From c9f3062d551823f006d400dddb54c12620cd29c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonas Schnelli Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:12:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add fundrawtransactions new reserveChangeKey option to the release notes --- doc/release-notes.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index bbda55854..0ea9e1949 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -128,6 +128,16 @@ Call "getmininginfo" loses the "testnet" field in favor of the more generic "cha ### Wallet +0.14.0 Fundrawtransaction change address reuse +============================================== + +Before 0.14, `fundrawtransaction` was by default wallet stateless. In almost all cases `fundrawtransaction` does add a change-output to the outputs of the funded transaction. Before 0.14, the used keypool key was never marked as change-address key and directly returned to the keypool (leading to address reuse). +Before 0.14, calling `getnewaddress` directly after `fundrawtransaction` did generate the same address as the change-output address. + +Since 0.14, fundrawtransaction does reserve the change-output-key from the keypool by default (optional by setting `reserveChangeKey`, default = `true`) + +Users should also consider using `getrawchangeaddress()` in conjunction with `fundrawtransaction`'s `changeAddress` option. + ### GUI ### Tests