Inconsistent hardened derivation marker in listdescriptors output #31694
Description
Is there an existing issue for this?
- I have searched the existing issues
Current behaviour
If I use importdescriptors to import a descriptor that uses only ' as the hardened derivation marker, the corresponding output of listdescriptors sometimes uses a mix of ' and h.
Expected behaviour
I would expect the output for a given imported descriptor to either match my input or otherwise use only one of ' and h.
I would also expect the behaviour to be consistent across different descriptors.
Steps to reproduce
- Create wallet:
$ bitcoin-cli -regtest createwallet test_h_vs_apostrophe true
{
"name": "test_h_vs_apostrophe"
}
- Import
trdescriptor:
$ bitcoin-cli -regtest -rpcwallet=test_h_vs_apostrophe importdescriptors "[{\"desc\": \"tr([1dce71b2/48'/1'/0'/2']tpubDEeP3GefjqbaDTTaVAF5JkXWhoFxFDXQ9KuhVrMBViFXXNR2B3Lvme2d2AoyiKfzRFZChq2AGMNbU1qTbkBMfNv7WGVXLt2pnYXY87gXqcs/0/*,and_v(v:pk([1dce71b2/48'/1'/0'/2']tpubDEeP3GefjqbaDTTaVAF5JkXWhoFxFDXQ9KuhVrMBViFXXNR2B3Lvme2d2AoyiKfzRFZChq2AGMNbU1qTbkBMfNv7WGVXLt2pnYXY87gXqcs/2/*),older(65535)))#xhrh0cvn\", \"timestamp\": \"now\"}]"
[
{
"success": true,
"warnings": [
"Range not given, using default keypool range"
]
}
]
- Import
wshdescriptor:
$ bitcoin-cli -regtest -rpcwallet=test_h_vs_apostrophe importdescriptors "[{\"desc\": \"wsh(or_d(pk([a233d117/48'/1'/0'/2']tpubDF8d1Q2U8WWfxUHMiqqrYiavBReX2r7hwD7oQsEuq1AiXj5nJcLBkoh1uTLZVx66VrbRfeHyg5bSFvRKzesa1yzYuXDvawZeRi9m97a2Qzd/0/*),and_v(v:pkh([a233d117/48'/1'/0'/2']tpubDF8d1Q2U8WWfxUHMiqqrYiavBReX2r7hwD7oQsEuq1AiXj5nJcLBkoh1uTLZVx66VrbRfeHyg5bSFvRKzesa1yzYuXDvawZeRi9m97a2Qzd/2/*),older(65535))))#segwrd5h\", \"timestamp\": \"now\"}]"
[
{
"success": true,
"warnings": [
"Range not given, using default keypool range"
]
}
]
When calling listdescriptors, the tr descriptor uses a mix of h and ' (and checksum has changed), while wsh uses only ' (and has same checksum):
$ bitcoin-cli -regtest -rpcwallet=test_h_vs_apostrophe listdescriptors
{
"wallet_name": "test_h_vs_apostrophe",
"descriptors": [
{
"desc": "tr([1dce71b2/48h/1h/0h/2h]tpubDEeP3GefjqbaDTTaVAF5JkXWhoFxFDXQ9KuhVrMBViFXXNR2B3Lvme2d2AoyiKfzRFZChq2AGMNbU1qTbkBMfNv7WGVXLt2pnYXY87gXqcs/0/*,and_v(v:pk([1dce71b2/48'/1'/0'/2']tpubDEeP3GefjqbaDTTaVAF5JkXWhoFxFDXQ9KuhVrMBViFXXNR2B3Lvme2d2AoyiKfzRFZChq2AGMNbU1qTbkBMfNv7WGVXLt2pnYXY87gXqcs/2/*),older(65535)))#2h7g2wme",
"timestamp": 1296688602,
"active": false,
"range": [
0,
999
],
"next": 0,
"next_index": 0
},
{
"desc": "wsh(or_d(pk([a233d117/48'/1'/0'/2']tpubDF8d1Q2U8WWfxUHMiqqrYiavBReX2r7hwD7oQsEuq1AiXj5nJcLBkoh1uTLZVx66VrbRfeHyg5bSFvRKzesa1yzYuXDvawZeRi9m97a2Qzd/0/*),and_v(v:pkh([a233d117/48'/1'/0'/2']tpubDF8d1Q2U8WWfxUHMiqqrYiavBReX2r7hwD7oQsEuq1AiXj5nJcLBkoh1uTLZVx66VrbRfeHyg5bSFvRKzesa1yzYuXDvawZeRi9m97a2Qzd/2/*),older(65535))))#segwrd5h",
"timestamp": 1296688602,
"active": false,
"range": [
0,
999
],
"next": 0,
"next_index": 0
}
]
}
Relevant log output
No response
How did you obtain Bitcoin Core
Pre-built binaries
What version of Bitcoin Core are you using?
v28.0.0
Operating system and version
Ubuntu 24.04
Machine specifications
No response