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Informational 12 Bitcoin

wallet: remove txfilter.

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Rusty Russell

51/100 · Thin
wallet: remove txfilter.

chaintopology was the only user, so we don't need the txfilter at all.
Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit removes an unused internal transaction filter called txfilter. The code that added wallet addresses and public keys to this filter is deleted because nothing was actually using the filter anymore. There is no indication in the commit that this fixes a security bug; it appears to be ordinary code cleanup.

Recommended action

No immediate security action is required. Treat as routine refactoring. If evaluating for a security advisory, verify whether the removed txfilter had any remaining consumer that relied on it for detecting deposits or spends; the commit message asserts there was none.

Security signals we found

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Large deletion of code paths that tracked wallet-owned scriptPubKeys

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Removal of a filter that matched transactions against known wallet scripts

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No explicit security claim, CVE, or bug description in commit message

Risk score

Why this scored 12/100

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