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Ava Chow f80aaf4bd7 Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#29278: Wallet: Add maxfeerate wallet startup option
f69e56bc1c [doc]: add release notes (ismaelsadeeq)
40ab7aa90d [wallet]: warn when `-maxtxfee` conflicts with `-minrelaytxfee` (ismaelsadeeq)
df1feeb487 [wallet]: enforce `-maxfeerate` on wallet transactions (ismaelsadeeq)
d2c832e9e7 [util]: add a new transaction error type (ismaelsadeeq)
633c08d3f7 [node]: update `BroadcastTransaction` to check fee rate limit (ismaelsadeeq)
7bfce65801 [wallet]: add `maxfeerate` wallet startup option (ismaelsadeeq)
607568f2b0 [wallet]: update `max_fee` to `max_tx_fee` (ismaelsadeeq)
6b913b6224 doc: add missing verb to make sentence readable (ismaelsadeeq)
a9c39696f4 scripted-diff: rename `m_default_max_tx_fee` to `m_max_tx_fee` (ismaelsadeeq)

Pull request description:

  This PR fixes #29220

  - The PR adds a wallet `-maxfeerate` startup option, as the upper limit of wallet transactions fee rate.

  - This fixes the ambiguity of using `maxtxfee` value to check the upper limit of transactions fee rate.

  -  Wallet will not create a transaction with fee rate above `maxfeerate` value.

  - This PR adds a functional test that ensure the behavior is enforced.

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Bitcoin Core

Setup

Bitcoin Core is the original Bitcoin client and it builds the backbone of the network. It downloads and, by default, stores the entire history of Bitcoin transactions, which requires several hundred gigabytes or more of disk space. Depending on the speed of your computer and network connection, the synchronization process can take anywhere from a few hours to several days or more.

To download Bitcoin Core, visit bitcoincore.org.

Running

The following are some helpful notes on how to run Bitcoin Core on your native platform.

Unix

Unpack the files into a directory and run:

  • bin/bitcoin-qt (GUI) or
  • bin/bitcoind (headless)
  • bin/bitcoin (wrapper command)

The bitcoin command supports subcommands like bitcoin gui, bitcoin node, and bitcoin rpc exposing different functionality. Subcommands can be listed with bitcoin help.

Windows

Unpack the files into a directory, and then run bitcoin-qt.exe.

macOS

Drag Bitcoin Core to your applications folder, and then run Bitcoin Core.

Need Help?

Building

The following are developer notes on how to build Bitcoin Core on your native platform. They are not complete guides, but include notes on the necessary libraries, compile flags, etc.

Development

The Bitcoin repo's root README contains relevant information on the development process and automated testing.

Resources

Miscellaneous

License

Distributed under the MIT software license.