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Diffstat (limited to 'src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.h')
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diff --git a/src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.h b/src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.h index 6ed9a4787a..31547ec4d4 100644 --- a/src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.h +++ b/src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.h @@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ std::vector<CKeyID> GetAffectedKeys(const CScript& spk, const SigningProvider& p * keys (by default 1000) ahead of the last used key and scans for the * addresses of those keys. This avoids the risk of not seeing transactions * involving the wallet's addresses, or of re-using the same address. + * In the unlikely case where none of the addresses in the `gap limit` are + * used on-chain, the look-ahead will not be incremented to keep + * a constant size and addresses beyond this range will not be detected by an + * old backup. For this reason, it is not recommended to decrease keypool size + * lower than default value. * * The HD-split wallet feature added a second keypool (commit: 02592f4c). There * is an external keypool (for addresses to hand out) and an internal keypool |