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1Bitcoin Core version 0.10.1 is now available from:
2
3  <https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.10.1/>
4
5This is a new minor version release, bringing bug fixes and translation 
6updates. It is recommended to upgrade to this version.
7
8Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:
9
10  <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues>
11
12Upgrading and downgrading
13=========================
14
15How to Upgrade
16--------------
17
18If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely
19shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the
20installer (on Windows) or just copy over /Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac) or
21bitcoind/bitcoin-qt (on Linux).
22
23Downgrade warning
24------------------
25
26Because release 0.10.0 and later makes use of headers-first synchronization and
27parallel block download (see further), the block files and databases are not
28backwards-compatible with pre-0.10 versions of Bitcoin Core or other software:
29
30* Blocks will be stored on disk out of order (in the order they are
31received, really), which makes it incompatible with some tools or
32other programs. Reindexing using earlier versions will also not work
33anymore as a result of this.
34
35* The block index database will now hold headers for which no block is
36stored on disk, which earlier versions won't support.
37
38If you want to be able to downgrade smoothly, make a backup of your entire data
39directory. Without this your node will need start syncing (or importing from
40bootstrap.dat) anew afterwards. It is possible that the data from a completely
41synchronised 0.10 node may be usable in older versions as-is, but this is not
42supported and may break as soon as the older version attempts to reindex.
43
44This does not affect wallet forward or backward compatibility.
45
46Notable changes
47===============
48
49This is a minor release and hence there are no notable changes.
50For the notable changes in 0.10, refer to the release notes for the
510.10.0 release at https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.10.0/doc/release-notes.md
52
530.10.1 Change log
54=================
55
56Detailed release notes follow. This overview includes changes that affect external
57behavior, not code moves, refactors or string updates.
58
59RPC:
60- `7f502be` fix crash: createmultisig and addmultisigaddress
61- `eae305f` Fix missing lock in submitblock
62
63Block (database) and transaction handling:
64- `1d2cdd2` Fix InvalidateBlock to add chainActive.Tip to setBlockIndexCandidates
65- `c91c660` fix InvalidateBlock to repopulate setBlockIndexCandidates
66- `002c8a2` fix possible block db breakage during re-index
67- `a1f425b` Add (optional) consistency check for the block chain data structures
68- `1c62e84` Keep mempool consistent during block-reorgs
69- `57d1f46` Fix CheckBlockIndex for reindex
70- `bac6fca` Set nSequenceId when a block is fully linked
71
72P2P protocol and network code:
73- `78f64ef` don't trickle for whitelisted nodes
74- `ca301bf` Reduce fingerprinting through timestamps in 'addr' messages.
75- `200f293` Ignore getaddr messages on Outbound connections.
76- `d5d8998` Limit message sizes before transfer
77- `aeb9279` Better fingerprinting protection for non-main-chain getdatas.
78- `cf0218f` Make addrman's bucket placement deterministic (countermeasure 1 against eclipse attacks, see http://cs-people.bu.edu/heilman/eclipse/)
79- `0c6f334` Always use a 50% chance to choose between tried and new entries (countermeasure 2 against eclipse attacks)
80- `214154e` Do not bias outgoing connections towards fresh addresses (countermeasure 2 against eclipse attacks)
81- `aa587d4` Scale up addrman (countermeasure 6 against eclipse attacks)
82- `139cd81` Cap nAttempts penalty at 8 and switch to pow instead of a division loop
83
84Validation:
85- `d148f62` Acquire CCheckQueue's lock to avoid race condition
86
87Build system:
88- `8752b5c` 0.10 fix for crashes on OSX 10.6
89
90Wallet:
91- N/A
92
93GUI:
94- `2c08406` some mac specifiy cleanup (memory handling, unnecessary code)
95- `81145a6` fix OSX dock icon window reopening
96- `786cf72` fix a issue where "command line options"-action overwrite "Preference"-action (on OSX)
97
98Tests:
99- `1117378` add RPC test for InvalidateBlock
100
101Miscellaneous:
102- `c9e022b` Initialization: set Boost path locale in main thread
103- `23126a0` Sanitize command strings before logging them.
104- `323de27` Initialization: setup environment before starting Qt tests
105- `7494e09` Initialization: setup environment before starting tests
106- `df45564` Initialization: set fallback locale as environment variable
107
108Credits
109=======
110
111Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:
112
113- Alex Morcos
114- Cory Fields
115- dexX7
116- fsb4000
117- Gavin Andresen
118- Gregory Maxwell
119- Ivan Pustogarov
120- Jonas Schnelli
121- Matt Corallo
122- mrbandrews
123- Pieter Wuille
124- Ruben de Vries
125- Suhas Daftuar
126- Wladimir J. van der Laan
127
128And all those who contributed additional code review and/or security research:
129- 21E14
130- Alison Kendler
131- Aviv Zohar
132- Ethan Heilman
133- Evil-Knievel
134- fanquake
135- Jeff Garzik
136- Jonas Nick
137- Luke Dashjr
138- Patrick Strateman
139- Philip Kaufmann
140- Sergio Demian Lerner
141- Sharon Goldberg
142
143As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/).
144

