2e249b9227 doc: add release note for PR #28414 (Matthew Zipkin)
4614332fc4 test: remove unnecessary finalizepsbt rpc calls (ismaelsadeeq)
e3d484b603 wallet rpc: return final tx hex from walletprocesspsbt if complete (Matthew Zipkin)
Pull request description:
See https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/28363#discussion_r1315753887
`walletprocesspsbt` currently returns a base64-encoded PSBT and a boolean indicating if the tx is "complete". If it is complete, the base64 PSBT can be finalized with `finalizepsbt` which returns the hex-encoded transaction suitable for `sendrawtransaction`.
With this patch, `walletprocesspsbt` return object will ALSO include the broadcast-able hex string if the tx is already final. This saves users the extra step of calling `finalizepsbt` assuming they have already inspected and approve the transaction from earlier steps.
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bd5ae6c663 doc: misc changes in release-process (fanquake)
d99ba3cc01 doc: filter out merge-script from list of authors (josibake)
472d6f79b9 doc: remove generate changelog section from release-process.md (fanquake)
5555ecb80e doc: remove note to update bips.md version number (fanquake)
Pull request description:
Collection of changes to to simplify / correct the release-process documentation.
I think we could still simplify this further.
For example, we could remove the guix building docs, and defer to `contrib/guix`.
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a733dd79e2 Remove unused function `reliesOnAssumedValid` (Suhas Daftuar)
d4a11abb19 Cache block index entry corresponding to assumeutxo snapshot base blockhash (Suhas Daftuar)
3556b85022 Move CheckBlockIndex() from Chainstate to ChainstateManager (Suhas Daftuar)
0ce805b632 Documentation improvements for assumeutxo (Ryan Ofsky)
768690b7ce Fix initialization of setBlockIndexCandidates when working with multiple chainstates (Suhas Daftuar)
d43a1f1a2f Tighten requirements for adding elements to setBlockIndexCandidates (Suhas Daftuar)
d0d40ea9a6 Move block-storage-related logic to ChainstateManager (Suhas Daftuar)
3cfc75366e test: Clear block index flags when testing snapshots (Suhas Daftuar)
272fbc370c Update CheckBlockIndex invariants for chains based on an assumeutxo snapshot (Suhas Daftuar)
10c05710ce Add wrapper for adding entries to a chainstate's block index candidates (Suhas Daftuar)
471da5f6e7 Move block-arrival information / preciousblock counters to ChainstateManager (Suhas Daftuar)
1cfc887d00 Remove CChain dependency in node/blockstorage (Suhas Daftuar)
fe86a7cd48 Explicitly track maximum block height stored in undo files (Suhas Daftuar)
Pull request description:
This PR proposes a clean up of the relationship between block storage and the chainstate objects, by moving the decision of whether to store a block on disk to something that is not chainstate-specific. Philosophically, the decision of whether to store a block on disk is related to validation rules that do not require any UTXO state; for anti-DoS reasons we were using some chainstate-specific heuristics, and those have been reworked here to achieve the proposed separation.
This PR also fixes a bug in how a chainstate's `setBlockIndexCandidates` was being initialized; it should always have all the HAVE_DATA block index entries that have more work than the chain tip. During startup, we were not fully populating `setBlockIndexCandidates` in some scenarios involving multiple chainstates.
Further, this PR establishes a concept that whenever we have 2 chainstates, that we always know the snapshotted chain's base block and the base block's hash must be an element of our block index. Given that, we can establish a new invariant that the background validation chainstate only needs to consider blocks leading to that snapshotted block entry as potential candidates for its tip. As a followup I would imagine that when writing net_processing logic to download blocks for the background chainstate, that we would use this concept to only download blocks towards the snapshotted entry as well.
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Sjors:
Code review ACK a733dd79e2.
ryanofsky:
Code review ACK a733dd79e2. Just suggested changes since the last review. There are various small things that could be followed up on, but I think this is ready for merge.
