diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/release-notes.md | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/net_processing.h | 2 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
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 ------------ diff --git a/src/net_processing.h b/src/net_processing.h index f16d00032..496c3c7b0 100644 --- a/src/net_processing.h +++ b/src/net_processing.h @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ static const unsigned int DEFAULT_MAX_ORPHAN_TRANSACTIONS = 100; /** Default number of orphan+recently-replaced txn to keep around for block reconstruction */ static const unsigned int DEFAULT_BLOCK_RECONSTRUCTION_EXTRA_TXN = 100; /** Default for BIP61 (sending reject messages) */ -static constexpr bool DEFAULT_ENABLE_BIP61 = true; +static constexpr bool DEFAULT_ENABLE_BIP61{false}; class PeerLogicValidation final : public CValidationInterface, public NetEventsInterface { private: |