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authorSamuel Dobson <dobsonsa68@gmail.com>2021-12-08 16:55:21 +1300
committerSamuel Dobson <dobsonsa68@gmail.com>2021-12-12 19:05:18 +1300
commita2a92317ad4ab88cfca234f68337a7cd37897f10 (patch)
tree5f8cb545e0a68f77f5fcf425070b41fda26d39e2 /src/wallet/rpc/addresses.cpp
parentfa3fb46b8172597cb64ff401b27f6c799fb832d7 (diff)
downloadbitcoin-a2a92317ad4ab88cfca234f68337a7cd37897f10.tar.xz
rpc: Add warning to user about newkeypool command
Diffstat (limited to 'src/wallet/rpc/addresses.cpp')
-rw-r--r--src/wallet/rpc/addresses.cpp7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpc/addresses.cpp b/src/wallet/rpc/addresses.cpp
index edc4c26eeb..9d1ed6b07b 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpc/addresses.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpc/addresses.cpp
@@ -347,7 +347,12 @@ RPCHelpMan keypoolrefill()
RPCHelpMan newkeypool()
{
return RPCHelpMan{"newkeypool",
- "\nEntirely clears and refills the keypool."+
+ "\nEntirely clears and refills the keypool.\n"
+ "WARNING: On non-HD wallets, this will require a new backup immediately, to include the new keys.\n"
+ "When restoring a backup of an HD wallet created before the newkeypool command is run, funds received to\n"
+ "new addresses may not appear automatically. They have not been lost, but the wallet may not find them.\n"
+ "This can be fixed by running the newkeypool command on the backup and then rescanning, so the wallet\n"
+ "re-generates the required keys." +
HELP_REQUIRING_PASSPHRASE,
{},
RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::NONE, "", ""},