAND, BOOLOR decode to integer
+- `833ff16` script tests: values that overflow to 0 are true
+- `4cac5db` script tests: value with trailing 0x00 is true
+- `89101c6` script test: test case for 5-byte bools
+- `d2d9dc0` script tests: add tests for CHECKMULTISIG limits
+- `d789386` Add "it works" test for bitcoin-tx
+- `df4d61e` Add bitcoin-tx tests
+- `aa41ac2` Test IsPushOnly() with invalid push
+- `6022b5d` Make `script_{valid,invalid}.json` validation flags configurable
+- `8138cbe` Add automatic script test generation, and actual checksig tests
+- `ed27e53` Add coins_tests with a large randomized CCoinViewCache test
+- `9df9cf5` Make SCRIPT_VERIFY_STRICTENC compatible with BIP62
+- `dcb9846` Extend getchaintips RPC test
+- `554147a` Ensure MINIMALDATA invalid tests can only fail one way
+- `dfeec18` Test every numeric-accepting opcode for correct handling of the numeric minimal encoding rule
+- `2b62e17` Clearly separate PUSHDATA and numeric argument MINIMALDATA tests
+- `16d78bd` Add valid invert of invalid every numeric opcode tests
+- `f635269` tests: enable alertnotify test for Windows
+- `7a41614` tests: allow rpc-tests to get filenames for bitcoind and bitcoin-cli from the environment
+- `5122ea7` tests: fix forknotify.py on windows
+- `fa7f8cd` tests: remove old pull-tester scripts
+- `7667850` tests: replace the old (unused since Travis) tests with new rpc test scripts
+- `f4e0aef` Do signature-s negation inside the tests
+- `1837987` Optimize -regtest setgenerate block generation
+- `2db4c8a` Fix node ranges in the test framework
+- `a8b2ce5` regression test only setmocktime RPC call
+- `daf03e7` RPC tests: create initial chain with specific timestamps
+- `8656dbb` Port/fix txnmall.sh regression test
+- `ca81587` Test the exact order of CHECKMULTISIG sig/pubkey evaluation
+- `7357893` Prioritize and display -testsafemode status in UI
+- `f321d6b` Add key generation/verification to ECC sanity check
+- `132ea9b` miner_tests: Disable checkpoints so they don't fail the subsidy-change test
+- `bc6cb41` QA RPC tests: Add tests block block proposals
+- `f67a9ce` Use deterministically generated script tests
+- `11d7a7d` [RPC] add rpc-test for http keep-alive (persistent connections)
+- `34318d7` RPC-test based on invalidateblock for mempool coinbase spends
+- `76ec867` Use actually valid transactions for script tests
+- `c8589bf` Add actual signature tests
+
+Miscellaneous:
+- `122549f` Fix incorrect checkpoint data for testnet3
+- `5bd02cf` Log used config file to debug.log on startup
+- `68ba85f` Updated Debian example bitcoin.conf with config from wiki + removed some cruft and updated comments
+- `e5ee8f0` Remove -beta suffix
+- `38405ac` Add comment regarding experimental-use service bits
+- `be873f6` Issue warning if collecting RandSeed data failed
+- `8ae973c` Allocate more space if necessary in RandSeedAddPerfMon
+- `675bcd5` Correct comment for 15-of-15 p2sh script size
+- `fda3fed` libsecp256k1 integration
+- `2e36866` Show nodeid instead of addresses in log (for anonymity) unless otherwise requested
+- `cd01a5e` Enable paranoid corruption checks in LevelDB >= 1.16
+- `9365937` Add comment about never updating nTimeOffset past 199 samples
+- `403c1bf` contrib: remove getwork-based pyminer (as getwork API call has been removed)
+- `0c3e101` contrib: Added systemd .service file in order to help distributions integrate bitcoind
+- `0a0878d` doc: Add new DNSseed policy
+- `2887bff` Update coding style and add .clang-format
+- `5cbda4f` Changed LevelDB cursors to use scoped pointers to ensure destruction when going out of scope
+- `b4a72a7` contrib/linearize: split output files based on new-timestamp-year or max-file-size
+- `e982b57` Use explicit fflush() instead of setvbuf()
+- `234bfbf` contrib: Add init scripts and docs for Upstart and OpenRC
+- `01c2807` Add warning about the merkle-tree algorithm duplicate txid flaw
+- `d6712db` Also create pid file in non-daemon mode
+- `772ab0e` contrib: use batched JSON-RPC in linarize-hashes (optimization)
+- `7ab4358` Update bash-completion for v0.10
+- `6e6a36c` contrib: show pull # in prompt for github-merge script
+
+Credits
+--------
+
+Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release:
+
+- 21E14
+- Adam Weiss
+- Aitor Pazos
+- Alexander Jeng
+- Alex Morcos
+- Alon Muroch
+- Andreas Schildbach
+- Andrew Poelstra
+- Andy Alness
+- Ashley Holman
+- Benedict Chan
+- Ben Holden-Crowther
+- Bryan Bishop
+- BtcDrak
+- Christian von Roques
+- Clinton Christian
+- Cory Fields
+- Cozz Lovan
+- daniel
+- Daniel Kraft
+- David Hill
+- Derek701
+- dexX7
+- dllud
+- Dominyk Tiller
+- Doug
+- elichai
+- elkingtowa
+- ENikS
+- Eric Shaw
+- Federico Bond
+- Francis GASCHET
+- Gavin Andresen
+- Giuseppe Mazzotta
+- Glenn Willen
+- Gregory Maxwell
+- gubatron
+- HarryWu
+- himynameismartin
+- Huang Le
+- Ian Carroll
+- imharrywu
+- Jameson Lopp
+- Janusz Lenar
+- JaSK
+- Jeff Garzik
+- JL2035
+- Johnathan Corgan
+- Jonas Schnelli
+- jtimon
+- Julian Haight
+- Kamil Domanski
+- kazcw
+- kevin
+- kiwigb
+- Kosta Zertsekel
+- LongShao007
+- Luke Dashjr
+- Mark Friedenbach
+- Mathy Vanvoorden
+- Matt Corallo
+- Matthew Bogosian
+- Micha
+- Michael Ford
+- Mike Hearn
+- mrbandrews
+- mruddy
+- ntrgn
+- Otto Allmendinger
+- paveljanik
+- Pavel Vasin
+- Peter Todd
+- phantomcircuit
+- Philip Kaufmann
+- Pieter Wuille
+- pryds
+- randy-waterhouse
+- R E Broadley
+- Rose Toomey
+- Ross Nicoll
+- Roy Badami
+- Ruben Dario Ponticelli
+- Rune K. Svendsen
+- Ryan X. Charles
+- Saivann
+- sandakersmann
+- SergioDemianLerner
+- shshshsh
+- sinetek
+- Stuart Cardall
+- Suhas Daftuar
+- Tawanda Kembo
+- Teran McKinney
+- tm314159
+- Tom Harding
+- Trevin Hofmann
+- Whit J
+- Wladimir J. van der Laan
+- Yoichi Hirai
+- Zak Wilcox
+
+As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/).
+