bitcoin core – Will the importprivkey call be gradually deprecated?

yes, importprivkey Presumably in version 28.0 support for legacy wallets will be completely deprecated whenever they are removed. Of course, old wallets can be converted to the new format.

However, it is perfectly possible to import items into a new wallet containing your private keys using: importdescriptors RPC has a variety of arguments and semantics, but it almost certainly covers your use case. Please refer to the documentation for . importprivkeyThe following is mentioned:

Note: This command is only compatible with legacy wallets. For descriptor wallets, use “importdescriptors” with “combo(X)”.

Reasons for not applying importprivkey Its behavior is difficult to infer in legacy wallets and is intentionally no longer supported for descriptor wallets.

• importprivkey In effect, it’s “Here’s the key. Figure out what I want to do with it.” It ensures that certain (but not all) single key addresses associated with that key become part of the wallet, but also performs tasks such as switching from surveillance-only to fully supporting multi-signature scripts that the wallet knows about. All the keys are there.
• with importdescriptor (and the philosophy behind descriptor wallets in general), you need to explicitly state what/how your keys will be used.