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New public and private keys are pre-generated are stored in a queue before use.
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New public and private keys are pre-generated and stored in a queue before use.
  
 
This pooling feature was added so backups of the [[wallet]] would have a certain number of keys that would be used in the future.  By default, the number of entries in the queue is 100<ref>[http://www.bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1414.0 Key pool feature for safer wallet backup]</ref>.
 
This pooling feature was added so backups of the [[wallet]] would have a certain number of keys that would be used in the future.  By default, the number of entries in the queue is 100<ref>[http://www.bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1414.0 Key pool feature for safer wallet backup]</ref>.

Revision as of 16:04, 27 November 2012

New public and private keys are pre-generated and stored in a queue before use.

This pooling feature was added so backups of the wallet would have a certain number of keys that would be used in the future. By default, the number of entries in the queue is 100[1].

A command line option allows a greater or lesser number of keys to be maintained in the keypool[2].

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