diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
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--- a/doc/release-notes.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-Bitcoin Core version 0.16.1 is now available from:
+Bitcoin Core version 0.16.2 is now available from:
-
+
-This is a new major version release, including new features, various bugfixes
-and performance improvements, as well as updated translations.
+This is a new minor version release, with various bugfixes
+as well as updated translations.
Please report bugs using the issue tracker at GitHub:
@@ -49,97 +49,19 @@ frequently tested on them.
Notable changes
===============
-Miner block size removed
-------------------------
+to be filled in
-The `-blockmaxsize` option for miners to limit their blocks' sizes was
-deprecated in version 0.15.1, and has now been removed. Miners should use the
-`-blockmaxweight` option if they want to limit the weight of their blocks'
-weights.
-
-0.16.1 change log
+0.16.2 change log
------------------
-### Policy
-- #11423 `d353dd1` [Policy] Several transaction standardness rules (jl2012)
-
-### Mining
-- #12756 `e802c22` [config] Remove blockmaxsize option (jnewbery)
-
-### Block and transaction handling
-- #13199 `c71e535` Bugfix: ensure consistency of m_failed_blocks after reconsiderblock (sdaftuar)
-- #13023 `bb79aaf` Fix some concurrency issues in ActivateBestChain() (skeees)
-
-### P2P protocol and network code
-- #12626 `f60e84d` Limit the number of IPs addrman learns from each DNS seeder (EthanHeilman)
-
-### Wallet
-- #13265 `5d8de76` Exit SyncMetaData if there are no transactions to sync (laanwj)
-- #13030 `5ff571e` Fix zapwallettxes/multiwallet interaction. (jnewbery)
-
-### GUI
-- #12999 `1720eb3` Show the Window when double clicking the taskbar icon (ken2812221)
-- #12650 `f118a7a` Fix issue: "default port not shown correctly in settings dialog" (251Labs)
-- #13251 `ea487f9` Rephrase Bech32 checkbox texts, and enable it with legacy address default (fanquake)
-
-### Build system
-- #12474 `b0f692f` Allow depends system to support armv7l (hkjn)
-- #12585 `72a3290` depends: Switch to downloading expat from GitHub (fanquake)
-- #12648 `46ca8f3` test: Update trusted git root (MarcoFalke)
-- #11995 `686cb86` depends: Fix Qt build with Xcode 9 (fanquake)
-- #12636 `845838c` backport: #11995 Fix Qt build with Xcode 9 (fanquake)
-- #12946 `e055bc0` depends: Fix Qt build with XCode 9.3 (fanquake)
-- #12998 `7847b92` Default to defining endian-conversion DECLs in compat w/o config (TheBlueMatt)
-
-### Tests and QA
-- #12447 `01f931b` Add missing signal.h header (laanwj)
-- #12545 `1286f3e` Use wait_until to ensure ping goes out (Empact)
-- #12804 `4bdb0ce` Fix intermittent rpc_net.py failure. (jnewbery)
-- #12553 `0e98f96` Prefer wait_until over polling with time.sleep (Empact)
-- #12486 `cfebd40` Round target fee to 8 decimals in assert_fee_amount (kallewoof)
-- #12843 `df38b13` Test starting bitcoind with -h and -version (jnewbery)
-- #12475 `41c29f6` Fix python TypeError in script.py (MarcoFalke)
-- #12638 `0a76ed2` Cache only chain and wallet for regtest datadir (MarcoFalke)
-- #12902 `7460945` Handle potential cookie race when starting node (sdaftuar)
-- #12904 `6c26df0` Ensure bitcoind processes are cleaned up when tests end (sdaftuar)
-- #13049 `9ea62a3` Backports (MarcoFalke)
-- #13201 `b8aacd6` Handle disconnect_node race (sdaftuar)
-
-### Miscellaneous
-- #12518 `a17fecf` Bump leveldb subtree (MarcoFalke)
-- #12442 `f3b8d85` devtools: Exclude patches from lint-whitespace (MarcoFalke)
-- #12988 `acdf433` Hold cs_main while calling UpdatedBlockTip() signal (skeees)
-- #12985 `0684cf9` Windows: Avoid launching as admin when NSIS installer ends. (JeremyRand)
-
-### Documentation
-- #12637 `60086dd` backport: #12556 fix version typo in getpeerinfo RPC call help (fanquake)
-- #13184 `4087dd0` RPC Docs: `gettxout*`: clarify bestblock and unspent counts (harding)
-- #13246 `6de7543` Bump to Ubuntu Bionic 18.04 in build-windows.md (ken2812221)
-- #12556 `e730b82` Fix version typo in getpeerinfo RPC call help (tamasblummer)
+to be filled in
+
Credits
=======
Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:
-- 251
-- Ben Woosley
-- Chun Kuan Lee
-- David A. Harding
-- e0
-- fanquake
-- Henrik Jonsson
-- JeremyRand
-- Jesse Cohen
-- John Newbery
-- Johnson Lau
-- Karl-Johan Alm
-- Luke Dashjr
-- MarcoFalke
-- Matt Corallo
-- Pieter Wuille
-- Suhas Daftuar
-- Tamas Blummer
-- Wladimir J. van der Laan
+to be filled in
As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/).