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6960c81cbf kernel: Remove Univalue from kernel library (TheCharlatan)
10eb3a9faa kernel: Split ParseSighashString (TheCharlatan)
Pull request description:
Besides the build system changes, this is a mostly move-only change for moving the few UniValue-related functions out of kernel files.
UniValue is not required by any of the kernel components and a JSON library should not need to be part of a consensus library.
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Nobody is pushing direct to guix.sigs, nor should they, as that
bypasses CI.
Use a newer example for the testing issue.
Don't duplicate the bitcoincore.org doc instructions.
The thread does not only load blocks, it loads the mempool and,
in a future commit, will start the indexes as well.
Also, renamed the 'ThreadImport' function to 'ImportBlocks'
And the 'm_load_block' class member to 'm_thread_load'.
-BEGIN VERIFY SCRIPT-
sed -i "s/ThreadImport/ImportBlocks/g" $(git grep -l ThreadImport -- ':!/doc/')
sed -i "s/loadblk/initload/g" $(git grep -l loadblk -- ':!/doc/release-notes/')
sed -i "s/m_load_block/m_thread_load/g" $(git grep -l m_load_block)
-END VERIFY SCRIPT-
11900e5a8a doc: simplify the router options in doc/i2p.md (Jon Atack)
b505d59326 doc: clarify when and how to launch the SAM bridge in doc/i2p.md (Jon Atack)
Pull request description:
1. Clarify when and how to launch the SAM application bridge to address user questions and https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/22759#issuecomment-1599449753. The bridge is not enabled by default in the Java I2P Router, and the relevant info is somewhat difficult to find in its documentation.
2. Remove a duplicate sentence and link (the preceding paragraph begins with the same sentence and link).
3. Simplify the router options:
- the Java I2P router and i2pd are the two routers have been heavily tested with Bitcoin Core and are what node operators and node software packages are using
- [i2p-zero](https://github.com/i2p-zero/i2p-zero) hasn't been updated since July 2021 and its last release was in December 2020
- the other routers in the wikipedia page are niche and I haven't heard anyone report using them
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3c83b1d884 doc: Add release note for wallet loading changes (Andrew Chow)
2636844f53 walletdb: Remove loading code where the database is iterated (Andrew Chow)
cd211b3b99 walletdb: refactor decryption key loading (Andrew Chow)
31c033e5ca walletdb: refactor defaultkey and wkey loading (Andrew Chow)
c978c6d39c walletdb: refactor active spkm loading (Andrew Chow)
6fabb7fc99 walletdb: refactor tx loading (Andrew Chow)
abcc13dd24 walletdb: refactor address book loading (Andrew Chow)
405b4d9147 walletdb: Refactor descriptor wallet records loading (Andrew Chow)
30ab11c497 walletdb: Refactor legacy wallet record loading into its own function (Andrew Chow)
9e077d9b42 salvage: Remove use of ReadKeyValue in salvage (Andrew Chow)
ad779e9ece walletdb: Refactor hd chain loading to its own function (Andrew Chow)
72c2a54ebb walletdb: Refactor encryption key loading to its own function (Andrew Chow)
3ccde4599b walletdb: Refactor crypted key loading to its own function (Andrew Chow)
7be10adff3 walletdb: Refactor key reading and loading to its own function (Andrew Chow)
52932c5adb walletdb: Refactor wallet flags loading (Andrew Chow)
01b35b55a1 walletdb: Refactor minversion loading (Andrew Chow)
Pull request description:
Currently when we load a wallet, we just iterate through all of the records in the database and add them completely statelessly. However we have some records which do rely on other records being loaded before they are. To deal with this, we use `CWalletScanState` to hold things temporarily until all of the records have been read and then we load the stateful things.
However this can be slow, and with some future improvements, can cause some pretty drastic slowdowns to retain this pattern. So this PR changes the way we load records by choosing to load the records in a particular order. This lets us do things such as loading a descriptor record, then finding and loading that descriptor's cache and key records. In the future, this will also let us use `IsMine` when loading transactions as then `IsMine` will actually be working as we now always load keys and descriptors before transactions.
