From 5be1403a1963075febd033505b100954fd70ad22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: UdjinM6 Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 04:53:23 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] move bitcoin release notes --- .../{ => bitcoin}/release-notes-0.10.1.md | 0 .../{ => bitcoin}/release-notes-0.10.2.md | 0 .../{ => bitcoin}/release-notes-0.10.3.md | 0 .../{ => bitcoin}/release-notes-0.11.0.md | 0 .../{ => bitcoin}/release-notes-0.11.1.md | 0 .../{ => bitcoin}/release-notes-0.9.5.md | 0 doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.0.md | 762 ------------------ doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.9.4.md | 95 --- 8 files changed, 857 deletions(-) rename doc/release-notes/{ => bitcoin}/release-notes-0.10.1.md (100%) rename doc/release-notes/{ => bitcoin}/release-notes-0.10.2.md (100%) rename doc/release-notes/{ => bitcoin}/release-notes-0.10.3.md (100%) rename doc/release-notes/{ => bitcoin}/release-notes-0.11.0.md (100%) rename doc/release-notes/{ => bitcoin}/release-notes-0.11.1.md (100%) rename doc/release-notes/{ => bitcoin}/release-notes-0.9.5.md (100%) delete mode 100644 doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.0.md delete mode 100644 doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.9.4.md diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.1.md b/doc/release-notes/bitcoin/release-notes-0.10.1.md similarity index 100% rename from doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.1.md rename to doc/release-notes/bitcoin/release-notes-0.10.1.md diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.2.md b/doc/release-notes/bitcoin/release-notes-0.10.2.md similarity index 100% rename from doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.2.md rename to doc/release-notes/bitcoin/release-notes-0.10.2.md diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.3.md b/doc/release-notes/bitcoin/release-notes-0.10.3.md similarity index 100% rename from doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.3.md rename to doc/release-notes/bitcoin/release-notes-0.10.3.md diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.11.0.md b/doc/release-notes/bitcoin/release-notes-0.11.0.md similarity index 100% rename from doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.11.0.md rename to doc/release-notes/bitcoin/release-notes-0.11.0.md diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.11.1.md b/doc/release-notes/bitcoin/release-notes-0.11.1.md similarity index 100% rename from doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.11.1.md rename to doc/release-notes/bitcoin/release-notes-0.11.1.md diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.9.5.md b/doc/release-notes/bitcoin/release-notes-0.9.5.md similarity index 100% rename from doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.9.5.md rename to doc/release-notes/bitcoin/release-notes-0.9.5.md diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.0.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.0.md deleted file mode 100644 index 986b8832e..000000000 --- a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.0.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,762 +0,0 @@ -Bitcoin Core version 0.10.0 is now available from: - - 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). - -Downgrading warning ---------------------- - -Because release 0.10.0 makes use of headers-first synchronization and parallel -block download (see further), the block files and databases are not -backwards-compatible with older versions of Bitcoin Core or other software: - -* Blocks will be stored on disk out of order (in the order they are -received, really), which makes it incompatible with some tools or -other programs. Reindexing using earlier versions will also not work -anymore as a result of this. - -* The block index database will now hold headers for which no block is -stored on disk, which earlier versions won't support. - -If you want to be able to downgrade smoothly, make a backup of your entire data -directory. Without this your node will need start syncing (or importing from -bootstrap.dat) anew afterwards. It is possible that the data from a completely -synchronised 0.10 node may be usable in older versions as-is, but this is not -supported and may break as soon as the older version attempts to reindex. - -This does not affect wallet forward or backward compatibility. - - -Notable changes -=============== - -Faster synchronization ----------------------- - -Bitcoin Core now uses 'headers-first synchronization'. This means that we first -ask peers for block headers (a