👍 MarcoFalke approved a pull request: "wallet: improve IBD sync time by skipping block scanning prior birth time"
(https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27469#pullrequestreview-1443984697)
Concept ACK. Haven't reviewed the code.

💬 theuni commented on pull request "macOS: Bump minimum required runtime version and prepare for building with upstream LLVM":
(https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27676#issuecomment-1562984009)
> Guix builds are working.

Thanks for the build.

> However the security checks don't pass, as `has_dyld_chained_fixups` seems to only be available with LIEF 0.13.0, and we are currently using `0.12.3`.

Sigh. It just never ends. Converting back to draft as I don't intend to look into this immediately.

📝 theuni converted_to_draft a pull request: "macOS: Bump minimum required runtime version and prepare for building with upstream LLVM"
(https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27676)
This (I believe) resolves the last of the blockers for [switching us away from cctools and instead using out-of-the-box llvm and lld](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/21778) for building Darwin binaries.

For now, we continue building with a pre-packaged llvm and cctools, but after this PR the clang+lld combo should just work for anyone trying it. Additionally after this PR, the new runtime `fixup_chains` behavior will be in-use, as ld64 uses it as well.

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📝 fanquake opened a pull request: "[24.x] rpc: Fix invalid bech32 handling"
(https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27755)
Backports https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27727 to 24.x. Not a clean cherry-pick.

💬 fanquake commented on pull request "rpc: Fix invalid bech32 address handling":
(https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27727#issuecomment-1562989901)
Backported to 25.x in https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27750 and 24.x in https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27755.

💬 TheCharlatan commented on pull request "kernel: Remove util/system from kernel library, interface_ui from validation.":
(https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27636#issuecomment-1562994545)
Re https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27636#issuecomment-1560199240

Thank you for the review!

> all of them can be safely ignored and definitely shouldn't stand in the way of this PR making progress.

I'll fix these if I have to push again, otherwise will address them in follow ups.

💬 MarcoFalke commented on pull request "kernel: Remove util/system from kernel library, interface_ui from validation.":
(https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27636#issuecomment-1562999859)
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👍 fanquake approved a pull request: "depends: remove redundant stdlib option"
(https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27721#pullrequestreview-1444038853)
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📝 fanquake opened a pull request: "[23.x] rpc: Fix invalid bech32 handling"
(https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27756)
Backports https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27727 to 23.x. Not a clean cherry-pick. Same commit as #27755.

💬 fanquake commented on pull request "rpc: Fix invalid bech32 address handling":
(https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27727#issuecomment-1563022982)
23.x done in #27756, using the same change as 24.x.

🚀 fanquake merged a pull request: "depends: remove redundant stdlib option"
(https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27721)

📝 theStack opened a pull request: "rpc: remove deprecated "warning" field from {create,load,restore,unload}wallet"
(https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27757)
The "warning" string field for wallet creating/loading RPCs (`createwallet`, `loadwallet`, `unloadwallet` and `restorewallet`) has been deprecated with the configuration option `-deprecatedrpc=walletwarningfield` in PR #27279 (released in v25.0). For the next release v26.0, the field and the configuration option can be removed.

⚠️ fanquake opened an issue: "Release schedule for 25.0"
(https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/27758)
Here is a proposed release schedule for `v26.0`, the next major release of Bitcoin Core. I've aimed for a release 6 months after the release of the `v25.0` (#26549).

## 2023-09-11 :construction:
- Open Transifex translations for 26.0
- Soft translation string freeze (no large or non-critical string changes until release)
- Finalize and close translations for 24.0

## 2023-10-11 :construction:
- Feature freeze (bug fixes only until release)
- Translation string freeze (no more sou
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⚠️ fanquake pinned an issue: "Release schedule for 26.0"
(https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/27758)
Here is a proposed release schedule for `v26.0`, the next major release of Bitcoin Core. I've aimed for a release 6 months after the release of the `v25.0` (#26549).

## 2023-09-11 :construction:
- Open Transifex translations for 26.0
- Soft translation string freeze (no large or non-critical string changes until release)
- Finalize and close translations for 24.0

## 2023-10-11 :construction:
- Feature freeze (bug fixes only until release)
- Translation string freeze (no more sou
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🚀 fanquake merged a pull request: "[25.x] rpc: Fix invalid bech32 handling"
(https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27750)

💬 MarcoFalke commented on pull request "rpc: Fix invalid bech32 address handling":
(https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27727#issuecomment-1563047960)
i guess 22.x is EOL, so I removed that

💬 achow101 commented on pull request "wallet: Pass through transaction locktime and preset input sequences and scripts to CreateTransaction":
(https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/25273#issuecomment-1563059936)
Rebased

🤔 TheCharlatan requested changes to a pull request: "Return EXIT_FAILURE on post-init fatal errors"
(https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27708#pullrequestreview-1443959388)
Was wondering if this was attempted before and skimmed through the pull request history, but I did not find prior attempts.

💬 TheCharlatan commented on pull request "Return EXIT_FAILURE on post-init fatal errors":
(https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27708#discussion_r1205560303)
Could this just be a local static function in shutdown.cpp and not exposed in the header?

💬 TheCharlatan commented on pull request "Return EXIT_FAILURE on post-init fatal errors":
(https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27708#discussion_r1205561022)
Does it make sense to add `[[nodiscard]]` here?