In order to get records of a specific type, this PR includes some refactors to how we do database cursors. Functionality is also added to retrieve a cursor that will give us records beginning with a specified prefix.
Lastly, one thing that iterating the entire database let us do was to find unknown records. However even if unknown records were found, we would not do anything with this information except output a number in a log line. With this PR, we would no longer be aware of any unknown records. This does not change functionality as we don't do anything with unknown records, and having unknown records is not an error. Now we would just not be aware that unknown records even exist.
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furszy:
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ryanofsky:
Code review ACK 3c83b1d884. Just Marco's suggested error handling fixes since last review
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- the Java I2P router and i2pd are the two routers have been heavily tested
with Bitcoin Core and are what people and node software packages use
- i2p-zero (https://github.com/i2p-zero/i2p-zero) hasn't been updated since
July 2021 and its last release was in December 2020
- the other routers in the wikipedia page are niche
The SAM application bridge is not enabled by default in the Java I2P Router,
and the relevant info is somewhat difficult to find in its documentation.
Also, remove a duplicate sentence; the preceding paragraph begins with the same.
daa5a658c0 refactor: rename BCLog::BLOCKSTORE to BLOCKSTORAGE (Jon Atack)
cf622b214b doc: release note re raising on invalid -debug/debugexclude/loglevel (Jon Atack)
6cb1c66041 init: remove config option names from translated -loglevel strings (Jon Atack)
2547829272 test: -loglevel raises on invalid values (Jon Atack)
a9c295888b init: raise on invalid loglevel config option (Jon Atack)
b0c3995393 test: -debug and -debugexclude raise on invalid values (Jon Atack)
4c3c19d943 init: raise on invalid debug/debugexclude config options (Jon Atack)
Pull request description:
and rename BCLog::BLOCKSTORE to BLOCKSTORAGE so the enum is the same as its value like the other BCLog enums.
Per discussion in bitcoin-core-dev IRC today from https://bitcoin-irc.chaincode.com/bitcoin-core-dev/2023-05-11#921458.
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5524fa00fa doc: add release note about removal of `deprecatedrpc=walletwarningfield` flag (Sebastian Falbesoner)
5c77db7354 Restorewallet/createwallet help documentation fixups/improvements (Jon Atack)
a00ae31fcc rpc: remove deprecated "warning" field from {create,load,restore,unload}wallet (Sebastian Falbesoner)
Pull request description:
The "warning" string field for wallet creating/loading RPCs (`createwallet`, `loadwallet`, `unloadwallet` and `restorewallet`) has been deprecated with the configuration option `-deprecatedrpc=walletwarningfield` in PR #27279 (released in v25.0). For the next release v26.0, the field and the configuration option can be removed.
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67b7fecacd [mempool] clear mapDeltas entry if prioritisetransaction sets delta to 0 (glozow)
c1061acb9d [functional test] prioritisation is not removed during replacement and expiry (glozow)
0e5874f0b0 [functional test] getprioritisedtransactions RPC (glozow)
99f8046829 [rpc] add getprioritisedtransactions (glozow)
9e9ca36c80 [mempool] add GetPrioritisedTransactions (glozow)
Pull request description:
Add an RPC to get prioritised transactions (also tells you whether the tx is in mempool or not), helping users clean up `mapDeltas` manually. When `CTxMemPool::PrioritiseTransaction` sets a delta to 0, remove the entry from `mapDeltas`.
Motivation / Background
- `mapDeltas` entries are never removed from mapDeltas except when the tx is mined in a block or conflicted.
- Mostly it is a feature to allow `prioritisetransaction` for a tx that isn't in the mempool {yet, anymore}. A user can may resbumit a tx and it retains its priority, or mark a tx as "definitely accept" before it is seen.
- Since #8448, `mapDeltas` is persisted to mempool.dat and loaded on restart. This is also good, otherwise we lose prioritisation on restart.
- Note the removal due to block/conflict is only done when `removeForBlock` is called, i.e. when the block is received. If you load a mempool.dat containing `mapDeltas` with transactions that were mined already (e.g. the file was saved prior to the last few blocks), you don't delete them.
