ReserveDestination::SetBlindingPubKey was removed since it was only used
in one place (in Wallet::GetNewChangeDestination), and after this change
it was silently breaking blinded change addresses by somehow replacing
the destination with CNoDestination...
To avoid wasting processing power, we can skip blocks that occurred
before the wallet's creation time, since these blocks are guaranteed
not to contain any relevant wallet data.
This has direct implications (an speed improvement) on the underlying
blockchain synchronization process as well.
The reason is that the validation interface queue is limited to
10 tasks per time. This means that no more than 10 blocks can be
waiting for the wallet(s) to be processed while we are synchronizing
the chain (activating the best chain to be more precise).
Which can be a bottleneck if blocks arrive and are processed faster
from the network than what they are processed by the wallet(s).
fe49f06c0e doc: clarify PR 26076 release note (Sjors Provoost)
bd13dc2f46 Switch hardened derivation marker to h in descriptors (Sjors Provoost)
Pull request description:
This makes it easier to handle descriptor strings manually, especially when importing from another Bitcoin Core wallet.
For example the `importdescriptors` RPC call is easiest to use `h` as the marker: `'["desc": ".../0h/..."]'`, avoiding the need for escape characters. With this change `listdescriptors` will use `h`, so you can copy-paste the result, without having to add escape characters or switch `'` to 'h' manually.
Both markers can still be parsed.
The `hdkeypath` field in `getaddressinfo` is also impacted by this change, except for legacy wallets. The latter is to prevent accidentally breaking ancient software that uses our legacy wallet.
See discussion in #15740
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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.
1869310f3c refactor: remove unused param from legacy pubkey (Bushstar)
Pull request description:
Unused param present in legacy pubkey manager interface. This param will not be used and should be removed to prevent unintended usage.
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To directly return a CRIPEMD160 hash from data.
Incidentally, decoding this acronym:
* RIPEMD -> RIPE Message Digest
* RIPE -> RACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation
* RACE -> Research and Development in Advanced Communications Technologies in Europe
