Remove OpenSSL for non-QT builds #12530

1. 
   Sjors commented at 5:17 pm on February 24, 2018: member

   OpenSSL is only used for (if I understand correctly):

   1. Handling BIP-70 payment requests (can be disabled with without-bip70)
   2. Generating random numbers (see #10299, #14623)

   If (2) can be solved, then non-QT builds no longer need OpenSSL (move openssl to qt_packages in depends/packages/packages.mk).

   This potentially makes it easier to build the depends for other platforms such as iOs (see #11720), if they don’t need QT.

2. 
   MarcoFalke commented at 4:50 pm on February 25, 2018: member

   @sipa Are you still working on #10299 (comment)?
3. fanquake added the label Build system on Feb 28, 2018
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