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| 1 | +Bitcoin Core version 0.16.2 is now available from: |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | + <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.16.2/> |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +This is a new minor version release, with various bugfixes |
| 6 | +as well as updated translations. |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +Please report bugs using the issue tracker at GitHub: |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | + <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues> |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +To receive security and update notifications, please subscribe to: |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | + <https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/> |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +How to Upgrade |
| 17 | +============== |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely |
| 20 | +shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the |
| 21 | +installer (on Windows) or just copy over `/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt` (on Mac) |
| 22 | +or `bitcoind`/`bitcoin-qt` (on Linux). |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +The first time you run version 0.15.0 or newer, your chainstate database will be converted to a |
| 25 | +new format, which will take anywhere from a few minutes to half an hour, |
| 26 | +depending on the speed of your machine. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +Note that the block database format also changed in version 0.8.0 and there is no |
| 29 | +automatic upgrade code from before version 0.8 to version 0.15.0 or higher. Upgrading |
| 30 | +directly from 0.7.x and earlier without re-downloading the blockchain is not supported. |
| 31 | +However, as usual, old wallet versions are still supported. |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +Downgrading warning |
| 34 | +------------------- |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +Wallets created in 0.16 and later are not compatible with versions prior to 0.16 |
| 37 | +and will not work if you try to use newly created wallets in older versions. Existing |
| 38 | +wallets that were created with older versions are not affected by this. |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +Compatibility |
| 41 | +============== |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +Bitcoin Core is extensively tested on multiple operating systems using |
| 44 | +the Linux kernel, macOS 10.8+, and Windows Vista and later. Windows XP is not supported. |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +Bitcoin Core should also work on most other Unix-like systems but is not |
| 47 | +frequently tested on them. |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +0.16.2 change log |
| 50 | +------------------ |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +### Wallet |
| 53 | +- #13622 `c04a4a5` Remove mapRequest tracking that just effects Qt display. (TheBlueMatt) |
| 54 | +- #12905 `cfc6f74` [rpcwallet] Clamp walletpassphrase value at 100M seconds (sdaftuar) |
| 55 | +- #13437 `ed82e71` wallet: Erase wtxOrderd wtx pointer on removeprunedfunds (MarcoFalke) |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +### RPC and other APIs |
| 58 | +- #13451 `cbd2f70` rpc: expose CBlockIndex::nTx in getblock(header) (instagibbs) |
| 59 | +- #13507 `f7401c8` RPC: Fix parameter count check for importpubkey (kristapsk) |
| 60 | +- #13452 `6b9dc8c` rpc: have verifytxoutproof check the number of txns in proof structure (instagibbs) |
| 61 | +- #12837 `bf1f150` rpc: fix type mistmatch in `listreceivedbyaddress` (joemphilips) |
| 62 | +- #12743 `657dfc5` Fix csBestBlock/cvBlockChange waiting in rpc/mining (sipa) |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +### GUI |
| 65 | +- #12432 `f78e7f6` [qt] send: Clear All also resets coin control options (Sjors) |
| 66 | +- #12617 `21dd512` gui: Show messages as text not html (laanwj) |
| 67 | +- #12793 `cf6feb7` qt: Avoid reseting on resetguisettigs=0 (MarcoFalke) |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +### Build system |
| 70 | +- #13544 `9fd3e00` depends: Update Qt download url (fanquake) |
| 71 | +- #12573 `88d1a64` Fix compilation when compiler do not support `__builtin_clz*` (532479301) |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +### Tests and QA |
| 74 | +- #13061 `170b309` Make tests pass after 2020 (bmwiedemann) |
| 75 | +- #13192 `79c4fff` [tests] Fixed intermittent failure in `p2p_sendheaders.py` (lmanners) |
| 76 | +- #13300 `d9c5630` qa: Initialize lockstack to prevent null pointer deref (MarcoFalke) |
| 77 | +- #13545 `e15e3a9` tests: Fix test case `streams_serializedata_xor` Remove Boost dependency. (practicalswift) |
| 78 | +- #13304 `cbdabef` qa: Fix `wallet_listreceivedby` race (MarcoFalke) |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +### Miscellaneous |
| 81 | +- #12887 `2291774` Add newlines to end of log messages (jnewbery) |
| 82 | +- #12859 `18b0c69` Bugfix: Include <memory> for `std::unique_ptr` (luke-jr) |
| 83 | +- #13131 `ce8aa54` Add Windows shutdown handler (ken2812221) |
| 84 | +- #13652 `20461fc` rpc: Fix that CWallet::AbandonTransaction would leave the grandchildren, etc. active (Empact) |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +Credits |
| 87 | +======= |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | +Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release: |
| 90 | + |
| 91 | +- 532479301 |
| 92 | +- Ben Woosley |
| 93 | +- Bernhard M. Wiedemann |
| 94 | +- Chun Kuan Lee |
| 95 | +- Cory Fields |
| 96 | +- fanquake |
| 97 | +- Gregory Sanders |
| 98 | +- joemphilips |
| 99 | +- John Newbery |
| 100 | +- Kristaps Kaupe |
| 101 | +- lmanners |
| 102 | +- Luke Dashjr |
| 103 | +- MarcoFalke |
| 104 | +- Matt Corallo |
| 105 | +- Pieter Wuille |
| 106 | +- practicalswift |
| 107 | +- Sjors Provoost |
| 108 | +- Suhas Daftuar |
| 109 | +- Wladimir J. van der Laan |
| 110 | + |
| 111 | +And to those that reported security issues: |
| 112 | + |
| 113 | +- Braydon Fuller |
| 114 | +- Himanshu Mehta |
| 115 | + |
| 116 | +As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/). |
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