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Informational 20 Bitcoin

wallet: introduce "tx amount exceeds balance when fees are included" error

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What the developer wrote

Authored by stratospher

73/100 · Adequate
wallet: introduce "tx amount exceeds balance when fees are included" error

This was previously implemented at the GUI level but we never hit that
code path.

Co-authored-by: furszy <matiasfurszyfer@protonmail.com>
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This change improves the error message shown when a Bitcoin wallet user tries to send an amount that fits their balance but leaves no room for the network transaction fee. Previously the wallet just said 'Insufficient funds.' Now it explains that the total exceeds the balance once the fee is included. It is a user-experience and diagnostic improvement, not a security fix.

Recommended action

No security action required. Treat as a normal user-experience improvement; review the new tests and message localization during routine code review.

Security signals we found

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No memory safety, cryptographic, consensus, or network changes

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Only error-message branching in wallet coin-selection failure path

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Adds assertions on effective-value availability but no new trust assumptions

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Functional tests confirm intended behavior change

Risk score

Why this scored 20/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 5/15
Confidence 9/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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