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+New bitcoin-cli settings
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+- A new `-rpcwaittimeout` argument to `bitcoin-cli` sets the timeout
+  in seconds to use with `-rpcwait`. If the timeout expires,
+  `bitcoin-cli` will report a failure. (#21056)