src/wallet/receive.cpp

src/wallet/coinselection.cpp

src/consensus/validation.h

src/primitives/transaction.cpp

src/script/descriptor.cpp

src/bitcoin-cli.cpp

src/rpc/blockchain.cpp

src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp

src/init.cpp

src/crypto/sha256.cpp

src/consensus/merkle.h

src/consensus/tx_check.h

src/consensus/tx_verify.h

src/policy/feerate.h

src/policy/feerate.cpp

src/primitives/transaction_identifier.h

src/chainparamsbase.h

src/chainparamsbase.cpp

src/util/moneystr.cpp

src/crypto/ripemd160.h

src/crypto/sha1.h

src/crypto/sha512.h

src/crypto/hmac_sha256.h

src/crypto/hmac_sha512.h

src/crypto/hmac_sha256.cpp

src/crypto/hmac_sha512.cpp

src/crypto/hkdf_sha256_32.h

src/crypto/hkdf_sha256_32.cpp

src/support/cleanse.h

src/support/cleanse.cpp

src/crypto/siphash.cpp

src/crypto/muhash.h

src/crypto/chacha20.h

src/crypto/poly1305.h

src/crypto/chacha20poly1305.h

src/crypto/chacha20poly1305.cpp

src/util/chaintype.cpp

src/util/obfuscation.h

src/util/byte_units.h

src/util/overflow.h

src/blockencodings.cpp

src/net_permissions.cpp

src/policy/packages.cpp

src/policy/rbf.cpp

src/policy/truc_policy.cpp

src/policy/ephemeral_policy.cpp

src/policy/settings.cpp

src/policy/policy.cpp

src/node/transaction.cpp

src/node/coin.cpp

src/rpc/client.cpp

src/rpc/external_signer.cpp

src/rpc/request.cpp

src/rpc/server_util.cpp

src/rpc/fees.cpp

src/rpc/output_script.cpp

src/rpc/rawtransaction_util.cpp

src/rpc/rawtransaction_util.h

src/rpc/register.h

src/rpc/request.h

src/rpc/server_util.h

src/rpc/protocol.h

src/rpc/server.h

src/rpc/signmessage.cpp

src/rpc/txoutproof.cpp

src/rpc/util.cpp

src/rpc/util.h

src/wallet/rpc/addresses.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/backup.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/coins.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/encrypt.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/signmessage.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/util.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/util.h

src/wallet/coincontrol.cpp

src/wallet/coincontrol.h

src/wallet/context.cpp

src/wallet/context.h

src/wallet/crypter.cpp

src/wallet/crypter.h

src/wallet/db.cpp

src/wallet/export.cpp

src/wallet/external_signer_scriptpubkeyman.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/spend.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/transactions.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/wallet.cpp

