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Bitcoin Core version *0.15.2* is now available from:
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<https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.15.2/>
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This is a new minor version release, including various bugfixes and
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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/>
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How to Upgrade
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==============
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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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The first time you run version 0.15.0 or higher, your chainstate database will
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be converted to a new format, which will take anywhere from a few minutes to
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half an hour, depending on the speed of your machine.
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The file format of `fee_estimates.dat` changed in version 0.15.0. Hence, a
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downgrade from version 0.15 or upgrade to version 0.15 will cause all fee
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estimates to be discarded.
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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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Compatibility
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Bitcoin Core is extensively tested on multiple operating systems using
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the Linux kernel, macOS 10.8+, and Windows Vista and later. 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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Notable changes
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===============
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Denial-of-Service vulnerability CVE-2018-17144
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A denial-of-service vulnerability exploitable by miners has been discovered in
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Bitcoin Core versions 0.14.0 up to 0.16.2. It is recommended to upgrade any of
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the vulnerable versions to 0.15.2 or 0.16.3 as soon as possible.
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0.15.2 Change log
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=================
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### Build system
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- #11995 `9bb1a16` depends: Fix Qt build with XCode 9.2(fanquake)
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- #12946 `93b9a61` depends: Fix Qt build with XCode 9.3(fanquake)
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- #13544 `9fd3e00` depends: Update Qt download url (fanquake)
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- #11847 `cb7ef31` Make boost::multi_index comparators const (sdaftuar)
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### Consensus
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- #14247 `4b8a3f5` Fix crash bug with duplicate inputs within a transaction (TheBlueMatt, sdaftuar)
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### RPC
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- #11676 `7af2457` contrib/init: Update openrc-run filename (Luke Dashjr)
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- #11277 `7026845` Fix uninitialized URI in batch RPC requests (Russell Yanofsky)
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### Wallet
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- #11289 `3f1db56` Wrap dumpwallet warning and note scripts aren't dumped (MeshCollider)
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- #11289 `42ea47d` Add wallet backup text to import*, add* and dumpwallet RPCs (MeshCollider)
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- #11590 `6372a75` [Wallet] always show help-line of wallet encryption calls (Jonas Schnelli)
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### bitcoin-tx
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- #11554 `a69cc07` Sanity-check script sizes in bitcoin-tx (TheBlueMatt)
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### Tests
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- #11277 `3a6cdd4` Add test for multiwallet batch RPC calls (Russell Yanofsky)
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- #11647 `1c8c7f8` Add missing batch rpc calls to python coverage logs (Russell Yanofsky)
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- #11277 `1036c43` Add missing multiwallet rpc calls to python coverage logs (Russell Yanofsky)
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- #11277 `305f768` Limit AuthServiceProxyWrapper.\_\_getattr\_\_ wrapping (Russell Yanofsky)
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- #11277 `2eea279` Make AuthServiceProxy.\_batch method usable (Russell Yanofsky)
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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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- fanquake
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- Jonas Schnelli
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- Luke Dashjr
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- Matt Corallo
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- MeshCollider
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- Russell Yanofsky
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- Suhas Daftuar
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- Wladimir J. van der Laan
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And to those that reported security issues:
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- awemany (for CVE-2018-17144, previously credited as "anonymous reporter")
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