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authorPieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@gmail.com>2016-08-16 11:17:47 +0200
committerPieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@gmail.com>2016-08-16 11:17:47 +0200
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Mention dump/import support for HD wallets
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@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ ones which haven't already been generated during the time of the backup.
**Attention:** Encrypting the wallet will create a new seed which requires
a new backup!
+Wallet dumps (created using the `dumpwallet` RPC) will contain the deterministic
+seed. This is expected to allow future versions to import the seed and all
+associated funds, but this is not yet implemented.
+
HD key generation for new wallets can be disabled by `-usehd=0`. Keep in
mind that this flag only has affect on newly created wallets.
You can't disable HD key generation once you have created a HD wallet.