Merge #14157: [0.17] doc: merge upstream release-notes from bitcoin-core/bitcoin-devwiki

786825c doc: Update release-notes.md from upstream devwiki (fanquake)

Pull request description:

  sipa [suggested in IRC](https://botbot.me/freenode/bitcoin-core-dev/2018-09-06/?msg=104094793&page=1) that now would be a good time to merge the release notes from the [bitcoin-devwiki](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-devwiki).

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Author: laanwj