qt: Remove HD seed reference from blank wallet tooltip
What the developer wrote
Authored by John Moffett
qt: Remove HD seed reference from blank wallet tooltip
Blank descriptor wallets currently do not have HD seeds and
none can be added, so remove the reference in the tooltip.
What changed, and why it matters
This commit only changes a user-interface tooltip in the Bitcoin Core wallet creation dialog. It removes an outdated sentence that incorrectly said an HD seed could be added later to a blank wallet, which is not true for descriptor wallets. There is no code behavior change and no security impact.
No security action needed. This is a documentation/UI accuracy fix.
Security signals we found
No strong security signals were identified.
Evidence from the diff
The patch updates the tooltip text for the ‘Make Blank Wallet’ checkbox in src/qt/forms/createwalletdialog.ui. The old tooltip stated that an HD seed could be set later, but blank descriptor wallets do not use or allow HD seeds. The new tooltip clarifies that private keys and addresses can be imported using descriptors later. No executable code, wallet logic, cryptography, or network behavior is modified.
Changed components
src/qt/forms/createwalletdialog.uiInspect captured patch +1 / −1
diff --git a/src/qt/forms/createwalletdialog.ui b/src/qt/forms/createwalletdialog.ui
index 1d6f0ed5..c4faff94 100644
--- a/src/qt/forms/createwalletdialog.ui
+++ b/src/qt/forms/createwalletdialog.ui
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
<item>
<widget class="QCheckBox" name="blank_wallet_checkbox">
<property name="toolTip">
- <string>Make a blank wallet. Blank wallets do not initially have private keys or scripts. Private keys and addresses can be imported, or an HD seed can be set, at a later time.</string>
+ <string>Make a blank wallet. Blank wallets do not initially have private keys or scripts. Private keys and addresses can be imported using descriptors at a later time.</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Make Blank Wallet</string>
Why this scored 15/100
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