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| 1 | +Bitcoin Core version 0.16.3 is now available from: |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | + <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.16.3/> |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +This is a new minor version release, with various bugfixes. |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +Please report bugs using the issue tracker at GitHub: |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | + <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues> |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +To receive security and update notifications, please subscribe to: |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | + <https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/> |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +How to Upgrade |
| 16 | +============== |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely |
| 19 | +shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the |
| 20 | +installer (on Windows) or just copy over `/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt` (on Mac) |
| 21 | +or `bitcoind`/`bitcoin-qt` (on Linux). |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +The first time you run version 0.15.0 or newer, your chainstate database will be converted to a |
| 24 | +new format, which will take anywhere from a few minutes to half an hour, |
| 25 | +depending on the speed of your machine. |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +Note that the block database format also changed in version 0.8.0 and there is no |
| 28 | +automatic upgrade code from before version 0.8 to version 0.15.0 or higher. Upgrading |
| 29 | +directly from 0.7.x and earlier without re-downloading the blockchain is not supported. |
| 30 | +However, as usual, old wallet versions are still supported. |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +Downgrading warning |
| 33 | +------------------- |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +Wallets created in 0.16 and later are not compatible with versions prior to 0.16 |
| 36 | +and will not work if you try to use newly created wallets in older versions. Existing |
| 37 | +wallets that were created with older versions are not affected by this. |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +Compatibility |
| 40 | +============== |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +Bitcoin Core is extensively tested on multiple operating systems using |
| 43 | +the Linux kernel, macOS 10.8+, and Windows Vista and later. Windows XP is not supported. |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +Bitcoin Core should also work on most other Unix-like systems but is not |
| 46 | +frequently tested on them. |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +Notable changes |
| 49 | +=============== |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +Denial-of-Service vulnerability |
| 52 | +------------------------------- |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +A denial-of-service vulnerability (CVE-2018-17144) exploitable by miners has |
| 55 | +been discovered in Bitcoin Core versions 0.14.0 up to 0.16.2. It is recommended |
| 56 | +to upgrade any of the vulnerable versions to 0.16.3 as soon as possible. |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +0.16.3 change log |
| 59 | +------------------ |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | +### Consensus |
| 62 | +- #14249 `696b936` Fix crash bug with duplicate inputs within a transaction (TheBlueMatt, sdaftuar) |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +### RPC and other APIs |
| 65 | +- #13547 `212ef1f` Make `signrawtransaction*` give an error when amount is needed but missing (ajtowns) |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +### Miscellaneous |
| 68 | +- #13655 `1cdbea7` bitcoinconsensus: invalid flags error should be set to `bitcoinconsensus_err` (afk11) |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +### Documentation |
| 71 | +- #13844 `11b9dbb` correct the help output for -prune (hebasto) |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +Credits |
| 74 | +======= |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release: |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +- Anthony Towns |
| 79 | +- Hennadii Stepanov |
| 80 | +- Matt Corallo |
| 81 | +- Suhas Daftuar |
| 82 | +- Thomas Kerin |
| 83 | +- Wladimir J. van der Laan |
| 84 | + |
| 85 | +And to those that reported security issues: |
| 86 | + |
| 87 | +- (anonymous reporter) |
| 88 | + |
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