build: Bump version to 0.18.99

Now that 0.18 branch has been split off, master is 0.18.99 (pre-0.19).

Also clean out release notes.

Tree-SHA512: ed5ca8bed37027aa852ba16f3f1e7fcd4ebaf74fa77a2a265cb33a9c710511019c577fae7a3b1e33259e245274d5cd4601d4774948396d0cf299b38ba634346a

Author: laanwj

configure.ac

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl require autoconf 2.60 (AS_ECHO/AS_ECHO_N)
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 0)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 17)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 18)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 99)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_RC, 0)

doc/release-notes.md

@@ -66,313 +66,15 @@ platform.
 Notable changes
 ===============
 
-Mining
-------
-
-- Calls to `getblocktemplate` will fail if the segwit rule is not specified.
-  Calling `getblocktemplate` without segwit specified is almost certainly
-  a misconfiguration since doing so results in lower rewards for the miner.
-  Failed calls will produce an error message describing how to enable the
-  segwit rule.
-
-Configuration option changes
-----------------------------
-
-- A warning is printed if an unrecognized section name is used in the
-  configuration file.  Recognized sections are `[test]`, `[main]`, and
-  `[regtest]`.
-
-- Four new options are available for configuring the maximum number of
-  messages that ZMQ will queue in memory (the "high water mark") before
-  dropping additional messages.  The default value is 1,000, the same as
-  was used for previous releases.  See the [ZMQ
-  documentation](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/zmq.md#usage)
-  for details.
-
-- The `enablebip61` 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.
-
-- The `rpcallowip` option can no longer be used to automatically listen
-  on all network interfaces.  Instead, the `rpcbind` parameter must also
-  be used to specify the IP addresses to listen on.  Listening for RPC
-  commands over a public network connection is insecure and should be
-  disabled, so a warning is now printed if a user selects such a
-  configuration.  If you need to expose RPC in order to use a tool
-  like Docker, ensure you only bind RPC to your localhost, e.g. `docker
-  run [...] -p 127.0.0.1:8332:8332` (this is an extra `:8332` over the
-  normal Docker port specification).
-
-- The `rpcpassword` option now causes a startup error if the password
-  set in the configuration file contains a hash character (#), as it's
-  ambiguous whether the hash character is meant for the password or as a
-  comment.
-
-- The `whitelistforcerelay` option is used to relay transactions from
-  whitelisted peers even when not accepted to the mempool. This option now
-  defaults to being off, so that changes in policy and disconnect/ban behavior
-  will not cause a node that is whitelisting another to be dropped by peers.
-  Users can still explicitly enable this behavior with the command line option
-  (and may want to consider [contacting](https://bitcoincore.org/en/contact/)
-  the Bitcoin Core project to let us know about their
-  use-case, as this feature could be deprecated in the future).
-
-Documentation
--------------
-
-- A new short
-  [document](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/JSON-RPC-interface.md)
-  about the JSON-RPC interface describes cases where the results of an
-  RPC might contain inconsistencies between data sourced from different
-  subsystems, such as wallet state and mempool state.  A note is added
-  to the [REST interface documentation](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/REST-interface.md)
-  indicating that the same rules apply.
-
-- Further information is added to the [JSON-RPC
-  documentation](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/JSON-RPC-interface.md)
-  about how to secure this interface.
-
-- A new [document](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/bitcoin-conf.md)
-  about the `bitcoin.conf` file describes how to use it to configure
-  Bitcoin Core.
-
-- A new document introduces Bitcoin Core's BIP174
-  [Partially-Signed Bitcoin Transactions (PSBT)](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/psbt.md)
-  interface, which is used to allow multiple programs to collaboratively
-  work to create, sign, and broadcast new transactions.  This is useful
-  for offline (cold storage) wallets, multisig wallets, coinjoin
-  implementations, and many other cases where two or more programs need
-  to interact to generate a complete transaction.
-
-- The [output script descriptor](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/descriptors.md)
-  documentation has been updated with information about new features in
-  this still-developing language for describing the output scripts that
-  a wallet or other program wants to receive notifications for, such as
-  which addresses it wants to know received payments.  The language is
-  currently used in the `scantxoutset` RPC and is expected to be adapted
-  to other RPCs and to the underlying wallet structure.
-
-Build system changes
---------------------
-
-- A new `--disable-bip70` option may be passed to `./configure` to
-  prevent Bitcoin-Qt from being built with support for the BIP70 payment
-  protocol or from linking libssl.  As the payment protocol has exposed
-  Bitcoin Core to libssl vulnerabilities in the past, builders who don't
