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6531599f42test: Add check that newkeypool flushes change addresses too (Samuel Dobson)84fa19c77aAdd release notes for keypool flush changes (Samuel Dobson)f9603ee4e0Add test for flushing keypool with newkeypool (Samuel Dobson)6f6f7bb36cMake legacy wallet upgrades from non-HD to HD always flush the keypool (Samuel Dobson)2434b10781Fix outdated keypool size default (Samuel Dobson)22cc797ca5Add newkeypool RPC to flush the keypool (Samuel Dobson) Pull request description: This PR makes two main changes: 1) Adds a new RPC `newkeypool` which will entirely flush and refill the keypool. 2) When upgradewallet is called on old, non-HD wallets upgrading them to HD, we now always flush the keypool and generate a new one, to immediately start using the HD generated keys. This PR is motivated by a number of users with old, pre-compressed-key wallets upgrading them and being confused about why they still can't generate p2sh-segwit or bech32 addresses -- this is due to uncompressed keys remaining in the keypool post-upgrade and being illegal in these newer address formats. There is currently no easy way to flush the keypool other than to call `getnewaddress` a hundred/thousand times or an ugly hack of using a `sethdseed` call. ACKs for top commit: laanwj: re-ACK6531599f42meshcollider: Added new commit6531599f42to avoid invalidating previous ACKs. instagibbs: ACK6531599f42Tree-SHA512: 50c79c5d42dd27ab0ecdbfdc4071fdaa1b2dbb2f9195ed325b007106ff19226419ce57fe5b1539c0c24101b12f5e034bbcfb7bbb0451b766cb1071295383d774
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
- bitcoin.conf Configuration File
- Files
- Fuzz-testing
- I2P Support
- Init Scripts (systemd/upstart/openrc)
- Managing Wallets
- PSBT support
- Reduce Memory
- Reduce Traffic
- Tor Support
- ZMQ
License
Distributed under the MIT software license.