chore: merge master (v24.0.0) back into develop

doc/man/dash-cli.1

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH DASH-CLI "1" "October 2026" "dash-cli v24.0.0" "User Commands"
+.TH DASH-CLI "1" "November 2026" "dash-cli v24.0.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 dash-cli \- manual page for dash-cli v24.0.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS

doc/man/dash-qt.1

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH DASH-QT "1" "October 2026" "dash-qt v24.0.0" "User Commands"
+.TH DASH-QT "1" "November 2026" "dash-qt v24.0.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 dash-qt \- manual page for dash-qt v24.0.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ datadir as a warning, not an error.
 If this block is in the chain assume that it and its ancestors are valid
 and potentially skip their script verification (0 to verify all,
 default:
-00000000000000119fe42827219e0686d3f7b494ae65f823194c740c5dbab492,
+000000000000000346a1804da4832b0b69dd9a7f96b14c7cb54585a9ac6ae98f,
 testnet:
-000000541a23f9db7411cddbe50f9f1ebd4aa7108ebdcad62214753f648c0239,
+000000116cd3c11d44c88cbc0a26804bd277a5d790f684ec3a8aaa820690318c,
 devnet:
 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000)
 .HP
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ Specify directory to hold blocks subdirectory for *.dat files (default:
 .HP
 \fB\-blocksonly\fR
 .IP
-Whether to reject transactions from network peers. Automatic broadcast
-and rebroadcast of any transactions from inbound peers is
-disabled, unless the peer has the 'forcerelay' permission. RPC
-transactions are not affected. (default: 0)
+Whether to reject transactions from network peers. Disables automatic
+broadcast and rebroadcast of transactions, unless the source peer
+has the 'forcerelay' permission. RPC transactions are not
+affected. (default: 0)
 .HP
 \fB\-chainlocknotify=\fR<cmd>
 .IP
@@ -222,10 +222,11 @@ Bind to given address and always listen on it (default: 0.0.0.0). Use
 connections to that address and port as incoming Tor connections
 (default: 127.0.0.1:9996=onion, testnet: 127.0.0.1:19996=onion,
 devnet: 127.0.0.1:19796=onion, regtest: 127.0.0.1:19896=onion).
-The default onion bind is added only when no \fB\-bind\fR is specified.
-When \fB\-listenonion\fR is enabled and \fB\-bind\fR is specified, a
-non\-wildcard =onion bind is required, and wildcard =onion binds
-are rejected.
+Without an =onion bind, the default onion bind is added unless
+\fB\-bind\fR is given and \fB\-listenonion\fR is disabled; failing to bind it
+stops startup only with an explicit \fB\-listenonion\fR=\fI\,1\/\fR, and otherwise
+no onion service is created. While \fB\-listenonion\fR is enabled, a
+wildcard =onion bind is an error.
 .HP
 \fB\-cjdnsreachable\fR
 .IP
@@ -285,7 +286,9 @@ Accept connections from outside (default: 1 if no \fB\-proxy\fR, \fB\-connect\fR
 .HP
 \fB\-listenonion\fR
 .IP
-Automatically create Tor onion service (default: 1)
+Automatically create Tor onion service if Tor is available and the onion
+bind could be bound (see \fB\-bind\fR). If set to 1 explicitly, fail to
+start if the onion bind cannot be bound (default: 1)
 .HP
 \fB\-maxconnections=\fR<n>
 .IP
@@ -426,10 +429,11 @@ download,noban,mempool,relay). Can be specified multiple times.
 .HP
 \fB\-whitelist=\fR<[permissions@]IP address or network>
 .IP
-Add permission flags to the peers connecting from the given IP address
-(e.g. 1.2.3.4) or CIDR\-notated network (e.g. 1.2.3.0/24). Uses
-the same permissions as \fB\-whitebind\fR. Can be specified multiple
-times.
+Add permission flags to the peers using the given IP address (e.g.
+1.2.3.4) or CIDR\-notated network (e.g. 1.2.3.0/24). Uses the same
+permissions as \fB\-whitebind\fR. Additional flags "in" and "out"
+control whether permissions apply to incoming connections and/or
+manual (default: incoming only). Can be specified multiple times.
 .PP
 Indexing options:
 .HP
@@ -447,7 +451,7 @@ This will also rebuild active optional indexes.
 .IP
 Rebuild chain state from the currently indexed blocks. When in pruning
 mode or if blocks on disk might be corrupted, use full \fB\-reindex\fR
-instead. Deactivate all optional indexes before running this.
+instead.
 .HP
 \fB\-spentindex\fR
 .IP
@@ -1059,15 +1063,15 @@ Relay non\-P2SH multisig (default: 1)
 .HP
 \fB\-whitelistforcerelay\fR
 .IP
-Add 'forcerelay' permission to whitelisted inbound peers with default
+Add 'forcerelay' permission to whitelisted peers with default
 permissions. This will relay transactions even if the
 transactions were already in the mempool. (default: 0)
 .HP
 \fB\-whitelistrelay\fR
 .IP
-Add 'relay' permission to whitelisted inbound peers with default
-permissions. This will accept relayed transactions even when not
-relaying transactions (default: 1)
+Add 'relay' permission to whitelisted peers with default permissions.
+This will accept relayed transactions even when not relaying
+transactions (default: 1)
 .PP
 Block creation options:
 .HP

doc/man/dash-tx.1

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH DASH-TX "1" "October 2026" "dash-tx v24.0.0" "User Commands"
+.TH DASH-TX "1" "November 2026" "dash-tx v24.0.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 dash-tx \- manual page for dash-tx v24.0.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS

