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fae38c3dc6doc: Fix all typos reported by codespell (MarcoFalke)fa9058f0eddoc: Add release notes for 15629 (MarcoFalke)fa4a922d78qa: Add test for missing testnet section in conf file (MarcoFalke)dddd6f0f58init: Throw error when network specific config is ignored (MarcoFalke) Pull request description: This should have no effect on mainnet users, but simplifies testing, where config settings are currently ignored with only a warning. Fix this by making it an error. Issues: * bitcoin client 0.17.0 ignores wallet's name (file) #14523 * Can't set custom rpcport on testnet #13777 * ... ACKs for commit fae38c: Tree-SHA512: 2e209526898eea6e444c803ec2666989cee4ca137492d32984998733c50a70056cb54657df8dc3027a6a0612738a8afce0bc35824b868c5f22281e00e0188530
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(note: this is a temporary file, to be added-to by anybody, and moved to
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release-notes at release time)
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Bitcoin Core version *version* is now available from:
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<https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-*version*/>
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This is a new major version release, including new features, various bugfixes
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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/>
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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, 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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-------------------
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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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==============
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Bitcoin Core is supported and extensively tested on operating systems using
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the Linux kernel, macOS 10.10+, and Windows 7 and newer. It is not recommended
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to use Bitcoin Core on unsupported systems.
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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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From 0.17.0 onwards, macOS <10.10 is no longer supported. 0.17.0 is
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built using Qt 5.9.x, which doesn't support versions of macOS older than
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10.10. Additionally, Bitcoin Core does not yet change appearance when
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macOS "dark mode" is activated.
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In addition to previously-supported CPU platforms, this release's
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pre-compiled distribution also provides binaries for the RISC-V
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platform.
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Notable changes
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===============
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Updated RPCs
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------------
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Note: some low-level RPC changes mainly useful for testing are described in the
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Low-level Changes section below.
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* The `sendmany` RPC had an argument `minconf` that was not well specified and
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would lead to RPC errors even when the wallet's coin selection would succeed.
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The `sendtoaddress` RPC never had this check, so to normalize the behavior,
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`minconf` is now ignored in `sendmany`. If the coin selection does not
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succeed due to missing coins, it will still throw an RPC error. Be reminded
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that coin selection is influenced by the `-spendzeroconfchange`,
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`-limitancestorcount`, `-limitdescendantcount` and `-walletrejectlongchains`
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command line arguments.
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Low-level changes
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=================
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Configuration
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------------
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* An error is issued where previously a warning was issued when a setting in
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the config file was specified in the default section, but not overridden for
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the selected network. This change takes only effect if the selected network
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is not mainnet.
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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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As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/).
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