src/wallet/feebumper.cpp

src/wallet/feebumper.h

src/index/base.h

src/index/base.cpp

src/index/txindex.h

src/index/txindex.cpp

src/index/txindex_key.h

src/index/txospenderindex.h

src/index/txospenderindex.cpp

src/index/blockfilterindex.h

src/index/blockfilterindex.cpp

src/index/coinstatsindex.h

src/index/coinstatsindex.cpp

src/index/db_key.h

src/index/disktxpos.h

src/kernel/chain.cpp

src/kernel/chain.h

src/kernel/checks.cpp

src/kernel/checks.h

src/kernel/context.cpp

src/kernel/context.h

src/kernel/cs_main.cpp

src/kernel/cs_main.h

src/kernel/disconnected_transactions.cpp

src/kernel/disconnected_transactions.h

src/kernel/mempool_removal_reason.cpp

src/kernel/mempool_removal_reason.h

src/kernel/coinstats.cpp

src/kernel/coinstats.h

src/kernel/chainparams.cpp

src/kernel/chainparams.h

src/wallet/sqlite.cpp

src/wallet/sqlite.h

src/wallet/transaction.cpp

src/wallet/transaction.h

src/wallet/dump.cpp

src/wallet/dump.h

src/wallet/init.cpp

src/wallet/walletutil.cpp

src/wallet/walletutil.h

src/wallet/wallettool.cpp

src/wallet/wallettool.h

src/wallet/export.h

src/wallet/migrate.cpp

src/wallet/migrate.h

src/wallet/db.h

src/wallet/walletdb.cpp

src/wallet/interfaces.cpp

src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.cpp

src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.h

src/kernel/bitcoinkernel.cpp

src/kernel/bitcoinkernel.h

src/kernel/bitcoinkernel_wrapper.h

src/node/chainstate.cpp

src/node/chainstate.h

src/node/blockstorage.cpp

src/node/blockstorage.h

src/node/mempool_persist.cpp

src/node/mempool_persist.h

src/node/utxo_snapshot.cpp

src/node/utxo_snapshot.h

src/node/kernel_notifications.cpp

src/node/kernel_notifications.h

src/node/blockmanager_args.cpp

src/kernel/blockmanager_opts.h

src/util/expected.cpp

src/policy/settings.h

src/util/types.h

src/kernel/messagestartchars.h

src/kernel/warning.h

src/util/exception.h

src/common/license_info.h

src/node/coins_view_args.h

src/node/database_args.h

src/util/batchpriority.h

src/util/ui_change_type.h

src/node/coins_view_args.cpp

src/node/peerman_args.h

src/util/serfloat.h

src/node/blockmanager_args.h

src/node/database_args.cpp

src/util/overloaded.h

src/interfaces/types.h

src/node/chainstatemanager_args.h

src/node/minisketchwrapper.h

src/util/macros.h

src/util/syserror.h

src/common/run_command.h

src/util/bytevectorhash.cpp

src/node/mempool_persist_args.cpp

src/util/exec.h

src/util/rbf.h

src/crypto/hex_base.h

src/node/mempool_persist_args.h

src/interfaces/echo.h

src/util/any.h

src/util/batchpriority.cpp

src/util/threadnames.h

src/node/coin.h

src/node/mempool_args.h

src/util/asmap.h

src/util/bytevectorhash.h

src/node/context.cpp

src/util/insert.h

src/util/readwritefile.h

src/node/peerman_args.cpp

src/node/interface_ui.cpp

src/interfaces/handler.h

src/node/mining_args.h

src/util/hasher.cpp

src/common/init.h

src/kernel/mempool_limits.h

src/common/system.h

src/crypto/sha3.h

src/util/threadinterrupt.cpp

src/node/protocol_version.h

src/util/exception.cpp

src/common/messages.h

src/node/connection_types.cpp

src/util/bip32.h

src/common/license_info.cpp

src/util/stdmutex.h

src/common/run_command.cpp

src/util/check.cpp

src/util/golombrice.h

src/node/types.h

src/node/timeoffsets.h

src/util/readwritefile.cpp

src/util/fastrange.h

src/util/signalinterrupt.h

src/util/task_runner.h

src/util/syserror.cpp

src/common/interfaces.cpp

src/common/types.h

src/util/threadinterrupt.h

src/kernel/chainstatemanager_opts.h

src/node/psbt.h

src/policy/ephemeral_policy.h

src/util/trace.h

src/common/url.cpp

src/kernel/mempool_options.h

src/util/serfloat.cpp

src/kernel/notifications_interface.h

src/node/timeoffsets.cpp

src/node/warnings.cpp

src/util/hash_type.h

src/crypto/hex_base.cpp

src/node/eviction.h

src/util/tokenbucket.h

src/crypto/aes.h

src/common/pcp.h

src/util/feefrac.cpp

src/node/transaction.h

src/util/threadnames.cpp

src/common/signmessage.h

src/util/exec.cpp

src/util/signalinterrupt.cpp

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