- Related: #4818 and #6464.
- There is no way to query the node for not-in-mempool `mapDeltas`. If you add a priority and forget what the value was, the only way to get that information is to inspect mempool.dat.
- Calling `prioritisetransaction` with an inverse value does not remove it from `mapDeltas`, it just sets the value to 0. It disappears on a restart (`LoadMempool` checks if delta is 0), but that might not happen for a while.
Added together, if a user calls `prioritisetransaction` very regularly and not all those transactions get mined/conflicted, `mapDeltas` might keep lots of entries of delta=0 around. A user should clean up the not-in-mempool prioritisations, but that's currently difficult without keeping track of what those txids/amounts are.
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65e3abcbf2 doc: document json rpc endpoints (willcl-ark)
Pull request description:
fixes#20246
This documents the two JSON-RPC endpoints available, details when they are active, specifies when they can or must be used, and outlines some known behaviour quirks.
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2cd28e9fef rpc: Add check for unintended option/parameter name clashes (Ryan Ofsky)
95d7de0964 test: Update python tests to use named parameters instead of options objects (Ryan Ofsky)
96233146dd RPC: Allow RPC methods accepting options to take named parameters (Ryan Ofsky)
702b56d2a8 RPC: Add add OBJ_NAMED_PARAMS type (Ryan Ofsky)
Pull request description:
Allow RPC methods which take an `options` parameter (`importmulti`, `listunspent`, `fundrawtransaction`, `bumpfee`, `send`, `sendall`, `walletcreatefundedpsbt`, `simulaterawtransaction`), to accept the options as named parameters, without the need for nested JSON objects.
This makes it possible to make calls like:
```sh
src/bitcoin-cli -named bumpfee txid fee_rate=10
```
instead of
```sh
src/bitcoin-cli -named bumpfee txid options='{"fee_rate": 10}'
```
RPC help is also updated to show options as top level named arguments instead of as nested objects.
<details><summary>diff</summary>
<p>
```diff
@@ -15,16 +15,17 @@
Arguments:
1. txid (string, required) The txid to be bumped
-2. options (json object, optional)
+2. options (json object, optional) Options object that can be used to pass named arguments, listed below.
+
+Named Arguments:
- {
- "conf_target": n, (numeric, optional, default=wallet -txconfirmtarget) Confirmation target in blocks
+conf_target (numeric, optional, default=wallet -txconfirmtarget) Confirmation target in blocks
- "fee_rate": amount, (numeric or string, optional, default=not set, fall back to wallet fee estimation)
+fee_rate (numeric or string, optional, default=not set, fall back to wallet fee estimation)
Specify a fee rate in sat/vB instead of relying on the built-in fee estimator.
Must be at least 1.000 sat/vB higher than the current transaction fee rate.
WARNING: before version 0.21, fee_rate was in BTC/kvB. As of 0.21, fee_rate is in sat/vB.
- "replaceable": bool, (boolean, optional, default=true) Whether the new transaction should still be
+replaceable (boolean, optional, default=true) Whether the new transaction should still be
marked bip-125 replaceable. If true, the sequence numbers in the transaction will
be left unchanged from the original. If false, any input sequence numbers in the
original transaction that were less than 0xfffffffe will be increased to 0xfffffffe
@@ -32,11 +33,10 @@
still be replaceable in practice, for example if it has unconfirmed ancestors which
are replaceable).
- "estimate_mode": "str", (string, optional, default="unset") The fee estimate mode, must be one of (case insensitive):
+estimate_mode (string, optional, default="unset") The fee estimate mode, must be one of (case insensitive):
"unset"
"economical"
"conservative"
- }
Result:
{ (json object)
```
</p>
</details>
**Review suggestion:** To understand this PR, it is probably easiest to review the commits in reverse order because the last commit shows the external API changes, the middle commit shows the internal API changes, and the first commit contains the low-level implementation.
