From 3a71da0b721b064e2f33191cd66d79d0b37c692b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Spigler Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 23:18:13 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Security config warning https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/23412 Warning about modifying unknown config changes --- doc/bitcoin-conf.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/bitcoin-conf.md b/doc/bitcoin-conf.md index acd767f234..1ebfb4c1de 100644 --- a/doc/bitcoin-conf.md +++ b/doc/bitcoin-conf.md @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ All command-line options (except for `-?`, `-help`, `-version` and `-conf`) may Changes to the configuration file while `bitcoind` or `bitcoin-qt` is running only take effect after restarting. +Users should never make any configuration changes which they do not understand. Furthermore, users should always be wary of accepting any configuration changes provided to them by another source (even if they believe that they do understand them). + ## Configuration File Format The configuration file is a plain text file and consists of `option=value` entries, one per line. Leading and trailing whitespaces are removed.