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| 25.0 Release Notes | ||
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| Bitcoin Core version 25.0 is now available from: | ||
| Groestlcoin Core version 25.0 is now available from: | ||
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| <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-25.0/> | ||
| <https://www.groestlcoin.org/groestlcoin-core-wallet/> | ||
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| This release includes new features, various bug fixes and performance | ||
| improvements, as well as updated translations. | ||
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| Please report bugs using the issue tracker at GitHub: | ||
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| <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues> | ||
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| To receive security and update notifications, please subscribe to: | ||
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| <https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/> | ||
| <https://github.com/groestlcoin/groestlcoin/issues> | ||
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| How to Upgrade | ||
| ============== | ||
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| If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely | ||
| shut down (which might take a few minutes in some cases), then run the | ||
| installer (on Windows) or just copy over `/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt` (on macOS) | ||
| or `bitcoind`/`bitcoin-qt` (on Linux). | ||
| installer (on Windows) or just copy over `/Applications/Groestlcoin-Qt` (on macOS) | ||
| or `groestlcoind`/`groestlcoin-qt` (on Linux). | ||
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| Upgrading directly from a version of Bitcoin Core that has reached its EOL is | ||
| Upgrading directly from a version of Groestlcoin Core that has reached its EOL is | ||
| possible, but it might take some time if the data directory needs to be migrated. Old | ||
| wallet versions of Bitcoin Core are generally supported. | ||
| wallet versions of Groestlcoin Core are generally supported. | ||
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| Compatibility | ||
| ============== | ||
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| Bitcoin Core is supported and extensively tested on operating systems | ||
| using the Linux kernel, macOS 10.15+, and Windows 7 and newer. Bitcoin | ||
| Groestlcoin Core is supported and extensively tested on operating systems | ||
| using the Linux kernel, macOS 10.15+, and Windows 7 and newer. Groestlcoin | ||
| Core should also work on most other Unix-like systems but is not as | ||
| frequently tested on them. It is not recommended to use Bitcoin Core on | ||
| frequently tested on them. It is not recommended to use Groestlcoin Core on | ||
| unsupported systems. | ||
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| Notable changes | ||
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| - Transactions of non-witness size 65 and above are now allowed by mempool | ||
| and relay policy. This is to better reflect the actual afforded protections | ||
| against CVE-2017-12842 and open up additional use-cases of smaller transaction sizes. (#26265) | ||
| against CVE-2017-12842 and open up additional use-cases of smaller transaction sizes. | ||
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| New RPCs | ||
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| scanning all blockfilters in the given range. It can be used in combination with | ||
| the getblockheader and rescanblockchain RPCs to achieve fast wallet rescans. Note | ||
| that this functionality can only be used if a compact block filter index | ||
| (-blockfilterindex=1) has been constructed by the node. (#23549) | ||
| (-blockfilterindex=1) has been constructed by the node. | ||
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| Updated RPCs | ||
| ------------ | ||
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| parameter](JSON-RPC-interface.md#parameter-passing) called `args` that can | ||
| contain positional parameter values. This is a convenience to allow some | ||
| parameter values to be passed by name without having to name every value. The | ||
| python test framework and `bitcoin-cli` tool both take advantage of this, so | ||
| python test framework and `groestlcoin-cli` tool both take advantage of this, so | ||
| for example: | ||
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| ```sh | ||
| bitcoin-cli -named createwallet wallet_name=mywallet load_on_startup=1 | ||
| groestlcoin-cli -named createwallet wallet_name=mywallet load_on_startup=1 | ||
| ``` | ||
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| Can now be shortened to: | ||
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| ```sh | ||
| bitcoin-cli -named createwallet mywallet load_on_startup=1 | ||
| groestlcoin-cli -named createwallet mywallet load_on_startup=1 | ||
| ``` | ||
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| - The `verifychain` RPC will now return `false` if the checks didn't fail, | ||
| but couldn't be completed at the desired depth and level. This could be due | ||
| to missing data while pruning, due to an insufficient dbcache or due to | ||
| the node being shutdown before the call could finish. (#25574) | ||
| the node being shutdown before the call could finish. | ||
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| - `sendrawtransaction` has a new, optional argument, `maxburnamount` with a default value of `0`. | ||