total of 27 megabytes, as of December 2014) and -validate those. In a second stage, when the headers have been discovered, we -download the blocks. However, as we already know about the whole chain in -advance, the blocks can be downloaded in parallel from all available peers. - -In practice, this means a much faster and more robust synchronization. On -recent hardware with a decent network link, it can be as little as 3 hours -for an initial full synchronization. You may notice a slower progress in the -very first few minutes, when headers are still being fetched and verified, but -it should gain speed afterwards. - -A few RPCs were added/updated as a result of this: -- `getblockchaininfo` now returns the number of validated headers in addition to -the number of validated blocks. -- `getpeerinfo` lists both the number of blocks and headers we know we have in -common with each peer. While synchronizing, the heights of the blocks that we -have requested from peers (but haven't received yet) are also listed as -'inflight'. -- A new RPC `getchaintips` lists all known branches of the block chain, -including those we only have headers for. - -Transaction fee changes ------------------------ - -This release automatically estimates how high a transaction fee (or how -high a priority) transactions require to be confirmed quickly. The default -settings will create transactions that confirm quickly; see the new -'txconfirmtarget' setting to control the tradeoff between fees and -confirmation times. Fees are added by default unless the 'sendfreetransactions' -setting is enabled. - -Prior releases used hard-coded fees (and priorities), and would -sometimes create transactions that took a very long time to confirm. - -Statistics used to estimate fees and priorities are saved in the -data directory in the `fee_estimates.dat` file just before -program shutdown, and are read in at startup. - -New command line options for transaction fee changes: -- `-txconfirmtarget=n` : create transactions that have enough fees (or priority) -so they are likely to begin confirmation within n blocks (default: 1). This setting -is over-ridden by the -paytxfee option. -- `-sendfreetransactions` : Send transactions as zero-fee transactions if possible -(default: 0) - -New RPC commands for fee estimation: -- `estimatefee nblocks` : Returns approximate fee-per-1,000-bytes needed for -a transaction to begin confirmation within nblocks. Returns -1 if not enough -transactions have been observed to compute a good estimate. -- `estimatepriority nblocks` : Returns approximate priority needed for -a zero-fee transaction to begin confirmation within nblocks. Returns -1 if not -enough free transactions have been observed to compute a good -estimate. - -RPC access control changes --------------------------- - -Subnet matching for the purpose of access control is now done -by matching the binary network address, instead of with string wildcard matching. -For the user this means that `-rpcallowip` takes a subnet specification, which can be - -- a single IP address (e.g. `1.2.3.4` or `fe80::0012:3456:789a:bcde`) -- a network/CIDR (e.g. `1.2.3.0/24` or `fe80::0000/64`) -- a network/netmask (e.g. `1.2.3.4/255.255.255.0` or `fe80::0012:3456:789a:bcde/ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff`) - -An arbitrary number of `-rpcallow` arguments can be given. An incoming connection will be accepted if its origin address -matches one of them. - -For example: - -| 0.9.x and before | 0.10.x | -|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| -| `-rpcallowip=192.168.1.1` | `-rpcallowip=192.168.1.1` (unchanged) | -| `-rpcallowip=192.168.1.*` | `-rpcallowip=192.168.1.0/24` | -| `-rpcallowip=192.168.*` | `-rpcallowip=192.168.0.0/16` | -| `-rpcallowip=*` (dangerous!) | `-rpcallowip=::/0` (still dangerous!) | - -Using wildcards will result in the rule being rejected with the following error in debug.log: - - Error: Invalid -rpcallowip subnet specification: *. Valid are a single IP (e.g. 1.2.3.4), a network/netmask (e.g. 1.2.3.4/255.255.255.0) or a network/CIDR (e.g. 1.2.3.4/24). - - -REST interface --------------- - -A new HTTP API is exposed when running with the `-rest` flag, which allows -unauthenticated access to public node data. - -It is served on the same port as RPC, but does not need a password, and uses -plain HTTP instead of JSON-RPC. - -Assuming a local RPC server running on port 8332, it is possible to request: -- Blocks: http://localhost:8332/rest/block/*HASH*.*EXT* -- Blocks without transactions: http://localhost:8332/rest/block/notxdetails/*HASH*.