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Informational 19 Bitcoin

rpc: getprivatebroadcastinfo and abortprivatebroadcast throw if -privatebroadcast is disabled

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Pol Espinasa

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rpc: getprivatebroadcastinfo and abortprivatebroadcast throw if -privatebroadcast is disabled
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit makes two Bitcoin Core RPC commands—getprivatebroadcastinfo and abortprivatebroadcast—return a clear 'method not available' error when the optional -privatebroadcast feature is turned off. Previously these methods may have been callable even though the underlying feature was inactive, which could have led to confusing or misleading results rather than any direct loss of funds.

Recommended action

No urgent action required. Treat as a minor hardening/UX improvement. Operators using these RPCs should ensure -privatebroadcast=1 is set if they need the functionality.

Security signals we found

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RPC method behavior hardened to reject calls when dependent feature is disabled

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New runtime guard added before accessing private-broadcast state

03

No memory safety, cryptographic, or consensus changes observed

Risk score

Why this scored 19/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 1/25
Stealth signal 1/15
Affected reach 2/15
Confidence 9/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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