-  need BIP70 support are encouraged to use this option to reduce their
-  exposure to future vulnerabilities.
-
-Deprecated or removed RPCs
---------------------------
-
-- The `signrawtransaction` RPC is removed after being deprecated and
-  hidden behind a special configuration option in version 0.17.0.
-
-- The 'account' API is removed after being deprecated in v0.17.  The
-  'label' API was introduced in v0.17 as a replacement for accounts.
-  See the [release notes from v0.17](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.17.0.md#label-and-account-apis-for-wallet)
-  for a full description of the changes from the 'account' API to the
-  'label' API.
-
-- The `addwitnessaddress` RPC is removed after being deprecated in
-  version 0.13.0.
-
-- The wallet's `generate` RPC method is deprecated and will be fully
-  removed in a subsequent major version.  This RPC is only used for
-  testing, but its implementation reached across multiple subsystems
-  (wallet and mining), so it is being deprecated to simplify the
-  wallet-node interface.  Projects that are using `generate` for testing
-  purposes should transition to using the `generatetoaddress` RPC, which
-  does not require or use the wallet component. Calling
-  `generatetoaddress` with an address returned by the `getnewaddress`
-  RPC gives the same functionality as the old `generate` RPC.  To
-  continue using `generate` in this version, restart bitcoind with the
-  `-deprecatedrpc=generate` configuration option.
-
-New RPCs
---------
-
-- The `getnodeaddresses` RPC returns peer addresses known to this
-  node. It may be used to find nodes to connect to without using a DNS
-  seeder.
-
-- The `listwalletdir` RPC returns a list of wallets in the wallet
-  directory (either the default wallet directory or the directory
-  configured by the `-walletdir` parameter).
-
-- The `getrpcinfo` returns runtime details of the RPC server. At the
-  moment, it returns an array of the currently active commands and how
-  long they've been running.
-
-Updated RPCs
-------------
-
-Note: some low-level RPC changes mainly useful for testing are described
-in the Low-level Changes section below.
-
-- The `getpeerinfo` RPC now returns an additional `minfeefilter` field
-  set to the peer's BIP133 fee filter.  You can use this to detect that
-  you have peers that are willing to accept transactions below the
-  default minimum relay fee.
-
-- The mempool RPCs, such as `getrawmempool` with `verbose=true`, now
-  return an additional "bip125-replaceable" value indicating whether the
-  transaction (or its unconfirmed ancestors) opts-in to asking nodes and
-  miners to replace it with a higher-feerate transaction spending any of
-  the same inputs.
-
-- The `settxfee` RPC previously silently ignored attempts to set the fee
-  below the allowed minimums.  It now prints a warning.  The special
-  value of "0" may still be used to request the minimum value.
-
-- The `getaddressinfo` RPC now provides an `ischange` field indicating
-  whether the wallet used the address in a change output.
-
-- The `importmulti` RPC has been updated to support P2WSH, P2WPKH,
-  P2SH-P2WPKH, and P2SH-P2WSH. Requests for P2WSH and P2SH-P2WSH accept
-  an additional `witnessscript` parameter.
-
-- The `importmulti` RPC now returns an additional `warnings` field for
-  each request with an array of strings explaining when fields are being
-  ignored or are inconsistent, if there are any.
-
-- The `getaddressinfo` RPC now returns an additional `solvable` boolean
-  field when Bitcoin Core knows enough about the address's scriptPubKey,
-  optional redeemScript, and optional witnessScript in order for the
-  wallet to be able to generate an unsigned input spending funds sent to
-  that address.
-
-- The `getaddressinfo`, `listunspent`, and `scantxoutset` RPCs now
-  return an additional `desc` field that contains an output descriptor
-  containing all key paths and signing information for the address
-  (except for the private key).  The `desc` field is only returned for
-  `getaddressinfo` and `listunspent` when the address is solvable.
-
-- The `importprivkey` RPC will preserve previously-set labels for
-  addresses or public keys corresponding to the private key being
-  imported.  For example, if you imported a watch-only address with the
-  label "cold wallet" in earlier releases of Bitcoin Core, subsequently
-  importing the private key would default to resetting the address's
-  label to the default empty-string label ("").  In this release, the
-  previous label of "cold wallet" will be retained.  If you optionally
-  specify any label besides the default when calling `importprivkey`,
-  the new label will be applied to the address.
-
-- See the [Mining](#mining) section for changes to `getblocktemplate`.
-
-- The `getmininginfo` RPC now omits `currentblockweight` and `currentblocktx`
-  when a block was never assembled via RPC on this node.
-
-- The `getrawtransaction` RPC & REST endpoints no longer check the
-  unspent UTXO set for a transaction. The remaining behaviors are as
-  follows: 1. If a blockhash is provided, check the corresponding block.
-  2. If no blockhash is provided, check the mempool. 3. If no blockhash
-  is provided but txindex is enabled, also check txindex.
-
-- The `unloadwallet` RPC is now synchronous, meaning it will not return
-  until the wallet is fully unloaded.
-
-REST changes
+Example item
 ------------
 