*EXT* -- Transactions (requires `-txindex`): http://localhost:8332/rest/tx/*HASH*.*EXT* - -In every case, *EXT* can be `bin` (for raw binary data), `hex` (for hex-encoded -binary) or `json`. - -For more details, see the `doc/REST-interface.md` document in the repository. - -RPC Server "Warm-Up" Mode -------------------------- - -The RPC server is started earlier now, before most of the expensive -intialisations like loading the block index. It is available now almost -immediately after starting the process. However, until all initialisations -are done, it always returns an immediate error with code -28 to all calls. - -This new behaviour can be useful for clients to know that a server is already -started and will be available soon (for instance, so that they do not -have to start it themselves). - -Improved signing security -------------------------- - -For 0.10 the security of signing against unusual attacks has been -improved by making the signatures constant time and deterministic. - -This change is a result of switching signing to use libsecp256k1 -instead of OpenSSL. Libsecp256k1 is a cryptographic library -optimized for the curve Bitcoin uses which was created by Bitcoin -Core developer Pieter Wuille. - -There exist attacks[1] against most ECC implementations where an -attacker on shared virtual machine hardware could extract a private -key if they could cause a target to sign using the same key hundreds -of times. While using shared hosts and reusing keys are inadvisable -for other reasons, it's a better practice to avoid the exposure. - -OpenSSL has code in their source repository for derandomization -and reduction in timing leaks that we've eagerly wanted to use for a -long time, but this functionality has still not made its -way into a released version of OpenSSL. Libsecp256k1 achieves -significantly stronger protection: As far as we're aware this is -the only deployed implementation of constant time signing for -the curve Bitcoin uses and we have reason to believe that -libsecp256k1 is better tested and more thoroughly reviewed -than the implementation in OpenSSL. - -[1] https://eprint.iacr.org/2014/161.pdf - -Watch-only wallet support -------------------------- - -The wallet can now track transactions to and from wallets for which you know -all addresses (or scripts), even without the private keys. - -This can be used to track payments without needing the private keys online on a -possibly vulnerable system. In addition, it can help for (manual) construction -of multisig transactions where you are only one of the signers. - -One new RPC, `importaddress`, is added which functions similarly to -`importprivkey`, but instead takes an address or script (in hexadecimal) as -argument. After using it, outputs credited to this address or script are -considered to be received, and transactions consuming these outputs will be -considered to be sent. - -The following RPCs have optional support for watch-only: -`getbalance`, `listreceivedbyaddress`, `listreceivedbyaccount`, -`listtransactions`, `listaccounts`, `listsinceblock`, `gettransaction`. See the -RPC documentation for those methods for more information. - -Compared to using `getrawtransaction`, this mechanism does not require -`-txindex`, scales better, integrates better with the wallet, and is compatible -with future block chain pruning functionality. It does mean that all relevant -addresses need to added to the wallet before the payment, though. - -Consensus library ------------------ - -Starting from 0.10.0, the Bitcoin Core distribution includes a consensus library. - -The purpose of this library is to make the verification functionality that is -critical to Bitcoin's consensus available to other applications, e.g. to language -bindings such as [python-bitcoinlib](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-bitcoinlib) or -alternative node implementations. - -This library is called `libbitcoinconsensus.so` (or, `.dll` for Windows). -Its interface is defined in the C header [bitcoinconsensus.h](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/0.10/src/script/bitcoinconsensus.h). - -In its initial version the API includes two functions: - -- `bitcoinconsensus_verify_script` verifies a script. It returns whether the indicated input of the provided serialized transaction -correctly spends the passed scriptPubKey under additional constraints indicated by flags -- `bitcoinconsensus_version` returns the API version, currently at an experimental `0` - -The functionality is planned to be extended to e.g. UTXO management in upcoming releases, but the interface -for existing methods should remain stable. - -Standard script rules