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Add Replace-by-fee to release-notes
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@@ -169,6 +169,17 @@ a connection to Tor can be made. It can be configured with the `-listenonion`,
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`-torcontrol` and `-torpassword` settings. To show verbose debugging
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Replace-by-fee transactions
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It is now possible to replace transactions in the transaction memory pool of
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Bitcoin Core 0.12 nodes. Bitcoin Core will only replace transactions which
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have any of their inputs' `nSequence` number set to less than `0xffffffff - 1`.
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Moreover, a replacement transaction may only be accepted when it pays
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sufficient fee, as described in [BIP 125]
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(https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0125.mediawiki).
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Reduce upload traffic
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Bitcoin Core 0.12 will have a strict maximum size on the mempool. The
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default value is 300 MB and can be configured with the `-maxmempool`
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parameter. Whenever a transaction would cause the mempool to exceed
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it's maximum size, the transaction with the lowest feerate will be
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its maximum size, the transaction with the lowest feerate will be
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evicted and the node's minimum relay fee will be increased to match
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this feerate. The initial minimum relay fee is set to 1000 satoshis
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per kB.

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