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_Motivation_
Currently, the wallet uses a fSubtractFeeAmount (SFFO) flag on the
recipients objects for all forms of sending calls. According to the
commit discussion, this flag was chiefly introduced to permit sweeping
without manually calculating the fees of transactions. However, the flag
leads to unintuitive behavior and makes it more complicated to test
many wallet RPCs exhaustively. We proposed to introduce a dedicated
`sendall` RPC with the intention to cover this functionality.
Since the proposal, it was discovered in further discussion that our
proposed `sendall` rpc and SFFO have subtly different scopes of
operation.
• sendall:
Use _specific UTXOs_ to pay a destination the remainder after fees.
• SFFO:
Use a _specific budget_ to pay an address the remainder after fees.
While `sendall` will simplify cases of spending from specific UTXOs,
emptying a wallet, or burning dust, we realized that there are some
cases in which SFFO is used to pay other parties from a limited budget,
which can often lead to the creation of change outputs. This cannot be
easily replicated using `sendall` as it would require manual computation
of the appropriate change amount.
As such, sendall cannot replace all uses of SFFO, but it still has a
different use case and will aid in simplifying some wallet calls and
numerous wallet tests.
_Sendall call details_
The proposed sendall call builds a transaction from a specific subset of
the wallet's UTXO pool (by default all of them) and assigns the funds to
one or more receivers. Receivers can either be specified with a specific
amount or receive an equal share of the remaining unassigned funds. At
least one recipient must be provided without assigned amount to collect
the remainder. The `sendall` call will never create change. The call has
a `send_max` option that changes the default behavior of spending all
UTXOs ("no UTXO left behind"), to maximizing the output amount of the
transaction by skipping uneconomic UTXOs. The `send_max` option is
incompatible with providing a specific set of inputs.
Bitcoin Core
Setup
Bitcoin Core is the original Bitcoin client and it builds the backbone of the network. It downloads and, by default, stores the entire history of Bitcoin transactions, which requires a few hundred gigabytes of disk space. Depending on the speed of your computer and network connection, the synchronization process can take anywhere from a few hours to a day or more.
To download Bitcoin Core, visit bitcoincore.org.
Running
The following are some helpful notes on how to run Bitcoin Core on your native platform.
Unix
Unpack the files into a directory and run:
bin/bitcoin-qt(GUI) orbin/bitcoind(headless)
Windows
Unpack the files into a directory, and then run bitcoin-qt.exe.
macOS
Drag Bitcoin Core to your applications folder, and then run Bitcoin Core.
Need Help?
- See the documentation at the Bitcoin Wiki for help and more information.
- Ask for help on Bitcoin StackExchange.
- Ask for help on #bitcoin on Libera Chat. If you don't have an IRC client, you can use web.libera.chat.
- Ask for help on the BitcoinTalk forums, in the Technical Support board.
Building
The following are developer notes on how to build Bitcoin Core on your native platform. They are not complete guides, but include notes on the necessary libraries, compile flags, etc.
- Dependencies
- macOS Build Notes
- Unix Build Notes
- Windows Build Notes
- FreeBSD Build Notes
- OpenBSD Build Notes
- NetBSD Build Notes
- Android Build Notes
Development
The Bitcoin repo's root README contains relevant information on the development process and automated testing.
- Developer Notes
- Productivity Notes
- Release Notes
- Release Process
- Source Code Documentation (External Link)
- Translation Process
- Translation Strings Policy
- JSON-RPC Interface
- Unauthenticated REST Interface
- Shared Libraries
- BIPS
- Dnsseed Policy
- Benchmarking
Resources
- Discuss on the BitcoinTalk forums, in the Development & Technical Discussion board.
- Discuss project-specific development on #bitcoin-core-dev on Libera Chat. If you don't have an IRC client, you can use web.libera.chat.
Miscellaneous
- Assets Attribution
- Assumeutxo design
- bitcoin.conf Configuration File
- CJDNS Support
- Files
- Fuzz-testing
- I2P Support
- Init Scripts (systemd/upstart/openrc)
- Managing Wallets
- Multisig Tutorial
- P2P bad ports definition and list
- PSBT support
- Reduce Memory
- Reduce Traffic
- Tor Support
- Transaction Relay Policy
- ZMQ
License
Distributed under the MIT software license.