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doc: Add historical release notes for 0.16.2
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Bitcoin Core version 0.16.2 is now available from:
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<https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.16.2/>
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This is a new minor version release, with various bugfixes
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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 newer, 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 or higher. Upgrading
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directly from 0.7.x and earlier without re-downloading 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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Wallets created in 0.16 and later are not compatible with versions prior to 0.16
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and will not work if you try to use newly created wallets in older versions. Existing
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wallets that were created with older versions are not affected by this.
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Compatibility
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==============
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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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0.16.2 change log
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------------------
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### Wallet
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- #13622 `c04a4a5` Remove mapRequest tracking that just effects Qt display. (TheBlueMatt)
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- #12905 `cfc6f74` [rpcwallet] Clamp walletpassphrase value at 100M seconds (sdaftuar)
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- #13437 `ed82e71` wallet: Erase wtxOrderd wtx pointer on removeprunedfunds (MarcoFalke)
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### RPC and other APIs
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- #13451 `cbd2f70` rpc: expose CBlockIndex::nTx in getblock(header) (instagibbs)
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- #13507 `f7401c8` RPC: Fix parameter count check for importpubkey (kristapsk)
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- #13452 `6b9dc8c` rpc: have verifytxoutproof check the number of txns in proof structure (instagibbs)
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- #12837 `bf1f150` rpc: fix type mistmatch in `listreceivedbyaddress` (joemphilips)
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- #12743 `657dfc5` Fix csBestBlock/cvBlockChange waiting in rpc/mining (sipa)
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### GUI
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- #12432 `f78e7f6` [qt] send: Clear All also resets coin control options (Sjors)
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- #12617 `21dd512` gui: Show messages as text not html (laanwj)
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- #12793 `cf6feb7` qt: Avoid reseting on resetguisettigs=0 (MarcoFalke)
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### Build system
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- #13544 `9fd3e00` depends: Update Qt download url (fanquake)
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- #12573 `88d1a64` Fix compilation when compiler do not support `__builtin_clz*` (532479301)
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### Tests and QA
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- #13061 `170b309` Make tests pass after 2020 (bmwiedemann)
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- #13192 `79c4fff` [tests] Fixed intermittent failure in `p2p_sendheaders.py` (lmanners)
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- #13300 `d9c5630` qa: Initialize lockstack to prevent null pointer deref (MarcoFalke)
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- #13545 `e15e3a9` tests: Fix test case `streams_serializedata_xor` Remove Boost dependency. (practicalswift)
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- #13304 `cbdabef` qa: Fix `wallet_listreceivedby` race (MarcoFalke)
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### Miscellaneous
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- #12887 `2291774` Add newlines to end of log messages (jnewbery)
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- #12859 `18b0c69` Bugfix: Include <memory> for `std::unique_ptr` (luke-jr)
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- #13131 `ce8aa54` Add Windows shutdown handler (ken2812221)
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- #13652 `20461fc` rpc: Fix that CWallet::AbandonTransaction would leave the grandchildren, etc. active (Empact)
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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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- 532479301
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- Ben Woosley
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- Bernhard M. Wiedemann
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- Chun Kuan Lee
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- Cory Fields
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- fanquake
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- Gregory Sanders
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- joemphilips
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- John Newbery
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- Kristaps Kaupe
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- lmanners
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- Luke Dashjr
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- MarcoFalke
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- Matt Corallo
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- Pieter Wuille
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- practicalswift
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- Sjors Provoost
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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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- Braydon Fuller
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- Himanshu Mehta
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As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/).

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