zcashd/doc/release-notes/release-notes-4.6.0-1.md

getblocktemplate regression fix

We added support for the NU5 consensus rules in v4.5.0, which alters the block header to contain a hashBlockCommitments value instead of the chain history root. However, the output of getblocktemplate wasn't returning this value; once NU5 activated, the blockcommitmentshash field was being set to "null" (all-zeroes).

In v4.6.0 we added full NU5 support to getblocktemplate, by adding a defaultroots field that gave default values for hashBlockCommitments and the components required to derive it. However, in doing so we introduced a regression in the (now-deprecated) legacy fields, where prior to NU5 activation they contained nonsense.

This release fixes the output of getblocktemplate to have the intended semantics for all fields:

• The blockcommitmentshash and authdataroot fields in defaultroots are now omitted from block templates for heights before NU5 activation.

• The legacy fields now always contain the default value to be placed into the block header (regaining their previous semantics).

Changelog

Jack Grigg (3): rpc: Fix regression in getblocktemplate output make-release.py: Versioning changes for 4.6.0-1. make-release.py: Updated manpages for 4.6.0-1.

Larry Ruane (3): assert that the return value of submitblock is None test: check getblocktemplate output before and after NU5 test: Fix ZIP 244 implementation