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bitcoin/src/interfaces
merge-script 6ae96ed607 Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#34276: Remove empty caption from user interface (noui, gui)
fad7bd9ba3 noui: Remove always empty caption while formatting (MarcoFalke)
fa8ebeb332 refactor: [gui] Document that the title is always empty for node message (MarcoFalke)
fafe71b743 refactor: Remove empty caption from ThreadSafeMessageBox (MarcoFalke)
fa8d0088e7 refactor: Remove empty caption from ThreadSafeQuestion (MarcoFalke)
fa0195499c refactor: [gui] Use lambdas over std::bind (MarcoFalke)
eeee1e341f refactor: Remove trailing semicolon after ADD_SIGNALS_DECL_WRAPPER (MarcoFalke)

Pull request description:

  Currently, the user interface (noui, gui) has a caption for each message. However, the caption has many issues:

  * It is always hard-coded to the empty string.
  * This is confusing and tedious when reading or maintaining the code.
  * It is redundant, because `noui` will ignore the caption and set the logging prefix (error, warning, info) based on the `style`.
  * The gui does prefer to set the title based on the caption, but since it the caption is always empty, the fallback will always be used.

  Fix all issues by removing it.

ACKs for top commit:
  hebasto:
    ACK fad7bd9ba3, I have reviewed the code and it looks OK. Tested on Ubuntu 25.10.
  sedited:
    ACK fad7bd9ba3

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Internal c++ interfaces

The following interfaces are defined here:

  • Chain — used by wallet to access blockchain and mempool state. Added in #14437, #14711, #15288, and #10973.

  • ChainClient — used by node to start & stop Chain clients. Added in #14437.

  • Node — used by GUI to start & stop bitcoin node. Added in #10244.

  • Wallet — used by GUI to access wallets. Added in #10244.

  • Handler — returned by handleEvent methods on interfaces above and used to manage lifetimes of event handlers.

  • Init — used by multiprocess code to access interfaces above on startup. Added in #19160.

  • Ipc — used by multiprocess code to access Init interface across processes. Added in #19160.

The interfaces above define boundaries between major components of bitcoin code (node, wallet, and gui), making it possible for them to run in different processes, and be tested, developed, and understood independently. These interfaces are not currently designed to be stable or to be used externally.