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@@ -5,12 +5,18 @@ operator and local-policy work whose historical lineage includes Bitcoin Knots
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  `29.3.knots20260507`; Knots is not an upstream dependency and its candidate
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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. Ordinary Bitcoin Core
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- v30.3 functionality is documented in the built help and the manuals in this
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- directory. The commands below describe the binary that is built from this tree;
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- use `bitcoind -help` as the authority for the exact options in a given build.
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+ This page is the public inventory for Roots-specific work. The published
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+ `v29.4-roots.1` release is the historical baseline. This checkout is an unreleased
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+ port onto Bitcoin Core v30.3 with follow-on additions identified below; it is
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+ not a published release. Ordinary Bitcoin Core v30.3 functionality is documented
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+ in the built help and the manuals in this directory. The commands below describe
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+ the binary built from this tree; use `bitcoind -help` as the authority for the
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+ exact options in a given build.
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- ## Available now
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+ ## Available in this checkout
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+ Unless marked as an unreleased follow-on, the items in this section were
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+ available in the published `v29.4-roots.1` baseline.
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  ### Conservative, configurable local transaction policy
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  [`p2p_invalid_messages.py`](/test/functional/p2p_invalid_messages.py).
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  This is not a Network Watch or transaction/block activity feed.
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- ### Focused peer-health monitoring
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+ The follow-on review retained these existing bounds and their coverage; it did
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+ not add a separate P2P hardening feature or alter Bitcoin P2P wire behavior.
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+ ### Focused peer-health monitoring (unreleased follow-on)
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  The existing Debug window's Peers tab provides a bounded, live view of current
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  connections. Its sortable table shows connection age, direction, network,
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  This uses the node's existing peer-stat refresh and does not retain history or
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  inspect transaction or block content. If optional node-state details cannot be
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  read during a refresh, the details pane reports them as unavailable instead of
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- showing values from an earlier peer.
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+ showing values from an earlier peer. This Roots follow-on selection is covered
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+ by [`src/qt/test/apptests.cpp`](/src/qt/test/apptests.cpp); it adds no new
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+ network collector or monitoring application.
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  ### Wallet and signing hardening
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  claim that it has been tested on a particular host library; release-compatible
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  legacy testing requires Berkeley DB 4.8.
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- ### Per-send Replace-By-Fee choice
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+ The follow-on review retained these existing wallet boundaries and their
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+ coverage; it did not add a new database, flush, or backup behavior.
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+ ### Per-send Replace-By-Fee choice (unreleased follow-on)
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  The Send Coins dialog provides an explicit Replace-By-Fee (BIP-125) choice for
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  each transaction. It starts with the wallet's `-walletrbf` preference, and the
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  confirmation shows whether the prepared transaction signals replacement. This
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  only signals a transaction's replaceability; it does not promise that a later
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- replacement will be accepted by peers or their local policy.
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+ replacement will be accepted by peers or their local policy. This Roots
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+ follow-on selection is covered by
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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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  ### Runtime and operator foundations
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  ### Roots identity and desktop application
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  The daemon, command-line tools, and Qt application identify themselves as
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- Bitcoin Roots `v30.3-roots.1`. The Qt application includes Roots branding and
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- icons. In the receive-request dialog, a QR image can be saved as a PNG. On
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+ Bitcoin Roots `v30.3-roots.1`. This checkout is not a published release merely
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+ because it has that build identity. The Qt application includes Roots branding
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+ and icons. In the receive-request dialog, a QR image can be saved as a PNG. On
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  ## Planned or under review
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- The following areas are approved for evaluation in the follow-on operator
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- 3. Cross-feature regression coverage and catalog reconciliation.
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- Each item requires its own accepted implementation and tests before it moves to
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- the available section. Planned wallet reliability work does not imply a
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+ No additional operator feature from this follow-on series is available merely
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+ published-baseline behavior rather than adding new hardening or backup features.
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