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1Bitcoin Core version 0.16.2 is now available from:
2
3  <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.16.2/>
4
5This is a new minor version release, with various bugfixes
6as well as updated translations.
7
8Please report bugs using the issue tracker at GitHub:
9
10  <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues>
11
12To receive security and update notifications, please subscribe to:
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14  <https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/>
15
16How to Upgrade
17==============
18
19If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely
20shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the
21installer (on Windows) or just copy over `/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt` (on Mac)
22or `bitcoind`/`bitcoin-qt` (on Linux).
23
24The first time you run version 0.15.0 or newer, your chainstate database will be converted to a
25new format, which will take anywhere from a few minutes to half an hour,
26depending on the speed of your machine.
27
28Note that the block database format also changed in version 0.8.0 and there is no
29automatic upgrade code from before version 0.8 to version 0.15.0 or higher. Upgrading
30directly from 0.7.x and earlier without re-downloading the blockchain is not supported.
31However, as usual, old wallet versions are still supported.
32
33Downgrading warning
34-------------------
35
36Wallets created in 0.16 and later are not compatible with versions prior to 0.16
37and will not work if you try to use newly created wallets in older versions. Existing
38wallets that were created with older versions are not affected by this.
39
40Compatibility
41==============
42
43Bitcoin Core is extensively tested on multiple operating systems using
44the Linux kernel, macOS 10.8+, and Windows Vista and later. Windows XP is not supported.
45
46Bitcoin Core should also work on most other Unix-like systems but is not
47frequently tested on them.
48
490.16.2 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
86Credits
87=======
88
89Thanks 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
111And to those that reported security issues:
112
113- Braydon Fuller
114- Himanshu Mehta
115
116As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/).
117

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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