relaxed for P2SH addresses ------------------------------------------------- - -The IsStandard() rules have been almost completely removed for P2SH -redemption scripts, allowing applications to make use of any valid -script type, such as "n-of-m OR y", hash-locked oracle addresses, etc. -While the Bitcoin protocol has always supported these types of script, -actually using them on mainnet has been previously inconvenient as -standard Bitcoin Core nodes wouldn't relay them to miners, nor would -most miners include them in blocks they mined. - -bitcoin-tx ----------- - -It has been observed that many of the RPC functions offered by bitcoind are -"pure functions", and operate independently of the bitcoind wallet. This -included many of the RPC "raw transaction" API functions, such as -createrawtransaction. - -bitcoin-tx is a newly introduced command line utility designed to enable easy -manipulation of bitcoin transactions. A summary of its operation may be -obtained via "bitcoin-tx --help" Transactions may be created or signed in a -manner similar to the RPC raw tx API. Transactions may be updated, deleting -inputs or outputs, or appending new inputs and outputs. Custom scripts may be -easily composed using a simple text notation, borrowed from the bitcoin test -suite. - -This tool may be used for experimenting with new transaction types, signing -multi-party transactions, and many other uses. Long term, the goal is to -deprecate and remove "pure function" RPC API calls, as those do not require a -server round-trip to execute. - -Other utilities "bitcoin-key" and "bitcoin-script" have been proposed, making -key and script operations easily accessible via command line. - -Mining and relay policy enhancements ------------------------------------- - -Bitcoin Core's block templates are now for version 3 blocks only, and any mining -software relying on its `getblocktemplate` must be updated in parallel to use -libblkmaker either version 0.4.2 or any version from 0.5.1 onward. -If you are solo mining, this will affect you the moment you upgrade Bitcoin -Core, which must be done prior to BIP66 achieving its 951/1001 status. -If you are mining with the stratum mining protocol: this does not affect you. -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. - -The `prioritisetransaction` RPC method has been added to enable miners to -manipulate the priority of transactions on an individual basis. - -Bitcoin Core now supports BIP 22 long polling, so mining software can be -notified immediately of new templates rather than having to poll periodically. - -Support for BIP 23 block proposals is now available in Bitcoin Core's -`getblocktemplate` method. This enables miners to check the basic validity of -their next block before expending work on it, reducing risks of accidental -hardforks or mining invalid blocks. - -Two new options to control mining policy: -- `-datacarrier=0/1` : Relay and mine "data carrier" (OP_RETURN) transactions -if this is 1. -- `-datacarriersize=n` : Maximum size, in bytes, we consider acceptable for -"data carrier" outputs. - -The relay policy has changed to more properly implement the desired behavior of not -relaying free (or very low fee) transactions unless they have a priority above the -AllowFreeThreshold(), in which case they are relayed subject to the rate limiter. - -BIP 66: strict DER encoding for signatures ------------------------------------------- - -Bitcoin Core 0.10 implements BIP 66, which introduces block version 3, and a new -consensus rule, which prohibits non-DER signatures. Such transactions have been -non-standard since Bitcoin v0.8.0 (released in February 2013), but were -technically still permitted inside blocks. - -This change breaks the dependency on OpenSSL's signature parsing, and is -required if implementations would want to remove all of OpenSSL from the -consensus code. - -The same miner-voting mechanism as in BIP 34 is used: when 751 out of a -sequence of 1001 blocks have version number 3 or higher, the new consensus -rule becomes active for those blocks. When 951 out of a sequence of 1001 -blocks have version number 3 or higher, it becomes mandatory for all blocks. - -Backward compatibility with current mining software is NOT provided, thus miners -should read the first paragraph of "Mining and relay policy enhancements" above. - -0.10.0 Change log -================= - -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 -- `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 -- `008138c` Bugfix: only track UTXO modification after lookup - -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 -- `a3a7317` Introduce 