Skip to content

Commit c60c45f

Browse files
murchandamusbitschmidty
authored andcommitted
News179: Describe #20295 getblockfrompeer
1 parent 35a6584 commit c60c45f

File tree

1 file changed

+3
-1
lines changed

1 file changed

+3
-1
lines changed

_posts/en/newsletters/2021-12-15-newsletter.md

Lines changed: 3 additions & 1 deletion
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ repo], [Hardware Wallet Interface (HWI)][hwi repo],
7373
of OpenSSL no longer provide RIPEMD-160 support by default, requiring
7474
it to be enabled separately.
7575

76-
- [Bitcoin Core #20295][] rpc: getblockfrompeer FIXME:Xekyo
76+
- [Bitcoin Core #20295][] adds a new RPC `getblockfrompeer` which permits
77+
requesting a specific block from a specific peer manually. The intended use
78+
is acquisition of stale chaintips for fork monitoring and research purposes.
7779

7880
- [Bitcoin Core #14707][] updates several RPCs to also include bitcoins
7981
received via miner coinbase transaction outputs. A new

0 commit comments

Comments
 (0)