2018-12-25 10:20:46 +01:00
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Bitcoin Core version 0.17.x is now available from:
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2018-12-25 10:20:46 +01:00
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<https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.17.x/>
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2016-04-15 13:21:16 +02:00
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2019-02-01 15:16:40 +01:00
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This is a new minor version release, including new features, various bugfixes
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2016-04-15 13:21:16 +02:00
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and performance improvements, as well as updated translations.
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2017-09-12 10:04:27 +02:00
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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/>
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2017-08-14 16:45:58 +02:00
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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
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shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the
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installer (on Windows) or just copy over `/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt` (on Mac)
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or `bitcoind`/`bitcoin-qt` (on Linux).
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2018-12-25 10:20:46 +01:00
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If your node has a txindex, the txindex db will be migrated the first time you
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run 0.17.0 or newer, which may take up to a few hours. Your node will not be
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functional until this migration completes.
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2018-09-06 03:34:50 +02:00
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The first time you run version 0.15.0 or newer, your chainstate database will be converted to a
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new format, which will take anywhere from a few minutes to half an hour,
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depending on the speed of your machine.
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Note that the block database format also changed in version 0.8.0 and there is no
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automatic upgrade code from before version 0.8 to version 0.15.0. Upgrading
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directly from 0.7.x and earlier without redownloading the blockchain is not supported.
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However, as usual, old wallet versions are still supported.
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Downgrading warning
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The chainstate database for this release is not compatible with previous
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releases, so if you run 0.15 and then decide to switch back to any
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older version, you will need to run the old release with the `-reindex-chainstate`
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option to rebuild the chainstate data structures in the old format.
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If your node has pruning enabled, this will entail re-downloading and
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processing the entire blockchain.
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2016-06-22 16:29:00 +02:00
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Compatibility
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2017-01-14 02:21:41 +01:00
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Bitcoin Core is extensively tested on multiple operating systems using
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the Linux kernel, macOS 10.10+, and Windows 7 and newer (Windows XP is not supported).
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Bitcoin Core should also work on most other Unix-like systems but is not
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frequently tested on them.
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2018-07-08 18:28:20 +02:00
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From 0.17.0 onwards macOS <10.10 is no longer supported. 0.17.0 is built using Qt 5.9.x, which doesn't
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support versions of macOS older than 10.10.
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2015-05-26 21:32:25 +02:00
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Notable changes
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===============
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2019-02-01 15:16:40 +01:00
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Documentation
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- A new document introduces Bitcoin Core's BIP174
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[Partially-Signed Bitcoin Transactions (PSBT)](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/0.17/doc/psbt.md)
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interface, which is used to allow multiple programs to collaboratively
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work to create, sign, and broadcast new transactions. This is useful
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for offline (cold storage) wallets, multisig wallets, coinjoin
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implementations, and many other cases where two or more programs need
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to interact to generate a complete transaction.
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2018-10-06 06:48:23 +02:00
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2018-12-25 10:20:46 +01:00
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0.17.x change log
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=================
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2018-12-25 10:20:46 +01:00
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(todo)
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2018-12-07 00:29:28 +01:00
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2016-07-18 14:00:05 +02:00
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Credits
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=======
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Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:
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2018-12-25 10:20:46 +01:00
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(todo)
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2018-09-06 03:34:50 +02:00
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2018-10-03 13:02:26 +02:00
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As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/).
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