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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#23341: RPC: Better safety with newkeypool command and wallet backups
a2a9231 rpc: Add warning to user about newkeypool command (Samuel Dobson) Pull request description: This PR prevents `newkeypool` from being run on non-HD wallets, because this would require a new backup every time, so it isn't very safe. David Harding also suggested [here](bitcoin/bitcoin#23093 (comment)) that the RPC help text should include a warning to the users about the interaction between newkeypool. ACKs for top commit: achow101: ACK a2a9231 Tree-SHA512: 0aa497900f1d179764bce13ffce0bb081ba2ca354492bf2e04b21d0212e960b3ed13a386fbf65602b6b50461f4056a0285752ef707d312da28e82449cd8ea048
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src/wallet/rpc/addresses.cpp

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@@ -359,7 +359,12 @@ RPCHelpMan keypoolrefill()
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RPCHelpMan newkeypool()
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return RPCHelpMan{"newkeypool",
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"\nEntirely clears and refills the keypool."+
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"\nEntirely clears and refills the keypool.\n"
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"WARNING: On non-HD wallets, this will require a new backup immediately, to include the new keys.\n"
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"When restoring a backup of an HD wallet created before the newkeypool command is run, funds received to\n"
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"new addresses may not appear automatically. They have not been lost, but the wallet may not find them.\n"
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"This can be fixed by running the newkeypool command on the backup and then rescanning, so the wallet\n"
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"re-generates the required keys." +
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HELP_REQUIRING_PASSPHRASE,
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{},
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RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},

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