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| author | Jonas Schnelli <dev@jonasschnelli.ch> | 2018-11-13 14:51:34 +0700 |
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| committer | Jonas Schnelli <dev@jonasschnelli.ch> | 2018-11-13 14:52:01 +0700 |
| commit | b60f4e3f095124a71394d6b2aafaedca2be6c1ad (patch) | |
| tree | 07d76cc438ce18d7ae555d7e16d994baf32fb9e8 /doc | |
| parent | 47ed24cf8aa7be3b778731b1f140ad9941157933 (diff) | |
| parent | a6b5ec18ff39ef3ccd19ec0e6db9ae00602d8938 (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-b60f4e3f095124a71394d6b2aafaedca2be6c1ad.tar.xz | |
Merge #13381: RPC: creates possibility to preserve labels on importprivkey
a6b5ec18f rpc: creates possibility to preserve labels on importprivkey (marcoagner)
Pull request description:
Closes #13087.
As discussed in the issue, this is a feature request instead of a bug report since the behaviour was as intended (i.e. label with default: `''`). With this, the old behaviour is kept while the possibility to achieve the preservation of labels, as expected in the open issue, is added.
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diff --git a/doc/release-notes-pr13381.md b/doc/release-notes-pr13381.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..75faad9906 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes-pr13381.md @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +RPC importprivkey: new label behavior +------------------------------------- + +Previously, `importprivkey` automatically added the default empty label +("") to all addresses associated with the imported private key. Now it +defaults to using any existing label for those addresses. For example: + +- Old behavior: you import a watch-only address with the label "cold + wallet". Later, you import the corresponding private key using the + default settings. The address's label is changed from "cold wallet" + to "". + +- New behavior: you import a watch-only address with the label "cold + wallet". Later, you import the corresponding private key using the + default settings. The address's label remains "cold wallet". + +In both the previous and current case, if you directly specify a label +during the import, that label will override whatever previous label the +addresses may have had. Also in both cases, if none of the addresses +previously had a label, they will still receive the default empty label +(""). Examples: + +- You import a watch-only address with the label "temporary". Later you + import the corresponding private key with the label "final". The + address's label will be changed to "final". + +- You use the default settings to import a private key for an address that + was not previously in the wallet. Its addresses will receive the default + empty label (""). |