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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 4c69c61390..d3983b1689 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -292,15 +292,18 @@ Wallet changed from `-32601` (method not found) to `-18` (wallet not found). (#20101) -### Default Wallet - -Bitcoin Core will no longer create an unnamed `""` wallet by default when no -wallet is specified on the command line or in the configuration files. For -backwards compatibility, if an unnamed `""` wallet already exists and would -have been loaded previously, then it will still be loaded. Users without an -unnamed `""` wallet and without any other wallets to be loaded on startup will -be prompted to either choose a wallet to load, or to create a new wallet. -(#15454) +### Automatic wallet creation removed + +Bitcoin Core will no longer automatically create new wallets on startup. It will +load existing wallets specified by `-wallet` options on the command line or in +`bitcoin.conf` or `settings.json` files. And by default it will also load a +top-level unnamed ("") wallet. However, if specified wallets don't exist, +Bitcoin Core will now just log warnings instead of creating new wallets with +new keys and addresses like previous releases did. + +New wallets can be created through the GUI (which has a more prominent create +wallet option), through the `bitcoin-cli createwallet` or `bitcoin-wallet +create` commands, or the `createwallet` RPC. (#15454) ### Experimental Descriptor Wallets |