Hennadii Stepanov

> From the docs > > > The module definition file will be passed to the linker causing all symbols to be exported from the .dll. **For global data symbols,...

> Please give https://github.com/theuni/bitcoin/commits/pr31158/ a shot. It's not meant to be robust, but it should illustrate the fix (using dllimport for bitcoin-chainstate.exe). CI fails: https://github.com/theuni/bitcoin/actions/runs/13163570761/job/36738155052

Converting to a draft after today's offline discussion with @theuni.

@theuni > Please give https://github.com/theuni/bitcoin/commits/pr31158/ a shot. It's not meant to be robust, but it should illustrate the fix (using dllimport for bitcoin-chainstate.exe). Thank you for your insight! This PR...

Converted to a draft for now.

> ### How did you obtain Bitcoin Core > > Package manager Which one?

Cannot reproduce it on my Fedora 38 with the `bitcoin-core-desktop-26.0-1.fc38.x86_64` installed. Any additional hints that might help to reproduce the issue? Do Guix binaries from https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-26.0/ work for you?

Are any wallets loaded? If so, could you try to run with `-nowallet` option?

> I'm not sure how to use the --nowallet option with the desktop UI version of bitcoin core but I'll investigate that when I get a chance. One way is...

> My understanding is that this change is mostly a convenience change for native Windows developers, so that it becomes easier to run binaries after compilation (without installing?). Correct. >...