Releases: Add Bitcoin Core 0.10.1

Notes current as of RC2

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+---
+Bitcoin Core version 0.10.1 is now available from:
+
+  <https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.10.1/>
+
+This is a new minor version release, bringing bug fixes and translation
+updates. If you are using 0.10.0, it is recommended to upgrade to this
+version.
+
+Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:
+
+  <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues>
+
+Upgrading and downgrading
+=========================
+
+How to Upgrade
+--------------
+
+If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely
+shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the
+installer (on Windows) or just copy over /Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac) or
+bitcoind/bitcoin-qt (on Linux).
+
+Downgrade warning
+------------------
+
+Because release 0.10.0 and later makes use of headers-first synchronization and
+parallel block download (see further), the block files and databases are not
+backwards-compatible with pre-0.10 versions of Bitcoin Core or other software:
+
+* Blocks will be stored on disk out of order (in the order they are
+received, really), which makes it incompatible with some tools or
+other programs. Reindexing using earlier versions will also not work
+anymore as a result of this.
+
+* The block index database will now hold headers for which no block is
+stored on disk, which earlier versions won't support.
+
+If you want to be able to downgrade smoothly, make a backup of your entire data
+directory. Without this your node will need start syncing (or importing from
+bootstrap.dat) anew afterwards. It is possible that the data from a completely
+synchronised 0.10 node may be usable in older versions as-is, but this is not
+supported and may break as soon as the older version attempts to reindex.
+
+This does not affect wallet forward or backward compatibility.
+
+Notable changes
+===============
+
+This is a minor release and hence there are no notable changes.
+For the notable changes in 0.10, refer to the release notes for the
+0.10.0 release at <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.10.0/doc/release-notes.md>
+
+0.10.1 Change log
+=================
+
+Detailed release notes follow. This overview includes changes that affect external
+behavior, not code moves, refactors or string updates.
+
+RPC:
+
+- `7f502be` fix crash: createmultisig and addmultisigaddress
+
+Block (database) and transaction handling:
+
+- `1d2cdd2` Fix InvalidateBlock to add chainActive.Tip to setBlockIndexCandidates
+- `c91c660` fix InvalidateBlock to repopulate setBlockIndexCandidates
+- `002c8a2` fix possible block db breakage during re-index
+- `a1f425b` Add (optional) consistency check for the block chain data structures
+- `1c62e84` Keep mempool consistent during block-reorgs
+
+P2P protocol and network code:
+
+- `78f64ef` don't trickle for whitelisted nodes
+- `ca301bf` Reduce fingerprinting through timestamps in 'addr' messages.
+- `200f293` Ignore getaddr messages on Outbound connections.
+- `d5d8998` Limit message sizes before transfer
+- `aeb9279` Better fingerprinting protection for non-main-chain getdatas.
+- `cf0218f` Make addrman's bucket placement deterministic (countermeasure 1 against eclipse attacks, see http://cs-people.bu.edu/heilman/eclipse/)
+- `0c6f334` Always use a 50% chance to choose between tried and new entries (countermeasure 2 against eclipse attacks)
+- `214154e` Do not bias outgoing connections towards fresh addresses (countermeasure 2 against eclipse attacks)
+- `aa587d4` Scale up addrman (countermeasure 6 against eclipse attacks)
+
+Validation:
+
+- `d148f62` Acquire CCheckQueue's lock to avoid race condition
+
+Build system:
+
+- `8752b5c` 0.10 fix for crashes on OSX 10.6
+
+Wallet:
+
+- N/A
+
+GUI:
+
+- `2c08406` some mac specifiy cleanup (memory handling, unnecessary code)
+- `81145a6` fix OSX dock icon window reopening
+- `786cf72` fix a issue where "command line options"-action overwrite "Preference"-action (on OSX)
+
+Tests:
+
+- `1117378` add RPC test for InvalidateBlock
+
+Miscellaneous:
+
+- `c9e022b` Initialization: set Boost path locale in main thread
+- `23126a0` Sanitize command strings before logging them.
+
+Credits
+=======
+
+Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release:
+
+- Alex Morcos
+- Cory Fields
+- dexX7
+- fsb4000
+- Gavin Andresen
+- Gregory Maxwell
+- Ivan Pustogarov
+- Jonas Nick
+- Jonas Schnelli
+- Pieter Wuille
+- Ruben de Vries
+- Suhas Daftuar
+- Wladimir J. van der Laan
+
+As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/).