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I see the advantage being: | I see the advantage being: | ||
1. I backup my wallet | 1. I backup my wallet | ||
2. I sent some money | 2. I sent some money | ||
3. The 'change' of the transaction is sent to a new address in my pool | 3. The 'change' of the transaction is sent to a new address in my pool | ||
4. My harddrive crashes | 4. My harddrive crashes | ||
5. I restore wallet from backup | 5. I restore wallet from backup | ||
6. My 'change' is intact because the entire pool was restored. | 6. My 'change' is intact because the entire pool was restored. | ||
Concern: | Concern: | ||
2.b. I make 300 transactions | 2.b. I make 300 transactions | ||
.. | .. | ||
6.b. Have all lost the 'change' to all transactions after the 100th? | 6.b. Have all lost the 'change' to all transactions after the 100th? | ||
Solution: | Solution: | ||
3.a. The 'change' is sent to a random (or cycled) address in the pool without generating a new address (key pair). | 3.a. The 'change' is sent to a random (or cycled) address in the pool without generating a new address (key pair). | ||
Revision as of 15:49, 26 May 2011
I see the advantage being:
1. I backup my wallet 2. I sent some money 3. The 'change' of the transaction is sent to a new address in my pool 4. My harddrive crashes 5. I restore wallet from backup 6. My 'change' is intact because the entire pool was restored.
Concern:
2.b. I make 300 transactions .. 6.b. Have all lost the 'change' to all transactions after the 100th?
Solution:
3.a. The 'change' is sent to a random (or cycled) address in the pool without generating a new address (key pair).