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| author | Sjors Provoost <sjors@sprovoost.nl> | 2023-04-04 18:33:08 +0200 |
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| committer | Sjors Provoost <sjors@sprovoost.nl> | 2023-04-04 18:33:08 +0200 |
| commit | bd13dc2f46ea10302a928fcf0f53b7aed77ad260 (patch) | |
| tree | b7c0773b762bd3374bbc0e675e6f8b54b1e779d8 /doc | |
| parent | fe1b3256888bd0e70d0c9655f565e139ec87b606 (diff) | |
Switch hardened derivation marker to h in descriptors
This makes it easier to handle descriptor strings manually. E.g. an RPC call that takes an array of descriptors can now use '["desc": ".../0h/..."]'.
Both markers can still be parsed. The default for new descriptors is changed to h. In normalized form h is also used. For private keys the chosen marker is preserved in a round trip.
The hdkeypath field in getaddressinfo is also impacted by this change.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/release-notes-26076.md | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-26076.md b/doc/release-notes-26076.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a39affdae7 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes-26076.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +RPC +--- + +- The `listdescriptors` RPC now shows `h` rather than apostrophe (`'`) to indicate + hardened derivation. This does not apply when using the `private` parameter, which + matches the marker used when descriptor was generated or imported. Newly created + wallets use `h`. This change makes it easier to handle descriptor strings manually. + E.g. an RPC call that takes an array of descriptors can now use '["desc": ".../0h/..."]'. + Either `h` or `'` can still be used when providing a descriptor to e.g. `getdescriptorinfo` + or `importdescriptors`. Note that this choice changes the descriptor checksum. + For legacy wallets the `hdkeypath` field in `getaddressinfo` is unchanged, + nor is the serialization format of wallet dumps. (#26076) |