doc: Update release notes for 0.16.0

pull/11305/head
MarcoFalke 7 years ago
parent fa2c3b6cf7
commit fa65dcdda0

@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Bitcoin Core version *version* is now available from:
This is a new major version release, including new features, various bugfixes
and performance improvements, as well as updated translations.
Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:
Please report bugs using the issue tracker at GitHub:
<https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues>
@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ How to Upgrade
If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely
shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the
installer (on Windows) or just copy over /Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac)
installer (on Windows) or just copy over `/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt` (on Mac)
or `bitcoind`/`bitcoin-qt` (on Linux).
The first time you run version 0.15.0, your chainstate database will be converted to a
@ -68,9 +68,20 @@ implied blockmaxweight, instead of limiting block size directly. Any miners who
to limit their blocks by size, instead of by weight, will have to do so manually by
removing transactions from their block template directly.
HD-wallets by default
---------------------
Due to a backward-incompatible change in the wallet database, wallets created
with version 0.16.0 will be rejected by previous versions. Also, version 0.16.0
will only create hierarchical deterministic (HD) wallets.
Low-level RPC changes
----------------------
- The "currentblocksize" value in getmininginfo has been removed.
- The deprecated RPC `getinfo` was removed. It is recommended that the more specific RPCs are used:
* `getblockchaininfo`
* `getnetworkinfo`
* `getwalletinfo`
* `getmininginfo`
Credits
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