From dab6583307ceb7dd94affcc3482ddcc1a5747147 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastian Falbesoner Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:51:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: release note for new getpeerinfo fields "bip152_hb_{from,to}" Co-authored-by: Jon Atack --- doc/release-notes-19776.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/release-notes-19776.md diff --git a/doc/release-notes-19776.md b/doc/release-notes-19776.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5553c5a7bd --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes-19776.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +Updated RPCs +------------ + +- The `getpeerinfo` RPC returns two new boolean fields, `bip152_hb_to` and + `bip152_hb_from`, that respectively indicate whether we selected a peer to be + in compact blocks high-bandwidth mode or whether a peer selected us as a + compact blocks high-bandwidth peer. High-bandwidth peers send new block + announcements via a `cmpctblock` message rather than the usual inv/headers + announcements. See BIP 152 for more details. (#19776)