MeshCollider 6841b01340
Merge #16394: Allow createwallet to take empty passwords to make unencrypted wallets
c5d37873677551caac34752214dd491f5278c8d5 Allow createwallet to take empty passwords to make unencrypted wallets (Andrew Chow)

Pull request description:

  Allow createwallet to take the empty string as a password and interpret that as leaving the wallet unencrypted. Also warn when that happens.

  This fixes a bug where it was not possible to use the `avoid_reuse` option for new unencrypted wallets without using named arguments.Thus this allows more `createwallet` options to be added that can be set on unencrypted wallets when using positional arguments.

ACKs for top commit:
  jnewbery:
    code review ACK c5d37873677551caac34752214dd491f5278c8d5
  meshcollider:
    re-utACK c5d37873677551caac34752214dd491f5278c8d5
  ryanofsky:
    utACK c5d37873677551caac34752214dd491f5278c8d5. Changes since last review are rebasing, concatenating warning strings to avoid discarding warnings, adding release notes, and choosing an unambiguous wallet name for the test.

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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) or
  • bin/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?

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.

Development

The Bitcoin repo's root README contains relevant information on the development process and automated testing.

Resources

Miscellaneous

License

Distributed under the MIT software license. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com), and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard.