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Informational 15 Bitcoin

doc: replace stale signtransaction wording with current signtx flow

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Authored by woltx

81/100 · Strong
doc: replace stale signtransaction wording with current signtx flow

The protocol documentation still described a "signtransaction" command
driven by sendtoaddress and sendmany. Those RPCs never gained external
signer support: it was effectively precluded by #21201, which was
merged a few days before external signer support landed in #16546, so
the interaction was missed in review (#33112 has a commit making the
rejection explicit). Spending from an external signer wallet uses
send/sendall (and bumpfee for fee-bumping), which invoke the signer
with `<cmd> --stdin` and pass the `signtx` subcommand and PSBT over
stdin.

Update the spending example and the protocol description accordingly,
using `bitcoin rpc` for the example since it enables -named by default.
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Links an issue, advisory, or supporting reference
The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit only updates documentation and a code comment to match how external (hardware) signers actually work in current Bitcoin Core. It does not change any executable code, RPC behavior, or security logic. There is no security vulnerability here.

Recommended action

No action needed; this is a documentation-only clarification.

Security signals we found

No strong security signals were identified.

Risk score

Why this scored 15/100

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