doc/man/dash-util.1

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH DASH-UTIL "1" "October 2026" "dash-util v24.0.0" "User Commands"
+.TH DASH-UTIL "1" "November 2026" "dash-util v24.0.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 dash-util \- manual page for dash-util v24.0.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS

doc/man/dash-wallet.1

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH DASH-WALLET "1" "October 2026" "dash-wallet v24.0.0" "User Commands"
+.TH DASH-WALLET "1" "November 2026" "dash-wallet v24.0.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 dash-wallet \- manual page for dash-wallet v24.0.0
 .SH DESCRIPTION

doc/man/dashd.1

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH DASHD "1" "October 2026" "dashd v24.0.0" "User Commands"
+.TH DASHD "1" "November 2026" "dashd v24.0.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 dashd \- manual page for dashd v24.0.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ datadir as a warning, not an error.
 If this block is in the chain assume that it and its ancestors are valid
 and potentially skip their script verification (0 to verify all,
 default:
-00000000000000119fe42827219e0686d3f7b494ae65f823194c740c5dbab492,
+000000000000000346a1804da4832b0b69dd9a7f96b14c7cb54585a9ac6ae98f,
 testnet:
-000000541a23f9db7411cddbe50f9f1ebd4aa7108ebdcad62214753f648c0239,
+000000116cd3c11d44c88cbc0a26804bd277a5d790f684ec3a8aaa820690318c,
 devnet:
 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000)
 .HP
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ Specify directory to hold blocks subdirectory for *.dat files (default:
 .HP
 \fB\-blocksonly\fR
 .IP
-Whether to reject transactions from network peers. Automatic broadcast
-and rebroadcast of any transactions from inbound peers is
-disabled, unless the peer has the 'forcerelay' permission. RPC
-transactions are not affected. (default: 0)
+Whether to reject transactions from network peers. Disables automatic
+broadcast and rebroadcast of transactions, unless the source peer
+has the 'forcerelay' permission. RPC transactions are not
+affected. (default: 0)
 .HP
 \fB\-chainlocknotify=\fR<cmd>
 .IP
@@ -220,10 +220,11 @@ Bind to given address and always listen on it (default: 0.0.0.0). Use
 connections to that address and port as incoming Tor connections
 (default: 127.0.0.1:9996=onion, testnet: 127.0.0.1:19996=onion,
 devnet: 127.0.0.1:19796=onion, regtest: 127.0.0.1:19896=onion).
-The default onion bind is added only when no \fB\-bind\fR is specified.
-When \fB\-listenonion\fR is enabled and \fB\-bind\fR is specified, a
-non\-wildcard =onion bind is required, and wildcard =onion binds
-are rejected.
+Without an =onion bind, the default onion bind is added unless
+\fB\-bind\fR is given and \fB\-listenonion\fR is disabled; failing to bind it
+stops startup only with an explicit \fB\-listenonion\fR=\fI\,1\/\fR, and otherwise
+no onion service is created. While \fB\-listenonion\fR is enabled, a
+wildcard =onion bind is an error.
 .HP
 \fB\-cjdnsreachable\fR
 .IP
@@ -283,7 +284,9 @@ Accept connections from outside (default: 1 if no \fB\-proxy\fR, \fB\-connect\fR
 .HP
 \fB\-listenonion\fR
 .IP
-Automatically create Tor onion service (default: 1)
+Automatically create Tor onion service if Tor is available and the onion
+bind could be bound (see \fB\-bind\fR). If set to 1 explicitly, fail to
+start if the onion bind cannot be bound (default: 1)
 .HP
 \fB\-maxconnections=\fR<n>
 .IP
@@ -424,10 +427,11 @@ download,noban,mempool,relay). Can be specified multiple times.
 .HP
 \fB\-whitelist=\fR<[permissions@]IP address or network>
 .IP
-Add permission flags to the peers connecting from the given IP address
-(e.g. 1.2.3.4) or CIDR\-notated network (e.g. 1.2.3.0/24). Uses
-the same permissions as \fB\-whitebind\fR. Can be specified multiple
-times.
+Add permission flags to the peers using the given IP address (e.g.
+1.2.3.4) or CIDR\-notated network (e.g. 1.2.3.0/24). Uses the same
+permissions as \fB\-whitebind\fR. Additional flags "in" and "out"
+control whether permissions apply to incoming connections and/or
+manual (default: incoming only). Can be specified multiple times.
 .PP
 Indexing options:
 .HP
@@ -445,7 +449,7 @@ This will also rebuild active optional indexes.
 .IP
 Rebuild chain state from the currently indexed blocks. When in pruning
 mode or if blocks on disk might be corrupted, use full \fB\-reindex\fR
-instead. Deactivate all optional indexes before running this.
+instead.
 .HP
 \fB\-spentindex\fR
 .IP
@@ -1057,15 +1061,15 @@ Relay non\-P2SH multisig (default: 1)
 .HP
 \fB\-whitelistforcerelay\fR
 .IP
-Add 'forcerelay' permission to whitelisted inbound peers with default
+Add 'forcerelay' permission to whitelisted peers with default
 permissions. This will relay transactions even if the
 transactions were already in the mempool. (default: 0)
 .HP
 \fB\-whitelistrelay\fR
 .IP
-Add 'relay' permission to whitelisted inbound peers with default
-permissions. This will accept relayed transactions even when not
-relaying transactions (default: 1)
+Add 'relay' permission to whitelisted peers with default permissions.
+This will accept relayed transactions even when not relaying
+transactions (default: 1)
 .PP
 Block creation options:
 .HP