Merge #15454: Remove the automatic creation and loading of the default wallet

d26f064 Tell users how to load or create a wallet when no wallet is loaded (Andrew Chow)
1bee1e6 Do not create default wallet (Andrew Chow)

Pull request description:

  Instead of automatically creating and loading a default wallet, users should instead explicitly create their wallet or load it on start.

  Builds on #19754 which provides the `load_on_startup` behavior for the GUI.

ACKs for top commit:
  jnewbery:
    Manual test and very light code review ACK d26f064
  ryanofsky:
    Code review ACK d26f064. Just suggested changes to first commit (reusing MakeWalletDatabase and adding release notes), no changes to second commit
  jonatack:
    ACK d26f064 light code review, debug build, ran tests, did manual testing with testnet, rebased on master, on linux debian.

Tree-SHA512: 091d785aef64736f7df661c576e815a87f3d029cfa32f3a75ba86fc25795f10b022ab3ae15c5b61a10b8cee16f5650f15cd79cbd6127e5e3ccbef631966d3c30

Author: meshcollider

doc/release-notes-15454.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Wallet
+------
+
+Bitcoin Core will no longer create an unnamed `""` wallet by default when no wallet is specified on the command line or in the configuration files.
+For backwards compatibility, if an unnamed `""` wallet already exists and would have been loaded previously, then it will still be loaded.
+Users without an unnamed `""` wallet and without any other wallets to be loaded on startup  will be prompted to either choose a wallet to load, or to create a new wallet.

src/interfaces/wallet.cpp

@@ -488,8 +488,7 @@ class WalletImpl : public Wallet
 class WalletClientImpl : public WalletClient
 {
 public:
-    WalletClientImpl(Chain& chain, ArgsManager& args, std::vector<std::string> wallet_filenames)
-        : m_wallet_filenames(std::move(wallet_filenames))
+    WalletClientImpl(Chain& chain, ArgsManager& args)
     {
         m_context.chain = &chain;
         m_context.args = &args;
@@ -506,8 +505,8 @@ class WalletClientImpl : public WalletClient
             m_rpc_handlers.emplace_back(m_context.chain->handleRpc(m_rpc_commands.back()));
         }
     }
-    bool verify() override { return VerifyWallets(*m_context.chain, m_wallet_filenames); }
-    bool load() override { return LoadWallets(*m_context.chain, m_wallet_filenames); }
+    bool verify() override { return VerifyWallets(*m_context.chain); }
+    bool load() override { return LoadWallets(*m_context.chain); }
     void start(CScheduler& scheduler) override { return StartWallets(scheduler, *Assert(m_context.args)); }
     void flush() override { return FlushWallets(); }
     void stop() override { return StopWallets(); }
@@ -566,9 +565,9 @@ class WalletClientImpl : public WalletClient
 
 std::unique_ptr<Wallet> MakeWallet(const std::shared_ptr<CWallet>& wallet) { return wallet ? MakeUnique<WalletImpl>(wallet) : nullptr; }
 
-std::unique_ptr<WalletClient> MakeWalletClient(Chain& chain, ArgsManager& args, std::vector<std::string> wallet_filenames)
+std::unique_ptr<WalletClient> MakeWalletClient(Chain& chain, ArgsManager& args)
 {
-    return MakeUnique<WalletClientImpl>(chain, args, std::move(wallet_filenames));
+    return MakeUnique<WalletClientImpl>(chain, args);
 }
 
 } // namespace interfaces

src/interfaces/wallet.h

@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<Wallet> MakeWallet(const std::shared_ptr<CWallet>& wallet);
 
 //! Return implementation of ChainClient interface for a wallet client. This
 //! function will be undefined in builds where ENABLE_WALLET is false.
-std::unique_ptr<WalletClient> MakeWalletClient(Chain& chain, ArgsManager& args, std::vector<std::string> wallet_filenames);
+std::unique_ptr<WalletClient> MakeWalletClient(Chain& chain, ArgsManager& args);
 
 } // namespace interfaces
 

src/qt/bitcoingui.cpp

@@ -660,6 +660,11 @@ void BitcoinGUI::setWalletController(WalletController* wallet_controller)
     }
 }
 
+WalletController* BitcoinGUI::getWalletController()
+{
+    return m_wallet_controller;
+}
+
 void BitcoinGUI::addWallet(WalletModel* walletModel)
 {
     if (!walletFrame) return;

src/qt/bitcoingui.h

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ class BitcoinGUI : public QMainWindow
     void setClientModel(ClientModel *clientModel = nullptr, interfaces::BlockAndHeaderTipInfo* tip_info = nullptr);
 #ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
     void setWalletController(WalletController* wallet_controller);
+    WalletController* getWalletController();
 #endif
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_WALLET

src/qt/walletframe.cpp

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
+#include <qt/createwalletdialog.h>
+#include <qt/walletcontroller.h>
 #include <qt/walletframe.h>
 #include <qt/walletmodel.h>
 
@@ -10,8 +12,11 @@
 
 #include <cassert>
 
+#include <QGroupBox>
 #include <QHBoxLayout>
 #include <QLabel>
+#include <QPushButton>
+#include <QVBoxLayout>
 
 WalletFrame::WalletFrame(const PlatformStyle *_platformStyle, BitcoinGUI *_gui) :
     QFrame(_gui),
@@ -25,9 +30,25 @@ WalletFrame::WalletFrame(const PlatformStyle *_platformStyle, BitcoinGUI *_gui)
     walletFrameLayout->setContentsMargins(0,0,0,0);
     walletFrameLayout->addWidget(walletStack);
 
