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  Bitcoin Core version 29.4 is now available from:
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  <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-29.4/>
 
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+ Bitcoin Roots v29.4-roots.3 candidate notes
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+ This is candidate documentation for the intended `v29.4-roots.3` release, not
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+ a release announcement. The published `v29.4-roots.2` release remains the
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+ baseline; verify any executable with `bitcoin-cli --version` and
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+ `bitcoin-cli help sweepprivkeys` before operating it.
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+ Wallet privacy tools
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+ --------------------
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+ - `sweepprivkeys` performs an explicit, operator-controlled sweep of confirmed
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+ UTXOs for supported Base58 WIF keys into a spendable destination in the
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+ selected wallet. The supported configuration is a descriptor wallet with
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+ local private keys. P2PKH is supported for compressed and uncompressed WIF;
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+ compressed WIF also supports native and wrapped P2WPKH. It does not scan
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+ Taproot or other script forms, import supplied keys, or act as a backup or
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+ wallet-recovery mechanism.
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+ - A non-broadcast signed preview is the default. Review the destination, input
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+ total, fee, transaction ID, and Replace-By-Fee state before requesting a
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+ broadcast. Chain, fee, and relay conditions can change after a preview.
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+ - The Qt sweep dialog masks the key, disables copy/cut/context-menu actions,
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+ uses transient secure key handling, and can cancel an outstanding scan or
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+ preview. Broadcast submission has a final authorization boundary and cannot
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+ be cancelled once it begins. These safeguards reduce secret exposure; they do
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+ not guarantee that a displayed key or all GUI/host memory copies can be
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+ erased.
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+ - Send Coins coin control shows wallet-reported amount, effective value,
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+ confirmations, reuse, grouping, lock/spendability, input-size, fee, change,
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+ and RBF facts. Locked outputs remain visible but cannot be selected; unsafe
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+ and immature outputs excluded by the normal availability filters are not
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+ added only to display a status. This is not a privacy score, an anonymity
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+ guarantee, CoinJoin, payjoin, automatic consolidation, key export, or a
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+ chain-analysis dashboard.
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+ Compatibility and verification
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+ Bitcoin Roots remains compatible with Bitcoin Core v29.4 consensus and P2P
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+ wire behavior. This candidate introduces no wallet-format migration. Descriptor
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+ wallets with local private keys are the supported sweep configuration;
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+ watch-only, private-key-disabled, and external-signer wallets are not eligible
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+ sweep destinations. Legacy-wallet behavior requires a compatible Berkeley DB
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+ build and is outside the verified candidate matrix. Back up wallet material
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+ before any upgrade or sweep, and use the built help, a non-broadcast preview,
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+ and the focused wallet tests as the verification record for a particular build.
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+ The Bitcoin Core v29.4 notes below are retained as upstream compatibility
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+ context. Their availability statements do not announce a Bitcoin Roots release.
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  Bitcoin Core version 29.4 is now available from:
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  <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-29.4/>