bitcoin/doc/release-notes.md

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version Release Notes Draft

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

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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 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.

Compatibility

Bitcoin Core is supported and extensively tested on operating systems using the Linux kernel, macOS 10.15+, 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.

Notable changes

P2P and network changes

Updated RPCs

• The -deprecatedrpc=softforks configuration option has been removed. The RPC getblockchaininfo no longer returns the softforks field, which was previously deprecated in 23.0. (#23508) Information on soft fork status is now only available via the getdeploymentinfo RPC.

• The deprecatedrpc=exclude_coinbase configuration option has been removed. The receivedby RPCs (listreceivedbyaddress, listreceivedbylabel, getreceivedbyaddress and getreceivedbylabel) now always return results accounting for received coins from coinbase outputs, without an option to change that behaviour. Excluding coinbases was previously deprecated in 23.0. (#25171)

• The deprecatedrpc=fees configuration option has been removed. The top-level fee fields fee, modifiedfee, ancestorfees and descendantfees are no longer returned by RPCs getmempoolentry, getrawmempool(verbose=true), getmempoolancestors(verbose=true) and getmempooldescendants(verbose=true). The same fee fields can be accessed through the fees object in the result. The top-level fee fields were previously deprecated in 23.0. (#25204)

Changes to wallet related RPCs can be found in the Wallet section below.

New RPCs

Build System

Updated settings

Changes to GUI or wallet related settings can be found in the GUI or Wallet section below.

New settings

Tools and Utilities

Wallet

• RPC getreceivedbylabel now returns an error, "Label not found in wallet" (-4), if the label is not in the address book. (#25122)

GUI changes

Low-level changes

RPC

Tests

version change log

Credits

Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:

As well as to everyone that helped with translations on Transifex.