From 7f968ae10712d8e4ff3794c59a974d96c6e20f80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Wladimir J. van der Laan" Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 12:28:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Explain how to update chainTxData in release process Adds a short explanation how to update chainTxData to the release process. Mention where to get the data, and link to an example. --- doc/release-process.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/release-process.md b/doc/release-process.md index f429b4bbdb..f09649fe70 100644 --- a/doc/release-process.md +++ b/doc/release-process.md @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ Before every major release: * Update hardcoded [seeds](/contrib/seeds/README.md), see [this pull request](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7415) for an example. * Update [`BLOCK_CHAIN_SIZE`](/src/qt/intro.cpp) to the current size plus some overhead. -* Update `src/chainparams.cpp` chainTxData with statistics about the transaction count and rate. +* Update `src/chainparams.cpp` chainTxData with statistics about the transaction count and rate. Use the output of the RPC `getchaintxstats`, see + [this pull request](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/12270) for an example. * Update version of `contrib/gitian-descriptors/*.yml`: usually one'd want to do this on master after branching off the release - but be sure to at least do it before a new major release ### First time / New builders