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doc: Explain what the wallet password does #18085

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@maflcko

It would be nice to better explain what the wallet password does. For example we could expalin, that

  • it is not the seed
  • it does not protect against a 5$ wrench
  • it might protect against a stranger walking up to an unlocked screen with a Bitcoin Core wallet running
  • it doesn't encrypt metadata or pubkeys
  • it results in loss of funds if the password is too complex and forgotten
  • ...

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