help: enrich help text for `-loadblock`
What the developer wrote
Authored by Hao Xu
help: enrich help text for `-loadblock`
`-loadblock` doesn't support obfuscated blocks, mention it in its help text
to avoid troubles for users.
What changed, and why it matters
This commit only changes the user-facing help text for the `-loadblock` command-line option. It adds a note that the option cannot read obfuscated (scrambled) block files. There is no code behavior change, no bug fix, and no security-relevant change.
No security action needed. Treat as a routine documentation improvement.
Security signals we found
No strong security signals were identified.
Evidence from the diff
A single-line documentation-only change in src/init.cpp updates the help string for -loadblock from “Imports blocks from external file on startup” to “Imports blocks from an external file on startup. Obfuscated blocks are not supported.” The argument registration and all runtime logic remain identical.
Changed components
src/init.cpp (help text only)Inspect captured patch +1 / −1
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index b2f59a60..b8eb3e7e 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ void SetupServerArgs(ArgsManager& argsman, bool can_listen_ipc)
argsman.AddArg("-dbcache=<n>", strprintf("Maximum database cache size <n> MiB (minimum %d, default: %d). Make sure you have enough RAM. In addition, unused memory allocated to the mempool is shared with this cache (see -maxmempool).", MIN_DB_CACHE >> 20, DEFAULT_DB_CACHE >> 20), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
argsman.AddArg("-includeconf=<file>", "Specify additional configuration file, relative to the -datadir path (only useable from configuration file, not command line)", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
argsman.AddArg("-allowignoredconf", strprintf("For backwards compatibility, treat an unused %s file in the datadir as a warning, not an error.", BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
- argsman.AddArg("-loadblock=<file>", "Imports blocks from external file on startup", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
+ argsman.AddArg("-loadblock=<file>", "Imports blocks from an external file on startup. Obfuscated blocks are not supported.", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
argsman.AddArg("-maxmempool=<n>", strprintf("Keep the transaction memory pool below <n> megabytes (default: %u)", DEFAULT_MAX_MEMPOOL_SIZE_MB), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
// TODO: remove in v31.0
argsman.AddArg("-maxorphantx=<n>", strprintf("(Removed option, see release notes)"), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
Why this scored 15/100
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