diff --git a/doc/release-notes-33106.md b/doc/release-notes-33106.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..95750cedff9 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes-33106.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Mining and Transaction Relay Policy +========================= + +The minimum block feerate (`-blockmintxfee`) has been changed to 1 satoshi per kvB. It can still be changed using the +configuration option. + +The default minimum relay feerate (`-minrelaytxfee`) and incremental relay feerate (`-incrementalrelayfee`) have been +changed to 100 satoshis per kvB. They can still be changed using their respective configuration options, but it is +recommended to change both together if you decide to do so. + +Other minimum feerates (e.g. the dust feerate, the minimum returned by the fee estimator, and all feerates used by the +wallet) remain unchanged. The mempool minimum feerate still changes in response to high volume but more gradually, as a +result of the change to the incremental relay feerate. + +Note that unless these lower defaults are widely adopted across the network, transactions created with lower fee rates +are not guaranteed to propagate or confirm. The wallet feerates remain unchanged; `-mintxfee` must be changed before +attempting to create transactions with lower feerates using the wallet.