10 minute block download timeout -- `3022e7d` Require sufficent priority for relay of free transactions -- `58fda4d` Update seed IPs, based on bitcoin.sipa.be crawler data -- `18021d0` Remove bitnodes.io from dnsseeds. - -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 -- `ace39db` consensus: guard against openssl's new strict DER checks -- `12b7c44` Improve robustness of DER recoding code -- `76ce5c8` fail immediately on an empty signature - -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 -- `2d375fe` depends: bump openssl to 1.0.1k -- `b7a4ecc` Build: Only check for boost when building code that requires it - -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 -- `94b362d` On close of splashscreen interrupt verifyDB -- `b790d13` English translation update -- `8543b0d` Correct tooltip on address book page - -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 -- `e2677d7` Fix smartfees test for change to relay policy -- `263b65e` tests: run sanity checks in tests too - -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 -- `5b9f842` Upgrade leveldb to 1.18, make chainstate databases compatible between ARM and x86 (issue #2293) -- `4e7c219` Catch UTXO set read errors and shutdown -- `867c600` Catch LevelDB errors during flush -- `06ca065` Fix CScriptID(const CScript& in) in empty script case - -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/). - diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.9.4.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.9.4.md deleted file mode 100644 index 7ee73246a..000000000 --- a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.9.4.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,95 +0,0 @@ -Bitcoin Core version 0.9.4 is now available from: - - https://bitcoin.org/bin/0.9.4/ - -This is a new minor version release, bringing only bug fixes and updated -translations. Upgrading to this release is recommended. - -Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github: - - https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues - -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). - -OpenSSL Warning -================ - -OpenSSL 1.0.0p / 1.0.1k was recently released and is being pushed out by -various operating system maintainers. Review by Gregory Maxwell determined that -this update is incompatible with the Bitcoin system and could lead to consensus -forks. - -Bitcoin Core released binaries from https://bitcoin.org are unaffected, -as are any built with the gitian deterministic build system. - -However, if you are running either - -- The Ubuntu PPA from https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin/+archive/ubuntu/bitcoin -- A third-party or self-compiled Bitcoin Core - -upgrade to Bitcoin Core 0.9.4, which includes a workaround, **before** updating -OpenSSL. - -The incompatibility is due to the OpenSSL update changing the -behavior of ECDSA validation to reject any signature which is -not encoded in a very rigid manner. This was a result of -OpenSSL's change for CVE-2014-8275 "Certificate fingerprints -can be modified". - -We are specifically aware of potential hard-forks due to signature -encoding handling and had been hoping to close them via BIP62 in 0.10. -BIP62's purpose is to improve transaction malleability handling and -as a side effect rigidly defines the encoding for signatures, but the -overall scope of BIP62 has made it take longer than we'd like to -deploy. - -0.9.4 changelog -================ - -Validation: -- `b8e81b7` consensus: guard against openssl's new strict DER checks -- `60c51f1` fail immediately on an empty signature -- `037bfef` Improve robustness of DER recoding code - -Command-line options: -- `cd5164a` Make -proxy set all network types, avoiding a connect leak. - -P2P: -- `bb424e4` Limit the number of new addressses to accumulate - -RPC: -- `0a94661` Disable SSLv3 (in favor of TLS) for the RPC client and server. - -Build system: -- `f047dfa` gitian: openssl-1.0.1i.tar.gz -> openssl-1.0.1k.tar.gz -- `5b9f78d` build: Fix OSX build when using Homebrew and qt5 -- `ffab1dd` Keep symlinks when copying into .app bundle -- `613247f` osx: fix signing to make Gatekeeper happy (again) - -Miscellaneous: -- `25b49b5` Refactor -alertnotify code -- `2743529` doc: Add instructions for consistent Mac OS X build names - -Credits --------- - -Thanks to who contributed to this release, at least: - -- Cory Fields -- Gavin Andresen -- Gregory Maxwell -- Jeff Garzik -- Luke Dashjr -- Matt Corallo -- Pieter Wuille -- Saivann -- Sergio Demian Lerner -- Wladimir J. van der Laan - -As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/).