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252- The "Information" window now displays the maximum mempool size along with the253mempool usage. (gui#825)255Low-level Changes256=================258Tests259-----261- The BIP94 timewarp attack mitigation is now active on the `regtest` network. (#30681)263- A new `-testdatadir` option has been added to `test_bitcoin` to allow specifying the264location of unit test data directories. (#26564)266Blockstorage267------------269- Block files are now XOR'd by default with a key stored in the blocksdir.270Previous releases of Bitcoin Core or previous external software will not be able to read the blocksdir with a non-zero XOR-key.271Refer to the `-blocksxor` help for more details. (#28052)273Chainstate274----------276- The chainstate database flushes that occur when blocks are pruned will no longer277empty the database cache. The cache will remain populated longer, which significantly278reduces the time for initial block download to complete. (#28280)280Dependencies281------------283- The dependency on Boost.Process has been replaced with cpp-subprocess, which is contained in source.284Builders will no longer need Boost.Process to build with external signer support. (#28981)286Credits287=======289Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:290- 0xb10c291- Alfonso Roman Zubeldia292- Andrew Toth293- AngusP294- Anthony Towns295- Antoine Poinsot296- Anton A297- Ava Chow298- Ayush Singh299- Ben Westgate300- Brandon Odiwuor301- brunoerg302- bstin303- Charlie304- Christopher Bergqvist305- Cory Fields306- crazeteam307- Daniela Brozzoni308- David Gumberg309- dergoegge310- Edil Medeiros311- Epic Curious312- Fabian Jahr313- fanquake314- furszy315- glozow316- Greg Sanders317- hanmz318- Hennadii Stepanov319- Hernan Marino320- Hodlinator321- ishaanam322- ismaelsadeeq323- Jadi324- Jon Atack325- josibake326- jrakibi327- kevkevin328- kevkevinpal329- Konstantin Akimov330- laanwj331- Larry Ruane332- Lőrinc333- Luis Schwab334- Luke Dashjr335- MarcoFalke336- marcofleon337- Marnix338- Martin Saposnic339- Martin Zumsande340- Matt Corallo341- Matthew Zipkin342- Matt Whitlock343- Max Edwards344- Michael Dietz345- Murch346- nanlour347- pablomartin4btc348- Peter Todd349- Pieter Wuille350- @RandyMcMillan351- RoboSchmied352- Roman Zeyde353- Ryan Ofsky354- Sebastian Falbesoner355- Sergi Delgado Segura356- Sjors Provoost357- spicyzboss358- StevenMia359- stickies-v360- stratospher361- Suhas Daftuar362- sunerok363- tdb3364- TheCharlatan365- umiumi366- Vasil Dimov367- virtu368- willcl-ark370As well as to everyone that helped with translations on371[Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/).
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