From: Wladimir <laanwj@gmail.com>
To: Jim <jim618@fastmail.co.uk>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Fees UI warning
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:37:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+s+GJB+qvYBhjzvut2WJCeVc35nmwwUwQM45w_6BYwbw2UawA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1387190808.12225.60115997.547B23B6@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Jim <jim618@fastmail.co.uk> wrote:
> For the HD version of MultiBit we are removing the import
> of individual private keys entirely and only supporting HD
> addresses, primarily for safety reasons.
>
I'd love to have the same in Bitcoin-Qt as well. Too many sob stories about
people with outdated backups that lost part or all of their coins. These
are much more common than fee messups.
What we should really do is:
- Use deterministic wallets. Making regular backups becomes optional (to
retain label and transaction data and such) instead of mandatory.
- Don't support importing private keys. Replace the importing of private
keys by a "sweep" function.
Wladimir
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-12-16 11:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-12-16 10:13 [Bitcoin-development] Fees UI warning Drak
2013-12-16 10:46 ` Jim
2013-12-16 11:08 ` Drak
2013-12-16 11:31 ` Pieter Wuille
2013-12-16 18:26 ` Mike Hearn
2013-12-16 11:37 ` Wladimir [this message]
2013-12-16 17:55 ` Taylor Gerring
2013-12-16 18:45 ` Gregory Maxwell
2013-12-16 11:27 ` Wladimir
2013-12-16 18:28 ` Mike Hearn
2013-12-16 22:32 ` Andreas Schildbach
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