Merge #16196: doc: Add release notes for 14897 & 15834

fa55dd89cb doc: Add release notes for 14897 & 15834 (MarcoFalke)

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  #14897 & #15834

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@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Updated RPCs
Note: some low-level RPC changes mainly useful for testing are described in the
Low-level Changes section below.
* The `sendmany` RPC had an argument `minconf` that was not well specified and
- The `sendmany` RPC had an argument `minconf` that was not well specified and
would lead to RPC errors even when the wallet's coin selection would succeed.
The `sendtoaddress` RPC never had this check, so to normalize the behavior,
`minconf` is now ignored in `sendmany`. If the coin selection does not
@ -106,11 +106,22 @@ Low-level changes
Configuration
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* An error is issued where previously a warning was issued when a setting in
- An error is issued where previously a warning was issued when a setting in
the config file was specified in the default section, but not overridden for
the selected network. This change takes only effect if the selected network
is not mainnet.
Network
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- When fetching a transaction announced by multiple peers, previous versions of
Bitcoin Core would sequentially attempt to download the transaction from each
announcing peer until the transaction is received, in the order that those
peers' announcements were received. In this release, the download logic has
changed to randomize the fetch order across peers and to prefer sending
download requests to outbound peers over inbound peers. This fixes an issue
where inbound peers can prevent a node from getting a transaction.
Wallet
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