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Informational 18 Bitcoin

wallet: Remove ISMINE_USED

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Ava Chow

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wallet: Remove ISMINE_USED

This isminetype is not a real isminetype as it is never returned by
IsMine. This is only used for isminefilters in one function, which can
be better represented with a bool parameter avoid_reuse.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This is a small internal cleanup in Bitcoin Core's wallet code. It removes a special flag called ISMINE_USED that was only used to decide whether to count already-used addresses when calculating balances. The same behavior is now controlled by a simple true/false parameter called avoid_reuse. There is no direct security bug being fixed here; it is a refactoring change that makes the code easier to understand and maintain.

Recommended action

No immediate action required. Treat as normal code maintenance. Reviewers may want to confirm that all former ISMINE_USED callers now pass the correct avoid_reuse value and that balance reporting remains unchanged, especially for wallets using avoid_reuse.

Security signals we found

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No security-relevant signal in commit message or diff

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Refactor only: enum flag removed and replaced with equivalent boolean parameter

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No changes to cryptographic operations, network protocol, consensus, or transaction validation

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No bug pattern such as buffer overflow, use-after-free, or missing authorization

Risk score

Why this scored 18/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 1/25
Stealth signal 1/15
Affected reach 2/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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