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96378fe734e5fb6167eb20036d7170572a647edb Refactor: Remove ECC_Start and ECC_Stop from key header (TheCharlatan) 41eba5bd716bea47c8731d156d053afee92a7f12 kernel: Remove key module from kernel library (TheCharlatan) a08d2b3cb971c68e9a50b991b2953fa4541cf48a tools: Use ECC_Context helper in bitcoin-tx and bitcoin-wallet tools (Ryan Ofsky) 28905c1a64a87a56f16aea8a4d23dea7eec9ca59 test: Use ECC_Context helper in bench and fuzz tests (Ryan Ofsky) 538fedde1d9c96a2bbe06cacc0cd6903135fbc83 common: Add ECC_Context RAII wrapper for ECC_Start/ECC_Stop (Ryan Ofsky) Pull request description: The key module's functionality is not used by the kernel library, but currently kernel users are still required to initialize the key module's `secp256k1_context_sign` global as part of the `kernel::Context` through `ECC_Start`. So move the `ECC_Start` call to the `NodeContext` ctor instead to completely remove the key module from the kernel library. The gui tests currently keep multiple `NodeContext` objects in memory, so call `ECC_Stop` manually to avoid triggering an assertion on `ECC_Start`. --- This PR is part of the [libbitcoinkernel project](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/27587). It removes a module from the kernel library. ACKs for top commit: achow101: ACK 96378fe734e5fb6167eb20036d7170572a647edb ryanofsky: Code review ACK 96378fe734e5fb6167eb20036d7170572a647edb. Just suggested comment changes since last review. theuni: utACK 96378fe734e5fb6167eb20036d7170572a647edb Tree-SHA512: 40be427e8e2c920c0e3ce64a9bdd90551be27a89af11440bfb6ab0dd3a1d1ccb7cf1f82383cd782818cd1bb44d5ae5d2161cf4d78d3127ce4987342007090bab
Bitcoin Core integration/staging tree
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What is Bitcoin Core?
Bitcoin Core connects to the Bitcoin peer-to-peer network to download and fully validate blocks and transactions. It also includes a wallet and graphical user interface, which can be optionally built.
Further information about Bitcoin Core is available in the doc folder.
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Development Process
The master branch is regularly built (see doc/build-*.md for instructions) and tested, but it is not guaranteed to be
completely stable. Tags are created
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The https://github.com/bitcoin-core/gui repository is used exclusively for the development of the GUI. Its master branch is identical in all monotree repositories. Release branches and tags do not exist, so please do not fork that repository unless it is for development reasons.
The contribution workflow is described in CONTRIBUTING.md and useful hints for developers can be found in doc/developer-notes.md.
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