-    QLabel *noWallet = new QLabel(tr("No wallet has been loaded."));
+    // hbox for no wallet
+    QGroupBox* no_wallet_group = new QGroupBox(walletStack);
+    QVBoxLayout* no_wallet_layout = new QVBoxLayout(no_wallet_group);
+
+    QLabel *noWallet = new QLabel(tr("No wallet has been loaded.\nGo to File > Open Wallet to load a wallet.\n- OR -"));
     noWallet->setAlignment(Qt::AlignCenter);
-    walletStack->addWidget(noWallet);
+    no_wallet_layout->addWidget(noWallet, 0, Qt::AlignHCenter | Qt::AlignBottom);
+
+    // A button for create wallet dialog
+    QPushButton* create_wallet_button = new QPushButton(tr("Create a new wallet"), walletStack);
+    connect(create_wallet_button, &QPushButton::clicked, [this] {
+        auto activity = new CreateWalletActivity(gui->getWalletController(), this);
+        connect(activity, &CreateWalletActivity::finished, activity, &QObject::deleteLater);
+        activity->create();
+    });
+    no_wallet_layout->addWidget(create_wallet_button, 0, Qt::AlignHCenter | Qt::AlignTop);
+    no_wallet_group->setLayout(no_wallet_layout);
+
+    walletStack->addWidget(no_wallet_group);
 }
 
 WalletFrame::~WalletFrame()

src/wallet/init.cpp

@@ -107,16 +107,7 @@ void WalletInit::Construct(NodeContext& node) const
         LogPrintf("Wallet disabled!\n");
         return;
     }
-    // If there's no -wallet setting with a list of wallets to load, set it to
-    // load the default "" wallet.
-    if (!args.IsArgSet("wallet")) {
-        args.LockSettings([&](util::Settings& settings) {
-            util::SettingsValue wallets(util::SettingsValue::VARR);
-            wallets.push_back(""); // Default wallet name is ""
-            settings.rw_settings["wallet"] = wallets;
-        });
-    }
-    auto wallet_client = interfaces::MakeWalletClient(*node.chain, args, args.GetArgs("-wallet"));
+    auto wallet_client = interfaces::MakeWalletClient(*node.chain, args);
     node.wallet_client = wallet_client.get();
     node.chain_clients.emplace_back(std::move(wallet_client));
 }

src/wallet/load.cpp

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 #include <univalue.h>
 
-bool VerifyWallets(interfaces::Chain& chain, const std::vector<std::string>& wallet_files)
+bool VerifyWallets(interfaces::Chain& chain)
 {
     if (gArgs.IsArgSet("-walletdir")) {
         fs::path wallet_dir = gArgs.GetArg("-walletdir", "");
@@ -41,10 +41,27 @@ bool VerifyWallets(interfaces::Chain& chain, const std::vector<std::string>& wal
 
     chain.initMessage(_("Verifying wallet(s)...").translated);
 
+    // For backwards compatibility if an unnamed top level wallet exists in the
+    // wallets directory, include it in the default list of wallets to load.
+    if (!gArgs.IsArgSet("wallet")) {
+        DatabaseOptions options;
+        DatabaseStatus status;
+        bilingual_str error_string;
+        options.require_existing = true;
+        options.verify = false;
+        if (MakeWalletDatabase("", options, status, error_string)) {
+            gArgs.LockSettings([&](util::Settings& settings) {
+                util::SettingsValue wallets(util::SettingsValue::VARR);
+                wallets.push_back(""); // Default wallet name is ""
+                settings.rw_settings["wallet"] = wallets;
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
     // Keep track of each wallet absolute path to detect duplicates.
     std::set<fs::path> wallet_paths;
 
-    for (const auto& wallet_file : wallet_files) {
+    for (const auto& wallet_file : gArgs.GetArgs("-wallet")) {
         const fs::path path = fs::absolute(wallet_file, GetWalletDir());
 
         if (!wallet_paths.insert(path).second) {
@@ -65,10 +82,10 @@ bool VerifyWallets(interfaces::Chain& chain, const std::vector<std::string>& wal
     return true;
 }
 
-bool LoadWallets(interfaces::Chain& chain, const std::vector<std::string>& wallet_files)
+bool LoadWallets(interfaces::Chain& chain)
 {
     try {
-        for (const std::string& name : wallet_files) {
+        for (const std::string& name : gArgs.GetArgs("-wallet")) {
             DatabaseOptions options;
             DatabaseStatus status;
             options.verify = false; // No need to verify, assuming verified earlier in VerifyWallets()

src/wallet/load.h

@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ class Chain;
 } // namespace interfaces
 
 //! Responsible for reading and validating the -wallet arguments and verifying the wallet database.
-bool VerifyWallets(interfaces::Chain& chain, const std::vector<std::string>& wallet_files);
+bool VerifyWallets(interfaces::Chain& chain);
 
 //! Load wallet databases.
-bool LoadWallets(interfaces::Chain& chain, const std::vector<std::string>& wallet_files);
+bool LoadWallets(interfaces::Chain& chain);
 
 //! Complete startup of wallets.
 void StartWallets(CScheduler& scheduler, const ArgsManager& args);

src/wallet/test/init_test_fixture.cpp

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 InitWalletDirTestingSetup::InitWalletDirTestingSetup(const std::string& chainName) : BasicTestingSetup(chainName)
 {
-    m_wallet_client = MakeWalletClient(*m_chain, *Assert(m_node.args), {});
+    m_wallet_client = MakeWalletClient(*m_chain, *Assert(m_node.args));
 
     std::string sep;
     sep += fs::path::preferred_separator;