| Any transaction containing an unspendable output with a value greater than `maxburnamount` will | ||
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| "effective-feerate" is the feerate including fees and sizes of transactions validated together if | ||
| package validation was used, and also includes any modified fees from prioritisetransaction. The | ||
| "effective-includes" result lists the wtxids of transactions whose modified fees and sizes were used | ||
| in the effective-feerate (#26646). | ||
| in the effective-feerate. | ||
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| - `decodescript` may now infer a Miniscript descriptor under P2WSH context if it is not lacking | ||
| information. (#27037) | ||
| information. | ||
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| - `finalizepsbt` is now able to finalize a transaction with inputs spending Miniscript-compatible | ||
| P2WSH scripts. (#24149) | ||
| P2WSH scripts. | ||
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| Changes to wallet related RPCs can be found in the Wallet section below. | ||
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| - The `--enable-upnp-default` and `--enable-natpmp-default` options | ||
| have been removed. If you want to use port mapping, you can | ||
| configure it using a .conf file, or by passing the relevant | ||
| options at runtime. (#26896) | ||
| options at runtime. | ||
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| Updated settings | ||
| ---------------- | ||
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| - If the `-checkblocks` or `-checklevel` options are explicitly provided by the | ||
| user, but the verification checks cannot be completed due to an insufficient | ||
| dbcache, Bitcoin Core will now return an error at startup. (#25574) | ||
| dbcache, Groestlcoin Core will now return an error at startup. | ||
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| - Ports specified in `-port` and `-rpcport` options are now validated at startup. | ||
| Values that previously worked and were considered valid can now result in errors. (#22087) | ||
| Values that previously worked and were considered valid can now result in errors. | ||
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| - Setting `-blocksonly` will now reduce the maximum mempool memory | ||
| to 5MB (users may still use `-maxmempool` to override). Previously, | ||
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| ------------ | ||
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| - The `shutdownnotify` option is used to specify a command to execute synchronously | ||
| before Bitcoin Core has begun its shutdown sequence. (#23395) | ||
| before Groestlcoin Core has begun its shutdown sequence. | ||
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| Wallet | ||
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| - The `minconf` option, which allows a user to specify the minimum number | ||
| of confirmations a UTXO being spent has, and the `maxconf` option, | ||
| which allows specifying the maximum number of confirmations, have been | ||
| added to the following RPCs in #25375: | ||
| added to the following RPCs: | ||
| - `fundrawtransaction` | ||
| - `send` | ||
| - `walletcreatefundedpsbt` | ||
| - `sendall` | ||
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| - Added a new `next_index` field in the response in `listdescriptors` to | ||
| have the same format as `importdescriptors` (#26194) | ||
| have the same format as `importdescriptors`. | ||
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| - RPC `listunspent` now has a new argument `include_immature_coinbase` | ||
| to include coinbase UTXOs that don't meet the minimum spendability | ||
| depth requirement (which before were silently skipped). (#25730) | ||
| depth requirement (which before were silently skipped). | ||
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| - Rescans for descriptor wallets are now significantly faster if compact | ||
| block filters (BIP158) are available. Since those are not constructed | ||
| by default, the configuration option "-blockfilterindex=1" has to be | ||
| provided to take advantage of the optimization. This improves the | ||
| performance of the RPC calls `rescanblockchain`, `importdescriptors` | ||
| and `restorewallet`. (#25957) | ||
| and `restorewallet`. | ||
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| - RPC `unloadwallet` now fails if a rescan is in progress. (#26618) | ||
| - RPC `unloadwallet` now fails if a rescan is in progress. | ||
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| - Wallet passphrases may now contain null characters. | ||
| Prior to this change, only characters up to the first | ||
| null character were recognized and accepted. (#27068) | ||
| null character were recognized and accepted. | ||
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| - Address Purposes strings are now restricted to the currently known values of "send", | ||
| "receive", and "refund". Wallets that have unrecognized purpose strings will have | ||
| loading warnings, and the `listlabels` RPC will raise an error if an unrecognized purpose | ||
| is requested. (#27217) | ||
| is requested. | ||
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| - In the `createwallet`, `loadwallet`, `unloadwallet`, and `restorewallet` RPCs, the | ||
| "warning" string field is deprecated in favor of a "warnings" field that | ||
| returns a JSON array of strings to better handle multiple warning messages and | ||
| for consistency with other wallet RPCs. The "warning" field will be fully | ||
