From e4583071efb8247838f45b18f5074cc40397ea15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gavin Andresen Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 11:22:34 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Fix release notes transaction fees --- doc/release-notes.md | 23 ++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 5878227cf..89ab150f1 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -112,14 +112,23 @@ Transaction Fees ---------------- This release drops the default fee required to relay transactions across the -network to 0.01mBTC per kilobyte. Note that getting a transaction relayed across -the network does NOT guarantee that the transaction will be accepted by a miner -and included in a block, and the default fee accepted by miners remains 0.1mBTC -per kilobyte. +network and for miners to consider the transaction in their blocks to +0.01mBTC per kilobyte. -As in previous releases, the relay fee may be changed with the -minrelaytxfee -command-line option, and miners may change the default minimum fee they accept -with the -mintxfee command-line option. +Note that getting a transaction relayed across the network does NOT guarantee +that the transaction will be accepted by a miner; by default, miners fill +their blocks with 50 kilobytes of high-priority transactions, and then with +700 kilobytes of the highest-fee-per-kilobyte transactions. + +The minimum relay/mining fee-per-kilobyte may be changed with the +minrelaytxfee option. Note that previous releases incorrectly used +the mintxfee setting to determine which low-priority transactions should +be considered for inclusion in blocks. + +The wallet code still uses a default fee for low-priority transactions of +0.1mBTC per kilobyte. During periods of heavy transaction volume, even this +fee may not be enough to get transactions confirmed quickly; the mintxfee +option may be used to override the default. 0.9.0rc3 Release notes =======================