From faea5bfc5a975874acf763082852ed532ed81a95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: MarcoFalke Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 14:04:18 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] doc: release notes for -enablebip61 default change --- doc/release-notes.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index d3ba06765..2044a5009 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ support versions of macOS older than 10.10. Notable changes =============== +Command line option changes +--------------------------- + +The `-enablebip61` command line option (introduced in Bitcoin Core 0.17.0) is +used to toggle sending of BIP 61 reject messages. Reject messages have no use +case on the P2P network and are only logged for debugging by most network +nodes. The option will now by default be off for improved privacy and security +as well as reduced upload usage. The option can explicitly be turned on for +local-network debugging purposes. + Example item ------------