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| author | John Newbery <john@johnnewbery.com> | 2018-04-23 13:14:34 -0400 |
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| committer | John Newbery <john@johnnewbery.com> | 2018-05-31 17:10:20 -0400 |
| commit | f7e153e95f08e662427e8e4abcac8f53ab58281b (patch) | |
| tree | b25746903d8976438e61c275e32138a2989eb29e /doc | |
| parent | 32167e8300894db700e8da2e066e3c0eeb1a293e (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-f7e153e95f08e662427e8e4abcac8f53ab58281b.tar.xz | |
[wallets] [docs] Add release notes for createwallet RPC.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/release-notes-pr10740.md | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-pr10740.md b/doc/release-notes-pr10740.md index f286216b6e..c81ea6a4db 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes-pr10740.md +++ b/doc/release-notes-pr10740.md @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ -Dynamic loading of wallets --------------------------- +Dynamic loading and creation of wallets +--------------------------------------- -Previously, wallets could only be loaded at startup, by specifying `-wallet` parameters on the command line or in the bitcoin.conf file. It is now possible to load wallets dynamically at runtime by calling the `loadwallet` RPC. +Previously, wallets could only be loaded or created at startup, by specifying `-wallet` parameters on the command line or in the bitcoin.conf file. It is now possible to load and create wallets dynamically at runtime: -The wallet can be specified as file/directory basename (which must be located in the `walletdir` directory), or as an absolute path to a file/directory. +- Existing wallets can be loaded by calling the `loadwallet` RPC. The wallet can be specified as file/directory basename (which must be located in the `walletdir` directory), or as an absolute path to a file/directory. +- New wallets can be created (and loaded) by calling the `createwallet` RPC. The provided name must not match a wallet file in the `walletdir` directory or the name of a wallet that is currently loaded. -This feature is currently only available through the RPC interface. Wallets loaded in this way will display in the bitcoin-qt GUI. +This feature is currently only available through the RPC interface. |