What the developer wrote
Authored by Pol Espinasa
release note
What changed, and why it matters
This commit only adds a release note documenting that two old Bitcoin Core features, the `-paytxtxfee` startup option and the `settxfee` RPC, have been removed after being deprecated. It is a documentation-only change and does not modify any code.
No action required; this is a documentation-only release note. Review the linked PR #32138 separately if you want to assess the security implications of the actual removal of `-paytxfee` and `settxfee`.
Security signals we found
No strong security signals were identified.
Evidence from the diff
The commit creates a single new markdown file under doc/release-notes-32138.md describing the removal of -paytxfee and settxfee. The diff is +3 lines, all documentation text. No executable code, RPC logic, wallet logic, or consensus code is changed.
Changed components
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+RPC and Startup Option
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+The `-paytxfee` startup option and the `settxfee` RPC are now deleted after being deprecated in Bitcoin Core 30.0. They used to allow the user to set a static fee rate for wallet transactions, which could potentially lead to overpaying or underpaying. Users should instead rely on fee estimation or specify a fee rate per transaction using the `fee_rate` argument in RPCs such as `fundrawtransaction`, `sendtoaddress`, `send`, `sendall`, and `sendmany`. (#32138)
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