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Merge #596: Releases: add 0.16.3
25e2057 0.16.3: Add magnet link (Wladimir J. van der Laan) ce3b1dd 0.16.3 release blog: mention CVE-2018-17144 (David A. Harding) a1b9778 Releases: add 0.16.3 (David A. Harding) Pull request description: Adds release notes (which updates Download page) and a short announcement blog post (which gets linked from the home page). Note: tests are expected to fail because the binaries are not uploaded yet; they should pass if restarted after the binaries are available. TODO: - [ ] Add magnet URI to `_releases` file when available (can be done after merge) Tree-SHA512: 7d08827533cbb5b46a870546f122a97d8ecc2703a2b070e8e862241dac789b77a0337962aaba9820447242bdd65b27d6738695bcc2efe2c075dcbcf82f75f0f9
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‎_posts/en/posts/2018-09-18-release-0.16.3.md

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---
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title: Bitcoin Core 0.16.3 Released
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name: blog-release-0.16.3
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id: en-blog-release-0.16.3
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lang: en
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type: posts
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layout: post
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share: true
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## If this is a new post, reset this counter to 1.
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version: 1
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excerpt: >
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Bitcoin Core 0.16.3 is now available with a fix for a
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denial-of-service vulnerability affecting earlier versions of Bitcoin
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Core.
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---
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Bitcoin Core version 0.16.3 is now available for [download][download
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page] with a fix for a denial-of-service vulnerability introduced in
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Bitcoin Core 0.14.0 and affecting all subsequent versions though to
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0.16.2. We highly recommend users of all affected versions immediately
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upgrade to 0.16.3.
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Security issue [CVE-2018-17144][]: it was discovered that older versions of Bitcoin Core
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will crash if they try to process a block containing a transaction that
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attempts to spend the same input twice. Such blocks are invalid, so
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they can only be created by a miner willing to sacrifice their allowed
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income for creating a block of at least 12.5 BTC (about $80,000 USD as
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of this writing). This release eliminates the crash, allowing the
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software to quietly reject such invalid blocks.
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For a complete list of changes, please see the [release notes][]. If
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have any questions, please stop by our [IRC chatroom][irc] and we’ll do
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our best to help you.
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[release notes]: /en/releases/0.16.3/
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[IRC]: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/IRC_channels
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[download page]: /en/download
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[CVE-2018-17144]: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17144
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{% include references.md %}

‎_releases/0.16.3.md

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title: Bitcoin Core 0.16.3
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id: en-release-0.16.3
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name: release-0.16.3
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permalink: /en/releases/0.16.3/
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excerpt: Bitcoin Core version 0.16.3 is now available
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date: 2018-09-18
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## Use a YAML array for the version number to allow other parts of the
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## site to correctly sort in "natural sort of version numbers"
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release: [0, 16, 3]
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## Optional magnet link. To get it, open the torrent in a good BitTorrent client
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## and View Details, or install the transmission-cli Debian/Ubuntu package
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## and run: transmission-show -m <torrent file>
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#
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## Link should be enclosed in quotes and start with: "magnet:?
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optional_magnetlink: "magnet:?xt=urn:btih:a6015029671a445a7a07026b3e4a0fe54c2b2df3&dn=bitcoin-core-0.16.3&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337&t
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r=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.coppersurfer.tk%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.leechers-paradise.org%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fzer0day.ch%3A1337&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fexplodie.org%3A6969"
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# Note: it is recommended to check all links to ensure they use
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# absolute urls (https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/doc/foo)
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# rather than relative urls (/bitcoin/bitcoin/doc/foo).
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## Notes from bitcoin/bitcoin 2018-09-18 commit 49e34e288
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---
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{% include download.html %}
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{% githubify https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin %}
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Bitcoin Core version 0.16.3 is now available from:
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<https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.16.3/>
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This is a new minor version release, with various bugfixes
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as well as updated translations.
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Please report bugs using the issue tracker at GitHub:
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<https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues>
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To receive security and update notifications, please subscribe to:
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<https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/>
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How to Upgrade
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==============
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If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely
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shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the
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installer (on Windows) or just copy over `/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt` (on Mac)
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or `bitcoind`/`bitcoin-qt` (on Linux).
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The first time you run version 0.15.0 or newer, your chainstate database will be converted to a
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new format, which will take anywhere from a few minutes to half an hour,
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depending on the speed of your machine.
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Note that the block database format also changed in version 0.8.0 and there is no
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automatic upgrade code from before version 0.8 to version 0.15.0 or higher. Upgrading
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directly from 0.7.x and earlier without re-downloading the blockchain is not supported.
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However, as usual, old wallet versions are still supported.
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Downgrading warning
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-------------------
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Wallets created in 0.16 and later are not compatible with versions prior to 0.16
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and will not work if you try to use newly created wallets in older versions. Existing
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wallets that were created with older versions are not affected by this.
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Compatibility
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==============
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Bitcoin Core is extensively tested on multiple operating systems using
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the Linux kernel, macOS 10.8+, and Windows Vista and later. Windows XP is not supported.
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Bitcoin Core should also work on most other Unix-like systems but is not
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frequently tested on them.
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Notable changes
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===============
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Denial-of-Service vulnerability
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-------------------------------
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A denial-of-service vulnerability exploitable by miners has been discovered in
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Bitcoin Core versions 0.14.0 up to 0.16.2. It is recommended to upgrade any of
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the vulnerable versions to 0.16.3 as soon as possible.
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0.16.3 change log
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------------------
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### Consensus
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- #14249 `696b936` Fix crash bug with duplicate inputs within a transaction (TheBlueMatt, sdaftuar)
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### RPC and other APIs
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- #13547 `212ef1f` Make `signrawtransaction*` give an error when amount is needed but missing (ajtowns)
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### Miscellaneous
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- #13655 `1cdbea7` bitcoinconsensus: invalid flags error should be set to `bitcoinconsensus_err` (afk11)
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### Documentation
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- #13844 `11b9dbb` correct the help output for -prune (hebasto)
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Credits
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=======
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Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:
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- Anthony Towns
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- Hennadii Stepanov
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- Matt Corallo
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- Suhas Daftuar
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- Thomas Kerin
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- Wladimir J. van der Laan
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And to those that reported security issues:
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- beardnboobies
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As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/).
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{% endgithubify %}

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