-- A new `/rest/blockhashbyheight/` endpoint is added for fetching the
-  hash of the block in the current best blockchain based on its height
-  (how many blocks it is after the Genesis Block).
-
-Graphical User Interface (GUI)
-------------------------------
-
-- A new Window menu is added alongside the existing File, Settings, and
-  Help menus.  Several items from the other menus that opened new
-  windows have been moved to this new Window menu.
-
-- In the Send tab, the checkbox for "pay only the required fee"
-  has been removed.  Instead, the user can simply decrease the value in
-  the Custom Feerate field all the way down to the node's configured
-  minimum relay fee.
-
-- In the Overview tab, the watch-only balance will be the only
-  balance shown if the wallet was created using the `createwallet` RPC
-  and the `disable_private_keys` parameter was set to true.
-
-- The launch-on-startup option is no longer available on macOS if
-  compiled with macosx min version greater than 10.11 (use
-  CXXFLAGS="-mmacosx-version-min=10.11"
-  CFLAGS="-mmacosx-version-min=10.11" for setting the deployment
-  sdk version)
-
-Tools
-----
-
-- A new `bitcoin-wallet` tool is now distributed alongside Bitcoin
-  Core's other executables.  Without needing to use any RPCs, this tool
-  can currently create a new wallet file or display some basic
-  information about an existing wallet, such as whether the wallet is
-  encrypted, whether it uses an HD seed, how many transactions it
-  contains, and how many address book entries it has.
 
 Low-level changes
 =================
 
-RPC
----
-
-- The `submitblock` RPC previously returned the reason a rejected block
-  was invalid the first time it processed that block but returned a
-  generic "duplicate" rejection message on subsequent occasions it
-  processed the same block.  It now always returns the fundamental
-  reason for rejecting an invalid block and only returns "duplicate" for
-  valid blocks it has already accepted.
-
-- A new `submitheader` RPC allows submitting block headers independently
-  from their block.  This is likely only useful for testing.
-
-Configuration
--------------
-
-- The `-usehd` configuration option was removed in version 0.16. From
-  that version onwards, all new wallets created are hierarchical
-  deterministic wallets. This release makes specifying `-usehd` an
-  invalid configuration option.
-
-Network
--------
-
-- This release allows peers that your node automatically disconnected
-  for misbehavior (e.g. sending invalid data) to reconnect to your node
-  if you have unused incoming connection slots.  If your slots fill up,
-  a misbehaving node will be disconnected to make room for nodes without
-  a history of problems (unless the misbehaving node helps your node in
-  some other way, such as by connecting to a part of the Internet from
-  which you don't have many other peers).  Previously, Bitcoin Core
-  banned the IP addresses of misbehaving peers for a period of time
-  (default of 1 day); this was easily circumvented by attackers with
-  multiple IP addresses.  If you manually ban a peer, such as by using
-  the `setban` RPC, all connections from that peer will still be
-  rejected.
-
-Security
---------
-
-- This release changes the Random Number Generator (RNG) used from
-  OpenSSL to Bitcoin Core's own implementation, although entropy
-  gathered by Bitcoin Core is fed out to OpenSSL and then read back in
-  when the program needs strong randomness.  This moves Bitcoin Core a
-  little closer to no longer needing to depend on OpenSSL, a dependency
-  that has caused security issues in the past.
-
-Changes for particular platforms
---------------------------------
-
-- On macOS, Bitcoin Core now opts out of application CPU throttling
-  ("app nap") during initial blockchain download, when catching up from
-  over 100 blocks behind the current chain tip, or when reindexing chain
-  data.  This helps prevent these operations from taking an excessively
-  long time because the operating system is attempting to conserve
-  power.
+Example item
+------------
 
 Credits
 =======