[doc] conf: Remove deprecated options from docs, Other cleanup #14684

  79 | @@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ Running
  80 |  
  81 |  Bitcoin Core is now available at `./src/bitcoind`
  82 |  
  83 | -Before running, it's recommended that you create an RPC configuration file:
  84 | +Before running, you may create an RPC configuration file:

practicalswift commented at 5:54 PM on November 7, 2018:

No longer a RPC configuration file if empty? :-)

  79 | @@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ Running
  80 |  
  81 |  Bitcoin Core is now available at `./src/bitcoind`
  82 |  
  83 | -Before running, it's recommended that you create an RPC configuration file:
  84 | +Before running, you may create an RPC configuration file:
  85 |  
  86 | -    echo -e "rpcuser=bitcoinrpc\nrpcpassword=$(xxd -l 16 -p /dev/urandom)" > "/Users/${USER}/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/bitcoin.conf"
  87 | +    echo > "/Users/${USER}/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/bitcoin.conf"

practicalswift commented at 5:55 PM on November 7, 2018:

Use touch "/Users/${USER}/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/bitcoin.conf" to create an empty file

  70 | @@ -71,12 +71,9 @@
  71 |  # is .cookie and found in the `-datadir` being used for bitcoind. This option is typically used
  72 |  # when the server and client are run as the same user.
  73 |  #
  74 | -# If not, you must set rpcuser and rpcpassword to secure the JSON-RPC api. The first
  75 | -# method(DEPRECATED) is to set this pair for the server and client:
  76 | -#rpcuser=Ulysseys
  77 | -#rpcpassword=YourSuperGreatPasswordNumber_DO_NOT_USE_THIS_OR_YOU_WILL_GET_ROBBED_385593
  78 | +# If not, you must set rpcuser and rpcpassword to secure the JSON-RPC api.

practicalswift commented at 5:56 PM on November 7, 2018:

Uppercase API :-)

  79 | @@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ Running
  80 |  
  81 |  Bitcoin Core is now available at `./src/bitcoind`
  82 |  
  83 | -Before running, it's recommended that you create an RPC configuration file:
  84 | +Before running, you may create an empty RPC configuration file:

practicalswift commented at 6:21 PM on November 7, 2018:

Do we generally refer to bitcoin.conf as "configuration file" or "RPC configuration file"?