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authorMeshCollider <dobsonsa68@gmail.com>2019-06-22 21:58:52 +1200
committerMeshCollider <dobsonsa68@gmail.com>2019-06-22 22:00:10 +1200
commit2cbcc55ba6aea26d64eae3981b83dac04f70240f (patch)
tree0577eb9b116ebffd0f47a87fe3af0e858627a806 /doc
parent32e94538185b61fe64bd16de2459e763ec46b4da (diff)
parent71d0344cf25d3aaf60112c5248198c444bc98105 (diff)
Merge #16239: wallet/rpc: follow-up clean-up/fixes to avoid_reuse
71d0344cf25d3aaf60112c5248198c444bc98105 docs: release note wording (Karl-Johan Alm) 3d2ff379131a01e4e9f9648b150e806104a23795 wallet/rpc: use static help text (Karl-Johan Alm) 53c3c1ea9e20f881c843a9219e48cec202e962f8 wallet/rpc/getbalances: add entry for 'mine.used' balance in results (Karl-Johan Alm) Pull request description: This addresses a few remaining issues pointed out in #13756: * First commit addresses https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/13756#discussion_r284907468 * Second commit addresses https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/13756#discussion_r294868973 Ping jnewbery and achow101 as they pointed out these issues. ACKs for commit 71d034: jnewbery: ACK 71d0344cf25d3aaf60112c5248198c444bc98105 meshcollider: re-utACK https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16239/commits/71d0344cf25d3aaf60112c5248198c444bc98105 Tree-SHA512: 5e28822af0574ad07dbbed21aa2fe7866bf5770b4c0a1c150ad0da8af3152bcfb7170330a7497fa500326c594740ecf63733cf58325821e2811d7b911d5783a0
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@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ A new wallet flag `avoid_reuse` has been added (default off). When enabled,
a wallet will distinguish between used and unused addresses, and default to not
use the former in coin selection.
-(Note: rescanning the blockchain is required, to correctly mark previously
-used destinations.)
+Rescanning the blockchain is required, to correctly mark previously
+used destinations.
Together with "avoid partial spends" (present as of Bitcoin v0.17), this
addresses a serious privacy issue where a malicious user can track spends by
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ These include:
- createwallet
- getbalance
+- getbalances
- sendtoaddress
-In addition, `sendtoaddress` has been changed to enable `-avoidpartialspends` when
-`avoid_reuse` is enabled.
+In addition, `sendtoaddress` has been changed to avoid partial spends when `avoid_reuse`
+is enabled (if not already enabled via the `-avoidpartialspends` command line flag),
+as it would otherwise risk using up the "wrong" UTXO for an address reuse case.
The listunspent RPC has also been updated to now include a "reused" bool, for nodes
with "avoid_reuse" enabled.