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+Mining
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+- The IPC mining interface now rejects out-of-range block template options
+  instead of silently clamping them, such as oversized reserved block weight or
+  coinbase sigops limits. (#33966)
+
+- The `-blockmaxweight` startup option is now rejected when it is lower than
+  `-blockreservedweight`, instead of being silently clamped. (#33966)