| removed from these RPCs in v26. It can be temporarily re-enabled during the | ||
| deprecation period by launching bitcoind with the configuration option | ||
| `-deprecatedrpc=walletwarningfield`. (#27279) | ||
| deprecation period by launching groestlcoind with the configuration option | ||
| `-deprecatedrpc=walletwarningfield`. | ||
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| - Descriptor wallets can now spend coins sent to P2WSH Miniscript descriptors. (#24149) | ||
| - Descriptor wallets can now spend coins sent to P2WSH Miniscript descriptors. | ||
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| GUI changes | ||
| ----------- | ||
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| - The "Mask values" is a persistent option now. (gui#701) | ||
| - The "Mask values" is a persistent option now. | ||
| - The "Mask values" option affects the "Transaction" view now, in addition to the | ||
| "Overview" one. (gui#708) | ||
| "Overview" one. | ||
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| REST | ||
| ---- | ||
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| - A new `/rest/deploymentinfo` endpoint has been added for fetching various | ||
| state info regarding deployments of consensus changes. (#25412) | ||
| state info regarding deployments of consensus changes. | ||
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| Binary verification | ||
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| In this release and moving forward it will verify that the binaries are | ||
| signed by a _threshold of trusted keys_. For more details and | ||
| examples, see: | ||
| https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/contrib/verify-binaries/README.md | ||
| (#27358) | ||
| https://github.com/Groestlcoin/groestlcoin/blob/master/contrib/verify-binaries/README.md | ||
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| Low-level changes | ||
| ================= | ||
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| - The JSON-RPC server now rejects requests where a parameter is specified multiple | ||
| times with the same name, instead of silently overwriting earlier parameter values | ||
| with later ones. (#26628) | ||
| with later ones. | ||
| - RPC `listsinceblock` now accepts an optional `label` argument | ||
| to fetch incoming transactions having the specified label. (#25934) | ||
| to fetch incoming transactions having the specified label. | ||
| - Previously `setban`, `addpeeraddress`, `walletcreatefundedpsbt`, methods | ||
| allowed non-boolean and non-null values to be passed as boolean parameters. | ||
| Any string, number, array, or object value that was passed would be treated | ||
| as false. After this change, passing any value except `true`, `false`, or | ||
| `null` now triggers a JSON value is not of expected type error. (#26213) | ||
| `null` now triggers a JSON value is not of expected type error. | ||
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| Credits | ||
| ======= | ||
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| Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release: | ||
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| - 0xb10c | ||
| - 721217.xyz | ||
| - @RandyMcMillan | ||
| - amadeuszpawlik | ||
| - Amiti Uttarwar | ||
| - Andrew Chow | ||
| - Andrew Toth | ||
| - Anthony Towns | ||
| - Antoine Poinsot | ||
| - Aurèle Oulès | ||
| - Ben Woosley | ||
| - Bitcoin Hodler | ||
| - brunoerg | ||
| - Bushstar | ||
| - Carl Dong | ||
| - Chris Geihsler | ||
| - Cory Fields | ||
| - David Gumberg | ||
| - dergoegge | ||
| - Dhruv Mehta | ||
| - Dimitris Tsapakidis | ||
| - dougEfish | ||
| - Douglas Chimento | ||
| - ekzyis | ||
| - Elichai Turkel | ||
| - Ethan Heilman | ||
| - Fabian Jahr | ||
| - FractalEncrypt | ||
| - furszy | ||
| - Gleb Naumenko | ||
| - glozow | ||
| - Greg Sanders | ||
| - Hennadii Stepanov | ||
| - hernanmarino | ||
| - ishaanam | ||
| - ismaelsadeeq | ||
| - James O'Beirne | ||
| - [email protected] | ||
| - Jeff Ruane | ||
| - Jeffrey Czyz | ||
| - Jeremy Rubin | ||
| - Jesse Barton | ||
| - João Barbosa | ||
| - JoaoAJMatos | ||
| - John Moffett | ||
| - Jon Atack | ||
| - Jonas Schnelli | ||
| - jonatack | ||
| - Joshua Kelly | ||
| - josibake | ||
| - Juan Pablo Civile | ||
| - kdmukai | ||
| - klementtan | ||
| - Kolby ML | ||
| - kouloumos | ||
| - Kristaps Kaupe | ||
| - laanwj | ||
| - Larry Ruane | ||
| - Leonardo Araujo | ||
| - Leonardo Lazzaro | ||
| - Luke Dashjr | ||
| - MacroFake | ||
| - MarcoFalke | ||
| - Martin Leitner-Ankerl | ||
| - Martin Zumsande | ||
| - Matt Whitlock | ||
| - Matthew Zipkin | ||
| - Michael Ford | ||
| - Miles Liu | ||
| - mruddy | ||
| - Murray Nesbitt | ||
| - muxator | ||
| - omahs | ||
| - pablomartin4btc | ||
| - Pasta | ||
| - Pieter Wuille | ||
| - Pttn | ||
| - Randall Naar | ||
| - Riahiamirreza | ||
| - roconnor-blockstream | ||
| - Russell O'Connor | ||
| - Ryan Ofsky | ||
| - S3RK | ||
| - Sebastian Falbesoner | ||
| - Seibart Nedor | ||
| - sinetek | ||
| - Sjors Provoost | ||
| - Skuli Dulfari | ||
| - SomberNight | ||
| - Stacie Waleyko | ||
| - stickies-v | ||
| - stratospher | ||
| - Suhas Daftuar | ||
| - Suriyaa Sundararuban | ||
| - TheCharlatan | ||
| - Vasil Dimov | ||
| - Vasil Stoyanov | ||
| - virtu | ||
| - w0xlt | ||
| - willcl-ark | ||
| - yancy | ||
| - Yusuf Sahin HAMZA | ||
| Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release. | ||
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| As well as to everyone that helped with translations on | ||
| [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/). | ||
| [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/). | ||