a6b5ec18ff
- changes importprivkey behavior to overwrite existent label if one is passed and keep existing ones if no label is passed - tests behavior of importprivkey on existing address labels and different same key destination
30 lines
1.3 KiB
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30 lines
1.3 KiB
Markdown
RPC importprivkey: new label behavior
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Previously, `importprivkey` automatically added the default empty label
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("") to all addresses associated with the imported private key. Now it
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defaults to using any existing label for those addresses. For example:
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- Old behavior: you import a watch-only address with the label "cold
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wallet". Later, you import the corresponding private key using the
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default settings. The address's label is changed from "cold wallet"
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to "".
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- New behavior: you import a watch-only address with the label "cold
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wallet". Later, you import the corresponding private key using the
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default settings. The address's label remains "cold wallet".
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In both the previous and current case, if you directly specify a label
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during the import, that label will override whatever previous label the
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addresses may have had. Also in both cases, if none of the addresses
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previously had a label, they will still receive the default empty label
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(""). Examples:
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- You import a watch-only address with the label "temporary". Later you
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import the corresponding private key with the label "final". The
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address's label will be changed to "final".
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- You use the default settings to import a private key for an address that
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was not previously in the wallet. Its addresses will receive the default
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empty label ("").
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