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| author | Jonas Schnelli <dev@jonasschnelli.ch> | 2018-06-01 10:46:30 +0200 |
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| committer | Jonas Schnelli <dev@jonasschnelli.ch> | 2018-06-01 10:46:45 +0200 |
| commit | 343d4e44ef4d571ba93653d0ec17342827468183 (patch) | |
| tree | 1ae50c16dc1c774db5b7b658f7cab65887e39a56 /doc | |
| parent | 0b1c0c462edab63cf16f3ed10af8b6769fdc5399 (diff) | |
| parent | f7e153e95f08e662427e8e4abcac8f53ab58281b (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-343d4e44ef4d571ba93653d0ec17342827468183.tar.xz | |
Merge #13058: [wallet] `createwallet` RPC - create new wallet at runtime
f7e153e95 [wallets] [docs] Add release notes for createwallet RPC. (John Newbery)
32167e830 [wallet] [tests] Add tests for `createwallet` RPC. (John Newbery)
942131774 [wallet] [rpc] Add `createwallet` RPC (John Newbery)
Pull request description:
Adds a `createwallet` RPC to dynamically create a new wallet at runtime.
Includes tests and release notes.
Tree-SHA512: e0d89e3ae498234e9db5b827c56804cbab64f18a1875e2b5e676172c110278ea1b9e93a8a61b8dd80e2f2a691490bf229e923e4ccb284a1d3e420b8317815866
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -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. |