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net_processing: add a global delay queue for sending txs

This commit adds a global rate limiter to how many transaction announcements (INV messages) a Bitcoin node sends out. Before, each peer had its own queue, so a node could receive one transaction and announce it to over 100 peers, acting li…

Global rate limiting replaces per-peer queues to prevent transaction-announcement amplificationDual token buckets bound both INV count and relay bandwidthCommit message explicitly describes the change as limiting transaction-spam amplification and excessive memory/CPU usage
df31ee57by Anthony Towns+176−252 files
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BIP434: FEATURE message support

This commit adds support for a new Bitcoin peer-to-peer message type called FEATURE, defined in BIP 434. It is infrastructure for negotiating optional protocol features during the initial handshake, not a finished feature itself. The code …

New network message type introduced (FEATURE)Protocol version bumped to 70017Peer disconnection logic added for malformed or out-of-sequence FEATURE messages
6a129983by Anthony Towns+105−810 files
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versionbits: Limit live activation params and activation warnings per BIP323

This Bitcoin Core change narrows which version bits trigger live 'unknown soft fork' warnings from 29 bits down to 5, following the new BIP323 specification. It does not change how many bits exist in block headers or how test networks beha…

Consensus-adjacent constant change (versionbits warning scope)BIP323 compliance changeReduction of false-positive activation warnings
f802edf5by Anthony Towns+31−65 files
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logging: use util/log.h where possible

This commit is a simple internal cleanup: it swaps the full logging header file for a smaller, more focused one in many source files. There is no change to program behavior, no bug fix, and no security relevance.

02b2c411by Anthony Towns+61−6158 files
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