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fae44c83datest: Remove 0.16.3 test from wallet_backwards_compatibility.py (MarcoFalke) Pull request description: The test checks that any wallet created with current master can not be loaded with `v0.16.3`. This is interesting documentation, however it is probably not something to keep as a test, because: * It seems like an extremely unlikely (and unsupported) edge case that someone creates a wallet with master and then goes ahead to open it with a long EOL software version. * A better test would be the inverse: Create a wallet with `v0.16.3` and open it with current master. This is already tested in `wallet_upgradewallet.py`, where I've added an additional balance check before upgrading the `v0.16.3` wallet. * The test is intermittently failing when shutting down the `v0.16.3` node, for example in https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/30875#issuecomment-2357565564. The exact cause is unclear, but given that the test isn't worthy to keep, removing it will ensure that the error disappears. ACKs for top commit: Sjors: utACKfae44c83dafanquake: ACKfae44c83da- I agree that test seems to have past it's usefulness, and the fact that it otherwise causes intemittent issues is further reason to remove it. Tree-SHA512: 85bf428e616e0880198c1a7529936520505d7fa87c2eeb87a0457f13b50a163accaf5f80f9364dea978f6bd14b0b5350cda88f49aa7584682c8b5e0b0b117724
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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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completely stable. Tags are created
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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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Automated Testing
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and extending unit tests can be found in /src/test/README.md.
There are also regression and integration tests, written
in Python.
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