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tree is not a list of shipped features.
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This page is the public inventory for Roots-specific work. The published
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`v29.4-roots.2` release is the baseline. This checkout begins at that published
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release and is an unreleased post-`v29.4-roots.2` wallet-privacy topic; work
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added after the baseline must not be read as a claim about the published
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release. Ordinary Bitcoin Core v29.4 functionality is documented in the built
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help and the manuals in this directory. The commands below describe the binary
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built from this tree; use `bitcoind -help` as the authority for the exact
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options in a given build.
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## Available in this checkout
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Unless explicitly marked as unreleased post-`v29.4-roots.2` work, the items in
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this section were available in the published `v29.4-roots.2` baseline.
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### Conservative, configurable local transaction policy
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[`src/qt/test/wallettests.cpp`](/src/qt/test/wallettests.cpp), including the
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explicit overrides and saved-PSBT signaling; it is not broad coin control.
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### Advanced sweep and coin-control tools (unreleased post-`v29.4-roots.2`)
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This checkout adds, but has not released, a guarded private-key sweep and
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advanced coin-control views. These tools are not part of the published
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`v29.4-roots.2` release. Their operational contract and limitations are in
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[`doc/wallet-privacy.md`](/doc/wallet-privacy.md); the built
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The sweep accepts only the documented WIF/script combinations, sends only to a
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spendable destination in the selected wallet, and never imports supplied keys.
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Coin control presents wallet-reported selection, reuse, grouping, fee, change,
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and RBF facts. It provides no privacy score or anonymity guarantee. The
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[`wallet_sweepprivkeys.py`](/test/functional/wallet_sweepprivkeys.py),
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[`wallet_send.py`](/test/functional/wallet_send.py), and
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[`src/qt/test/wallettests.cpp`](/src/qt/test/wallettests.cpp).
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### Roots identity and desktop application
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The published baseline's daemon, command-line tools, and Qt application identify
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themselves as Bitcoin Roots `v29.4-roots.2`. This unreleased wallet-privacy
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topic is not a published release merely because it retains that build identity.
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The Qt application includes Roots branding and icons. In the receive-request
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dialog, a QR image can be saved as a PNG. On Windows GUI builds where taskbar
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progress is enabled, synchronization progress is reflected in the taskbar. The
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## Planned or under review
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The sweep and coin-control tools described above are available only in this
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unreleased post-`v29.4-roots.2` topic, not in the published baseline. The P2P
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and wallet reviews otherwise retained the published-baseline behavior rather
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than adding hardening or backup features. Cross-feature coverage and catalog
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reconciliation are release-readiness work, not operator features. Any later
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tree is not a list of shipped features.
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This page is the public inventory for Roots-specific work. The published
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`v29.4-roots.2` release remains the baseline. The wallet privacy work in this
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checkout is documented as the candidate for the intended
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`v29.4-roots.3` release; that candidate wording is not a release announcement.
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Ordinary Bitcoin Core v29.4 functionality is documented in the built help and
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the manuals in this directory. The commands below describe the binary built
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from this tree; use `bitcoind -help` as the authority for the exact options in a
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given build.
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## Available in this checkout
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Unless explicitly marked as `v29.4-roots.3` candidate work, the items in this
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section were available in the published `v29.4-roots.2` baseline.
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### Conservative, configurable local transaction policy
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[`src/qt/test/wallettests.cpp`](/src/qt/test/wallettests.cpp), including the
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explicit overrides and saved-PSBT signaling; it is not broad coin control.
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### Advanced sweep and coin-control tools (candidate for `v29.4-roots.3`)
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The intended `v29.4-roots.3` candidate adds a guarded private-key sweep and
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advanced coin-control views. These tools are not part of the published
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`v29.4-roots.2` release. Their operational contract and limitations are in
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[`doc/wallet-privacy.md`](/doc/wallet-privacy.md); the built
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The sweep accepts only the documented WIF/script combinations, sends only to a
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spendable destination in the selected wallet, and never imports supplied keys.
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Its GUI request can be invalidated while scanning, but broadcast submission has
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a final authorization boundary and must be allowed to finish once it begins.
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The key-handling path uses transient secure storage and clears temporary dialog
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state; it does not promise erasure of every copy a GUI toolkit or host might
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retain. Coin control presents wallet-reported selection, reuse, grouping, fee,
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change, and RBF facts. It provides no privacy score or anonymity guarantee. The
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candidate coverage includes
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[`wallet_sweepprivkeys.py`](/test/functional/wallet_sweepprivkeys.py),
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[`wallet_send.py`](/test/functional/wallet_send.py), and
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[`src/qt/test/wallettests.cpp`](/src/qt/test/wallettests.cpp).
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### Roots identity and desktop application
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The published baseline's daemon, command-line tools, and Qt application identify
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themselves as Bitcoin Roots `v29.4-roots.2`. The intended
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`v29.4-roots.3` identifier is candidate documentation, not evidence that an
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untagged local build has that release identity; use the built binary's
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`--version` output when verifying an executable.
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The Qt application includes Roots branding and icons. In the receive-request
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dialog, a QR image can be saved as a PNG. On Windows GUI builds where taskbar
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progress is enabled, synchronization progress is reflected in the taskbar. The
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## Planned or under review
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The sweep and coin-control tools described above are intended
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`v29.4-roots.3` candidate work, not part of the published baseline. The P2P
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and wallet reviews otherwise retained the published-baseline behavior rather
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than adding hardening or backup features. Cross-feature coverage and catalog
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reconciliation are release-readiness work, not operator features. Any later
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