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6fce5ddc17 doc: update getnodeaddresses for CJDNS, I2P and Tor and rm link (Marnix)
Pull request description:
- remove broken link about how to properly configure tor
- generalize getnodeaddresses RPC in doc
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eefe56967b bugfix: Fix incorrect debug.log config file path (Ryan Ofsky)
3746f00be1 init: Error if ignored bitcoin.conf file is found (Ryan Ofsky)
398c3719b0 lint: Fix lint-format-strings false positives when format specifiers have argument positions (Ryan Ofsky)
Pull request description:
Show an error on startup if a bitcoin datadir that is being used contains a `bitcoin.conf` file that is ignored. There are two cases where this could happen:
- One case reported in [#27246 (comment)](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/27246#issuecomment-1470006043) happens when a `bitcoin.conf` file in the default datadir (e.g. `$HOME/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf`) has a `datadir=/path` line that sets different datadir containing a second `bitcoin.conf` file. Currently the second `bitcoin.conf` file is ignored with no warning.
- Another way this could happen is if a `-conf=` command line argument points to a configuration file with a `datadir=/path` line and that path contains a `bitcoin.conf` file, which is currently ignored.
This change only adds an error message and doesn't change anything about way settings are applied. It also doesn't trigger errors if there are redundant `-datadir` or `-conf` settings pointing at the same configuration file, only if they are pointing at different files and one file is being ignored.
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This requires a linux kernel of 3.17.0+, which seems entirely
reasonable. 3.17 went EOL in 2015, and the last supported 3.x kernel
(3.16) went EOL > 4 years ago, in 2020. For reference, the current
oldest maintained kernel is 4.14 (released 2017, EOL Jan 2024).
Support for `getrandom()` (and `getentropy()`) was added to
glibc 2.25, https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/libc-alpha/2017-02/msg00079.html,
and we already require 2.27+.
All that being said, I don't think you would encounter a current day
system, running with kernel headers older than 3.17 (released 2014) but
also having a glibc of 2.27+ (released 2018).
4bfcbbfd4a doc: remove Security section from build-unix.md (fanquake)
Pull request description:
Our compile documentation isn't the right place for generic binary hardening notes, which are neither particularly Bitcoin-Core specific, or as relevant as they might have once been, i.e non-executable stacks are now just the norm.
Just remove the notes for now, if someone has something more interesting/Bitcoin Core specific, it could be added in separate documentation in the future (maybe into the devwiki or similar).
Split from https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27685#discussion_r1196517868.
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fa953f15bf build: Bump minimum supported GCC to g++-9 (MarcoFalke)
fa69955e74 ci: Bump centos:stream8 to centos:stream9 (MarcoFalke)
fa6a755d9f ci: Document the false positive error for g++-9 (MarcoFalke)
Pull request description:
It is a bit frustrating to write valid C++ code only to realize that g++-8 fails to parse it later on.
The only non-EOL operating system still shipping with g++-8 is CentOS Stream 8. I think it is reasonable for users of affected Linux distributions to:
* Upgrade their operating system, or compiler to a supported version.
* Alternatively, stay with a previous release of Bitcoin Core as long as it is supported.
Fixes https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/27537
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Our compile documentation isn't the right place for genric binary
hardening notes, which are neither particularly Bitcoin-Core specific,
or as relevant as they might have once been, i.e non-executable stacks
are now just the norm.
Just remove the notes for now, if someone has
something more interesting/Bitcoin Core specific, it could be added in
separate documentation in the future (maybe into the devwiki or
similar).
Split from
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27685#discussion_r1196517868.
fa29651c3f doc: Rework build-unix.md (MarcoFalke)
Pull request description:
The doc has many issues:
* The fist section contains outdated non-existing and confusing configure flags like `--enable-cxx` and `--disable-shared`, as well as edge-case expert options such as `BDB_PREFIX`. Fix that by removing the section and adding notes elsewhere, if applicable.
* There are links to the depends system before instructions on how to simply build from system packages. Fix that by moving that later.
* Also, remove sections that are duplicate with other depends READMEs.
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7014e08015 doc: remove mention of glibc 2.10+ (fanquake)
Pull request description:
We already require glibc 2.27+, so mentioning a much older version here is redundant.
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Andrew Chow