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Informational 19 Bitcoin

rpc: use private broadcast from sendrawtransaction RPC if -privatebroadcast is ON

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Vasil Dimov

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rpc: use private broadcast from sendrawtransaction RPC if -privatebroadcast is ON
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit updates the sendrawtransaction RPC command so that, when the optional -privatebroadcast setting is enabled, it broadcasts raw transactions over privacy-preserving networks (Tor/I2P) instead of sending them to all connected peers. It also adds a check that at least one of those networks is reachable, and updates the command's help text. There is no direct evidence in the commit of a security vulnerability being fixed; it appears to be a privacy feature enhancement.

Recommended action

No immediate security action required. Treat as a normal privacy feature commit. Reviewers may want to confirm that the new reachability check cannot be bypassed and that the private broadcast path handles failures gracefully.

Security signals we found

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Privacy behavior change: sendrawtransaction now routes through Tor/I2P when -privatebroadcast is enabled

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New runtime precondition check requiring reachable Tor or I2P networks before private broadcast

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Help text updated to warn about privacy implications of unconditional broadcast

Risk score

Why this scored 19/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 5/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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