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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).
{{unsigned|Alexgenaud|15:48, 26 May 2011‎}}

Latest revision as of 02:12, 15 August 2014

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).

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexgenaud (talkcontribs) at 15:48, 26 May 2011‎