[wallet] Remove -usehd

src/init.cpp

@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ void SetupServerArgs()
 
     // Hidden Options
     std::vector<std::string> hidden_args = {"-h", "-help",
-        "-dbcrashratio", "-forcecompactdb", "-usehd",
+        "-dbcrashratio", "-forcecompactdb",
         // GUI args. These will be overwritten by SetupUIArgs for the GUI
         "-allowselfsignedrootcertificates", "-choosedatadir", "-lang=<lang>", "-min", "-resetguisettings", "-rootcertificates=<file>", "-splash", "-uiplatform"};
 

src/wallet/wallet.cpp

@@ -3987,10 +3987,6 @@ std::shared_ptr<CWallet> CWallet::CreateWalletFromFile(const std::string& name,
     if (fFirstRun)
     {
         // ensure this wallet.dat can only be opened by clients supporting HD with chain split and expects no default key
-        if (!gArgs.GetBoolArg("-usehd", true)) {
-            InitError(strprintf(_("Error creating %s: You can't create non-HD wallets with this version."), walletFile));
-            return nullptr;
-        }
         walletInstance->SetMinVersion(FEATURE_LATEST);
 
         if ((wallet_creation_flags & WALLET_FLAG_DISABLE_PRIVATE_KEYS)) {
@@ -4018,16 +4014,6 @@ std::shared_ptr<CWallet> CWallet::CreateWalletFromFile(const std::string& name,
         if (!walletInstance->mapKeys.empty() || !walletInstance->mapCryptedKeys.empty()) {
             InitWarning(strprintf(_("Warning: Private keys detected in wallet {%s} with disabled private keys"), walletFile));
         }
-    } else if (gArgs.IsArgSet("-usehd")) {
-        bool useHD = gArgs.GetBoolArg("-usehd", true);
-        if (walletInstance->IsHDEnabled() && !useHD) {
-            InitError(strprintf(_("Error loading %s: You can't disable HD on an already existing HD wallet"), walletFile));
-            return nullptr;
-        }
-        if (!walletInstance->IsHDEnabled() && useHD) {
-            InitError(strprintf(_("Error loading %s: You can't enable HD on an already existing non-HD wallet"), walletFile));
-            return nullptr;
-        }
     }
 
     if (!gArgs.GetArg("-addresstype", "").empty() && !ParseOutputType(gArgs.GetArg("-addresstype", ""), walletInstance->m_default_address_type)) {

test/functional/wallet_hd.py

@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@ class WalletHDTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         self.skip_if_no_wallet()
 
     def run_test(self):
-        # Make sure can't switch off usehd after wallet creation
-        self.stop_node(1)
-        self.nodes[1].assert_start_raises_init_error(['-usehd=0'], "Error: Error loading : You can't disable HD on an already existing HD wallet")
-        self.start_node(1)
-        connect_nodes_bi(self.nodes, 0, 1)
-
         # Make sure we use hd, keep masterkeyid
         masterkeyid = self.nodes[1].getwalletinfo()['hdseedid']
         assert_equal(masterkeyid, self.nodes[1].getwalletinfo()['hdmasterkeyid'])

test/lint/check-doc.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ CMD_ROOT_DIR = '`git rev-parse --show-toplevel`/{}'.format(FOLDER_GREP)
 CMD_GREP_ARGS = r"git grep --perl-regexp '{}' -- {} ':(exclude){}'".format(REGEX_ARG, CMD_ROOT_DIR, FOLDER_TEST)
 CMD_GREP_DOCS = r"git grep --perl-regexp '{}' {}".format(REGEX_DOC, CMD_ROOT_DIR)
 # list unsupported, deprecated and duplicate args as they need no documentation
-SET_DOC_OPTIONAL = set(['-h', '-help', '-dbcrashratio', '-forcecompactdb', '-usehd'])
+SET_DOC_OPTIONAL = set(['-h', '-help', '-dbcrashratio', '-forcecompactdb'])
 
 
 def main():