Make descriptor wallets by default #23002

achow101 · 2021-09-16T23:11:58Z

Changes the default wallet type from legacy to descriptors. Descriptor wallets will now by the default type. Additionally, descriptor wallets will no longer be marked as experimental.

This follows the timeline proposed in #20160

fanquake · 2021-09-17T01:34:21Z

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src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp

laanwj · 2021-09-17T08:14:29Z

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prusnak · 2021-09-17T15:17:28Z

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sipa · 2021-09-17T15:18:33Z

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src/wallet/wallettool.cpp

DrahtBot · 2021-09-18T02:40:44Z

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#22766 (refactor: Clarify and disable unused ArgsManager flags by ryanofsky)

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instagibbs · 2021-09-21T05:17:45Z

src/qt/forms/createwalletdialog.ui

        <property name="text">
         <string>Descriptor Wallet</string>
        </property>
+        <property name="checked">


maybe switch this around and have an unchecked "legacy wallet" option here instead?

I think that may be a little confusing?

I think there's something to be said for both options, but I think the current name is slightly better. It highlights what is new instead of what is old.

I suppose you could have a tooltip text that explains in more detail, that there are "legacy wallets" and "descriptor wallets" and what is the difference from a user point of view.

darosior

Concept ACK. I've been using descriptor wallets in my application for a year without issue.

lsilva01

Tested ACK 9c1052a on Ubuntu 20.04

ghost · 2021-09-21T18:26:52Z

Concept ACK. Tested on Pop!_OS and had only one issue.

Descriptor wallet is created by default

$ bitcoin-cli createwallet "D1"
{
  "name": "D1",
  "warning": ""
}

$ bitcoin-cli -rpcwallet=D1 getwalletinfo
{
  "walletname": "D1",
  "walletversion": 169900,
  "format": "sqlite",
  "balance": 0.00000000,
  "unconfirmed_balance": 0.00000000,
  "immature_balance": 0.00000000,
  "txcount": 0,
  "keypoolsize": 3000,
  "keypoolsize_hd_internal": 3000,
  "paytxfee": 0.00000000,
  "private_keys_enabled": true,
  "avoid_reuse": false,
  "scanning": false,
  "descriptors": true
}

Descriptor wallet option is checked in GUI

Not sure where should I use -legacy? I tried using it with bitcoind, in bitcoin.conf and in bitcoin-cli -named createwallet. Nothing works. ⚠️

achow101 · 2021-09-21T18:35:05Z

1. Not sure where should I use `-legacy`? I tried using it with `bitcoind`, in bitcoin.conf and in `bitcoin-cli -named createwallet`. Nothing works.

It is part of the wallet tool, bitcoin-wallet.

lsilva01 · 2021-09-21T18:42:16Z

Not sure where should I use -legacy? I tried using it with bitcoind, in bitcoin.conf and in bitcoin-cli -named createwallet. Nothing works.

You can test with the following command:

src/bitcoin-wallet -legacy -wallet="test_legacy" create

ghost

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meshcollider · 2021-09-22T14:02:31Z

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meshcollider

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theStack · 2021-10-11T10:43:17Z

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Sjors · 2021-10-20T12:10:12Z

Concept ACK, but I'd like to see #22364 land first, so we have tr() descriptors for all new users, and don't have to worry about upgrade paths for a while.

maflcko · 2021-10-22T11:23:06Z

As long as #22364 lands before the next major release, it should be fine to merge this. master shouldn't be used for anything other than testing, so we don't have to worry about upgrade paths.

Edit: Also, (experimental) descriptor wallets already exist, so this discussion seems unrelated to this pull request either way?

maflcko · 2021-10-22T11:31:53Z

Changing the default might need release notes, but this can be done later.

9c1052a wallet: Default new wallets to descriptor wallets (Andrew Chow) f19ad40 rpc, wallet: Descriptor wallets are no longer experimental (Andrew Chow) Pull request description: Changes the default wallet type from legacy to descriptors. Descriptor wallets will now by the default type. Additionally, descriptor wallets will no longer be marked as experimental. This follows the timeline proposed in bitcoin#20160 ACKs for top commit: lsilva01: Tested ACK bitcoin@9c1052a on Ubuntu 20.04 prayank23: tACK bitcoin@9c1052a meshcollider: Code review ACK 9c1052a Tree-SHA512: 834e6fec88e0c18673af7ebe135bd5333694d1be502164eb93a90e3e76c27974165aa4e59426945100c88e4eca07356e16886ef5b05cf789683ecb23fc71a12a

ryanofsky · 2021-10-25T18:57:08Z

src/wallet/wallettool.cpp

+        // If -legacy is set, use it. Otherwise default to false.
+        bool make_legacy = args.GetBoolArg("-legacy", false);
+        // If neither -legacy nor -descriptors is set, default to true. If -descriptors is set, use its value.
+        bool make_descriptors = (!args.IsArgSet("-descriptors") && !args.IsArgSet("-legacy")) || (args.IsArgSet("-descriptors") && args.GetBoolArg("-descriptors", true));


This IsArgSet logic is very strange. Why is this not just:

bool make_descriptors = args.GetBoolArg("-descriptors", true);

To avoid setting it to true if -legacy is set.

Which changed in bitcoin#23002.

8e9699c Update doc to match new default wallet type (Bitcoin Hodler) Pull request description: #23002 changed the default wallet type to descriptors, so this doc was out of date. ACKs for top commit: achow101: ACK 8e9699c Tree-SHA512: 2f69b23c153163bf2a091dbf728b713d28f795cc81e031bf201160882d2456494e94955ff6385634615fdcfece11542749ad1c982e2994e64ed69011380a2353

Which changed in bitcoin#23002.

because descriptors wallets are created by default since bitcoin#23002

…y default 5347c97 doc: update multisig-tutorial.md to default wallet type (Jon Atack) Pull request description: Follow-up to #24281 and #24281 (comment). The default wallet type was changed to descriptor wallets in #23002. ACKs for top commit: laanwj: ACK 5347c97 michaelfolkson: ACK 5347c97 achow101: ACK 5347c97 theStack: Concept and code-review ACK 5347c97 Tree-SHA512: 8074a33ad253ecb7d3f78645a00c808c7c224996cc1748067928aa59ef31a58f24fcfc75169494b26a19c7fbbf23bbd78516ab4102bc52fa92f08f1f49b18b63

fanquake · 2022-09-15T15:17:26Z

This was part of 23.0 and got a release note. Removing "Needs release note".

rpc, wallet: Descriptor wallets are no longer experimental

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refactor: Clarify and disable unused ArgsManager flags #22766

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Proposed Timeline for Legacy Wallet and BDB removal #20160

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doc: Document use of legacy wallet in USAGE.md JoinMarket-Org/joinmarket-clientserver#1063

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Update doc to match new default wallet type

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docs: Update to match new default wallet type #24281

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Update doc to match new default wallet type

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wallet: ensure wallet files are not reused across chains #18554

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Update doc to match new default wallet type

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0.3.0 release jamesob/coldcore#53

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doc: update multisig-tutorial.md to descriptor wallet by default #24519

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remove explicit descriptors=true parameter for createwallet RPCs in functional tests #24550

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test: remove explicit descriptors=True for createwallet RPC calls #24551

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test: remove explicit descriptors=True for createwallet RPC calls

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because descriptors wallets are created by default since bitcoin#23002

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Connection via Bitcoin RPC fails in Bitcoin v23 rc2 sparrowwallet/sparrow#488

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client/asset/btc: enable descriptor wallets for bitcoin core v23 decred/dcrdex#1601

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