Bitcoin Core GUI discussion

[GBKS]

Date: 2020-08-20
Time: 8:00am CEST for 1 hour

Agenda

Larger discussion around Bitcoin Core GUI as a project and design contributions.

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[michaelfolkson]

@GBKS presentation on revamping Monero GUI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aarzsiwc5_g

@GBKS Monero GUI wallet design: https://github.com/GBKS/monero-wallet-design

Bosch WIP wallet frames: https://www.figma.com/file/FJ02rY3m8V9ZCDvoXjW39W/Bitcoin-Core?node-id=281%3A0

Bosch WIP onboarding wizard: https://www.figma.com/file/FJ02rY3m8V9ZCDvoXjW39W/Bitcoin-Core?node-id=462%3A655

Marco Falke on separating the Bitcoin Core GUI: bitcoin/bitcoin#19071

Bitcoin Core process separation: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/98398/what-is-the-motivation-behind-russell-yanofskys-work-to-separate-bitcoin-core-i

Who is the Bitcoin Core GUI being designed for?: bitcoin-core/gui#45

Jon Atack on "How to Review Pull Requests in Bitcoin Core": https://jonatack.github.io/articles/how-to-review-pull-requests-in-bitcoin-core

Jon Atack on Reviewing: https://jonatack.github.io/articles/on-reviewing-and-helping-those-who-do-it

[ecurrencyhodler]

Hey @michaelfolkson Thanks for all those links. It was helpful to get up to speed. One question I have is what is a Blank Wallet? I've never heard of that before. How can you create a wallet with no private key? It sounds like it's not a watch-only wallet either.

[hebasto]

@ecurrencyhodler

Hey @michaelfolkson Thanks for all those links. It was helpful to get up to speed. One question I have is what is a Blank Wallet? I've never heard of that before. How can you create a wallet with no private key? It sounds like it's not a watch-only wallet either.

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.18.0.md:

createwallet now has an optional blank argument that can be used to create a blank wallet. Blank wallets do not have any keys or HD seed. They cannot be opened in software older than 0.18. Once a blank wallet has a HD seed set (by using sethdseed) or private keys, scripts, addresses, and other watch only things have been imported, the wallet is no longer blank and can be opened in 0.17.x. Encrypting a blank wallet will also set a HD seed for it.

[ecurrencyhodler]

Hey @hebasto Thanks. I'm still not sure what a blank wallet could be useful for or why it would be an option. But maybe we can discuss that on the call.

[Bosch-0]

It is like a watch-only wallet but it can have HD seeds / private keys imported at a later date unlike a watch-only which permantely disables private keys. I'm sure it only serves some niche cases but I'm sure there is some - ill do some digging.

[ecurrencyhodler]

Thanks @Bosch-0. That makes sense.