Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#23123: Remove -rescan startup parameter

dc3ec74d67 Add rescan removal release note (Samuel Dobson)
bccd1d942d Remove -rescan startup parameter (Samuel Dobson)
f963b0fa8c Corrupt wallet tx shouldn't trigger rescan of all wallets (Samuel Dobson)
6c006495ef Remove outdated dummy wallet -salvagewallet arg (Samuel Dobson)

Pull request description:

  Remove the `-rescan` startup parameter.

  Rescans can be run with the `rescanblockchain` RPC.

  Rescans are still done on wallet-load if needed due to corruption, for example.

ACKs for top commit:
  achow101:
    ACK dc3ec74d67
  laanwj:
    re-ACK dc3ec74d67

Tree-SHA512: 608360d0e7d73737fd3ef408b01b33d97a75eebccd70c6d1b47a32fecb99b9105b520b111b225beb10611c09aa840a2b6d2b6e6e54be5d0362829e757289de5c

test/functional/feature_notifications.py

@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ class NotificationsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
             f"-alertnotify=echo > {os.path.join(self.alertnotify_dir, '%s')}",
             f"-blocknotify=echo > {os.path.join(self.blocknotify_dir, '%s')}",
         ], [
-            "-rescan",
             f"-walletnotify=echo %h_%b > {os.path.join(self.walletnotify_dir, notify_outputname('%w', '%s'))}",
         ]]
         self.wallet_names = [self.default_wallet_name, self.wallet]
@@ -91,16 +90,15 @@ class NotificationsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
 
             # directory content should equal the generated transaction hashes
             tx_details = list(map(lambda t: (t['txid'], t['blockheight'], t['blockhash']), self.nodes[1].listtransactions("*", block_count)))
-            self.stop_node(1)
             self.expect_wallet_notify(tx_details)
 
             self.log.info("test -walletnotify after rescan")
-            # restart node to rescan to force wallet notifications
-            self.start_node(1)
-            self.connect_nodes(0, 1)
-
+            # rescan to force wallet notifications
+            self.nodes[1].rescanblockchain()
             self.wait_until(lambda: len(os.listdir(self.walletnotify_dir)) == block_count, timeout=10)
 
+            self.connect_nodes(0, 1)
+
             # directory content should equal the generated transaction hashes
             tx_details = list(map(lambda t: (t['txid'], t['blockheight'], t['blockhash']), self.nodes[1].listtransactions("*", block_count)))
             self.expect_wallet_notify(tx_details)

test/functional/wallet_basic.py

@@ -582,23 +582,17 @@ class WalletTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
                 assert label in self.nodes[0].listlabels()
         self.nodes[0].rpc.ensure_ascii = True  # restore to default
 
-        # maintenance tests
-        maintenance = [
-            '-rescan',
-            '-reindex',
-        ]
+        # -reindex tests
         chainlimit = 6
-        for m in maintenance:
-            self.log.info("Test " + m)
-            self.stop_nodes()
-            # set lower ancestor limit for later
-            self.start_node(0, [m, "-limitancestorcount=" + str(chainlimit)])
-            self.start_node(1, [m, "-limitancestorcount=" + str(chainlimit)])
-            self.start_node(2, [m, "-limitancestorcount=" + str(chainlimit)])
-            if m == '-reindex':
-                # reindex will leave rpc warm up "early"; Wait for it to finish
-                self.wait_until(lambda: [block_count] * 3 == [self.nodes[i].getblockcount() for i in range(3)])
-            assert_equal(balance_nodes, [self.nodes[i].getbalance() for i in range(3)])
+        self.log.info("Test -reindex")
+        self.stop_nodes()
+        # set lower ancestor limit for later
+        self.start_node(0, ['-reindex', "-limitancestorcount=" + str(chainlimit)])
+        self.start_node(1, ['-reindex', "-limitancestorcount=" + str(chainlimit)])
+        self.start_node(2, ['-reindex', "-limitancestorcount=" + str(chainlimit)])
+        # reindex will leave rpc warm up "early"; Wait for it to finish
+        self.wait_until(lambda: [block_count] * 3 == [self.nodes[i].getblockcount() for i in range(3)])
+        assert_equal(balance_nodes, [self.nodes[i].getbalance() for i in range(3)])
 
         # Exercise listsinceblock with the last two blocks
         coinbase_tx_1 = self.nodes[0].listsinceblock(blocks[0])

test/functional/wallet_hd.py

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class WalletHDTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         self.sync_all()
 
         # Needs rescan
-        self.restart_node(1, extra_args=self.extra_args[1] + ['-rescan'])
+        self.nodes[1].rescanblockchain()
         assert_equal(self.nodes[1].getbalance(), NUM_HD_ADDS + 1)
 
         # Try a RPC based rescan