Page MenuHomePhabricator
Files F13115297

No OneTemporary
Actions

View Options

diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
index d5ac70380f..7480a7cd21 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes.md
@@ -1,54 +1,57 @@
(note: this is a temporary file, to be added-to by anybody, and moved to
release-notes at release time)
Notable changes
===============
Random-cookie RPC authentication
---------------------------------
When no `-rpcpassword` is specified, the daemon now uses a special 'cookie'
file for authentication. This file is generated with random content when the
daemon starts, and deleted when it exits. Its contents are used as
authentication token. Read access to this file controls who can access through
RPC. By default it is stored in the data directory but its location can be
overridden with the option `-rpccookiefile`.
This is similar to Tor's CookieAuthentication: see
https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en
This allows running bitcoind without having to do any manual configuration.
-Example header
-----------------------
+Low-level RPC API changes
+--------------------------
-Example content.
+- Monetary amounts can be provided as strings. This means that for example the
+ argument to sendtoaddress can be "0.0001" instead of 0.0001. This can be an
+ advantage if a JSON library insists on using a lossy floating point type for
+ numbers, which would be dangerous for monetary amounts.
0.12.0 Change log
=================
Detailed release notes follow. This overview includes changes that affect
behavior, not code moves, refactors and string updates. For convenience in locating
the code changes and accompanying discussion, both the pull request and
git merge commit are mentioned.
### RPC and REST
### Configuration and command-line options
### Block and transaction handling
### P2P protocol and network code
### Validation
### Build system
### Wallet
### GUI
### Tests
### Miscellaneous

File Metadata

Mime Type
text/x-diff
Expires
Sun, Mar 2, 10:44 (1 d, 6 h)
Storage Engine
blob
Storage Format
Raw Data
Storage Handle
5187386
Default Alt Text
(1 KB)

Event Timeline