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(note: this is a temporary file, to be added-to by anybody, and moved to
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release-notes at release time)
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Notable changes
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Random-cookie RPC authentication
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When no `-rpcpassword` is specified, the daemon now uses a special 'cookie'
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file for authentication. This file is generated with random content when the
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daemon starts, and deleted when it exits. Its contents are used as
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authentication token. Read access to this file controls who can access through
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RPC. By default it is stored in the data directory but its location can be
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overridden with the option `-rpccookiefile`.
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This is similar to Tor's CookieAuthentication: see
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https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en
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This allows running bitcoind without having to do any manual configuration.
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Example header
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Example content.
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0.12.0 Change log
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=================
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Detailed release notes follow. This overview includes changes that affect
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behavior, not code moves, refactors and string updates. For convenience in locating
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the code changes and accompanying discussion, both the pull request and
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git merge commit are mentioned.
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### RPC and REST
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### Configuration and command-line options
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### Block and transaction handling
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### P2P protocol and network code
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### Validation
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### Build system
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### Wallet
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### GUI
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### Tests
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### Miscellaneous
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