After branching off for a major version release of Bitcoin Core, use this template to create the initial release notes draft.
The release notes draft is a temporary file that can be added to by anyone. See /doc/developer-notes.md#release-notes for the process.
Create the draft, named "version Release Notes Draft" (e.g. "0.20.0 Release Notes Draft"), as a collaborative wiki in:
https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-devwiki/wiki/
Before the final release, move the notes back to this git repository.
Bitcoin Core version version is now available from:
https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-*version*/
This release includes new features, various bug fixes and performance improvements, as well as updated translations.
Please report bugs using the issue tracker at GitHub:
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues
To receive security and update notifications, please subscribe to:
https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/
If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely
shut down (which might take a few minutes in some cases), then run the
installer (on Windows) or just copy over /Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac)
or bitcoind/bitcoin-qt (on Linux).
Upgrading directly from a version of Bitcoin Core that has reached its EOL is possible, but it might take some time if the data directory needs to be migrated. Old wallet versions of Bitcoin Core are generally supported.
Bitcoin Core is supported and extensively tested on operating systems using the Linux kernel, macOS 10.14+, and Windows 7 and newer. Bitcoin Core should also work on most other Unix-like systems but is not as frequently tested on them. It is not recommended to use Bitcoin Core on unsupported systems.
From Bitcoin Core 0.22.0 onwards, macOS versions earlier than 10.14 are no longer supported. Additionally, Bitcoin Core does not yet change appearance when macOS "dark mode" is activated.
getpeerinfono longer returns the following fields:addnode,banscore, andwhitelisted, which were previously deprecated in 0.21. Instead ofaddnode, theconnection_typefield returns manual. Instead ofwhitelisted, thepermissionsfield indicates if the peer has special privileges. Thebanscorefield has simply been removed. (#20755)
Changes to Wallet or GUI related RPCs can be found in the GUI or Wallet section below.
Changes to Wallet or GUI related settings can be found in the GUI or Wallet section below.
- Passing an invalid
-rpcauthargument now cause bitcoind to fail to start. (#20461)
- A new
listdescriptorsRPC is available to inspect the contents of descriptor-enabled wallets. The RPC returns public versions of all imported descriptors, including their timestamp and flags. For ranged descriptors, it also returns the range boundaries and the next index to generate addresses from. (#20226)
Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:
As well as to everyone that helped with translations on Transifex.