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| author | Andrew Chow <achow101-github@achow101.com> | 2022-02-17 17:05:50 -0500 |
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| committer | Andrew Chow <achow101-github@achow101.com> | 2022-02-17 17:06:05 -0500 |
| commit | 3a618c1e3b793b387a9d38ffe1498883cd4be35c (patch) | |
| tree | ef2be207cab9a5e3be4eff713a879de1ed6168a0 /doc | |
| parent | edc0d327f1a07a00274066162871cc90f1220522 (diff) | |
| parent | 8e9699cb10db9cce9f03675c4a5b625ff2f34fd0 (diff) | |
Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#24281: docs: Update to match new default wallet type
8e9699cb10db9cce9f03675c4a5b625ff2f34fd0 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#23002 changed the default wallet type to descriptors, so this doc was out of date.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/managing-wallets.md | 6 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/managing-wallets.md b/doc/managing-wallets.md index aab6d131bd..6c1e13c503 100644 --- a/doc/managing-wallets.md +++ b/doc/managing-wallets.md @@ -12,11 +12,9 @@ In the GUI, the `Create a new wallet` button is displayed on the main screen whe The following command, for example, creates a descriptor wallet. More information about this command may be found by running `bitcoin-cli help createwallet`. ``` -$ bitcoin-cli -named createwallet wallet_name="wallet-01" descriptors=true +$ bitcoin-cli createwallet "wallet-01" ``` -The `descriptors` parameter can be omitted if the intention is to create a legacy wallet. For now, the default type is the legacy wallet, but that is expected to change in a future release. - By default, wallets are created in the `wallets` folder of the data directory, which varies by operating system, as shown below. The user can change the default by using the `-datadir` or `-walletdir` initialization parameters. | Operating System | Default wallet directory | @@ -54,7 +52,7 @@ Only the wallet's private key is encrypted. All other wallet information, such a The wallet's private key can also be encrypted in the `createwallet` command via the `passphrase` argument: ``` -$ bitcoin-cli -named createwallet wallet_name="wallet-01" descriptors=true passphrase="passphrase" +$ bitcoin-cli -named createwallet wallet_name="wallet-01" passphrase="passphrase" ``` Note that if the passphrase is lost, all the coins in the wallet will also be lost forever. |