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+Dash Core version 18.0.2
+========================
+
+Release is now available from:
+
+  <https://www.dash.org/downloads/#wallets>
+
+This is a new hotfix release.
+
+Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:
+
+  <https://github.com/dashpay/dash/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/Dash-Qt (on Mac) or
+dashd/dash-qt (on Linux). If you upgrade after DIP0003 activation and you were
+using version < 0.13 you will have to reindex (start with -reindex-chainstate
+or -reindex) to make sure your wallet has all the new data synced. Upgrading
+from version 0.13 should not require any additional actions.
+
+When upgrading from a version prior to 18.0.1, the
+first startup of Dash Core will run a migration process which can take anywhere
+from a few minutes to thirty minutes to finish. After the migration, a
+downgrade to an older version is only possible with a reindex
+(or reindex-chainstate).
+
+Downgrade warning
+-----------------
+
+### Downgrade to a version < v18.0.1
+
+Downgrading to a version older than v18.0.1 is not supported due to changes in
+the indexes database folder. If you need to use an older version, you must
+either reindex or re-sync the whole chain.
+
+### Downgrade of masternodes to < v18.0.1
+
+Starting with the 0.16 release, masternodes verify the protocol version of other
+masternodes. This results in PoSe punishment/banning for outdated masternodes,
+so downgrading even prior to the activation of the introduced hard-fork changes
+is not recommended.
+
+Notable changes
+===============
+
+This release resolves some excessive memory usage via the "evo" database (evodb).
+
+18.0.2 Change log
+===================
+
+See detailed [set of changes](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/compare/v18.0.1...dashpay:v18.0.2`).
+
+- [`666ff7bff9`](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/commit/666ff7bff9) merge bitcoin#14193: Add missing mempool locks
+- [`96f4022a6a`](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/commit/96f4022a6a) chore: archive release-nodes.md
+- [`0b60096d8a`](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/commit/0b60096d8a) chore: bump version to 18.0.2
+- [`e8afde2740`](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/commit/e8afde2740) fix: Flush chainstate (and evodb) cache whenever evodb mem usage is getting too high (#5007)
+- [`8efd7f04c6`](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/commit/8efd7f04c6) Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#25739: Update leveldb subtree (#5005)
+- [`c92cbce6a5`](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/commit/c92cbce6a5) trivial: Fix trailing whitespaces in release notes (#4989)
+
+Credits
+=======
+
+Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:
+
+- kittywhiskers
+- PastaPastaPasta
+- UdjinM6
+
+As well as everyone that submitted issues and reviewed pull requests.
+
+Older releases
+==============
+
+Dash was previously known as Darkcoin.
+
+Darkcoin tree 0.8.x was a fork of Litecoin tree 0.8, original name was XCoin
+which was first released on Jan/18/2014.
+
+Darkcoin tree 0.9.x was the open source implementation of masternodes based on
+the 0.8.x tree and was first released on Mar/13/2014.
+
+Darkcoin tree 0.10.x used to be the closed source implementation of Darksend
+which was released open source on Sep/25/2014.
+
+Dash Core tree 0.11.x was a fork of Bitcoin Core tree 0.9,
+Darkcoin was rebranded to Dash.
+
+Dash Core tree 0.12.0.x was a fork of Bitcoin Core tree 0.10.
+
+Dash Core tree 0.12.1.x was a fork of Bitcoin Core tree 0.12.
+
+These release are considered obsolete. Old release notes can be found here:
+
+- [v18.0.1](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-18.0.1.md) released Aug/17/2022
+- [v0.17.0.3](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.17.0.3.md) released June/07/2021
+- [v0.17.0.2](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.17.0.2.md) released May/19/2021
+- [v0.16.1.1](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.16.1.1.md) released November/17/2020
+- [v0.16.1.0](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.16.1.0.md) released November/14/2020
+- [v0.16.0.1](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.16.0.1.md) released September/30/2020
+- [v0.15.0.0](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.15.0.0.md) released Febrary/18/2020
+- [v0.14.0.5](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.14.0.5.md) released December/08/2019
+- [v0.14.0.4](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.14.0.4.md) released November/22/2019
+- [v0.14.0.3](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.14.0.3.md) released August/15/2019
+- [v0.14.0.2](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.14.0.2.md) released July/4/2019
+- [v0.14.0.1](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.14.0.1.md) released May/31/2019
+- [v0.14.0](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.14.0.md) released May/22/2019
+- [v0.13.3](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.13.3.md) released Apr/04/2019
+- [v0.13.2](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.13.2.md) released Mar/15/2019
+- [v0.13.1](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.13.1.md) released Feb/9/2019
+- [v0.13.0](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.13.0.md) released Jan/14/2019
+- [v0.12.3.4](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.12.3.4.md) released Dec/14/2018
+- [v0.12.3.3](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.12.3.3.md) released Sep/19/2018
+- [v0.12.3.2](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.12.3.2.md) released Jul/09/2018
+- [v0.12.3.1](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.12.3.1.md) released Jul/03/2018
+- [v0.12.2.3](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.12.2.3.md) released Jan/12/2018
+- [v0.12.2.2](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.12.2.2.md) released Dec/17/2017
+- [v0.12.2](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.12.2.md) released Nov/08/2017
+- [v0.12.1](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.12.1.md) released Feb/06/2017
+- [v0.12.0](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.12.0.md) released Aug/15/2015
+- [v0.11.2](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.11.2.md) released Mar/04/2015
+- [v0.11.1](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.11.1.md) released Feb/10/2015
+- [v0.11.0](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.11.0.md) released Jan/15/2015
+- [v0.10.x](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.10.0.md) released Sep/25/2014
+- [v0.9.x](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/master/doc/release-notes/dash/release-notes-0.9.0.md) released Mar/13/2014