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Authored by Sjors Provoost
doc: add release note
What changed, and why it matters
This commit only adds a release note describing a new experimental mining interface and IPC-related build options. It contains no code changes, no bug fixes, and no security-related claims.
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The diff creates a single Markdown file under doc/release-notes-31802.md documenting PR #31802. It explains that a new experimental Mining interface supports Stratum v2 or other mining clients via IPC on a Unix socket when using the -m flag, and notes that new binaries (bitcoin-node, bitcoin-gui) are built by default with ENABLE_IPC while traditional bitcoind/bitcoin-qt remain unchanged if IPC is unused. There are no functional code changes.
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+A new (experimental) Mining interface was introduced to support Stratum v2 or other mining client software, see #31098. When the node is started with `bitcoin node -m -ipcbind=unix` the node will listen on a unix socket for IPC client connections. The `-m` option launches a new binary `bitcoin-node` instead of `bitcoind`.
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+IPC connectivity introduces new dependencies (see [multiprocess.md](multiprocess.md)), which are only included in the `bitcoin-node` and `bitcoin-gui` binaries (not in `bitcoind` and `bitcoin-qt`). Those new binaries are now built by default (controlled by `ENABLE_IPC`). If you don't intend to use IPC, nothing changes and there is no need to use `bitcoin -m`, `bitcoin-node` or `bitcoin-gui`(#31802)
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