Have to enter wallet password twice when sending with a transaction fee #1568

issue jothan opened this issue on July 8, 2012
  1. jothan commented at 1:57 AM on July 8, 2012: none

    I am using bitcoin-qt 0.6.3.

    I often empty my wallet when sending transactions.

    What happens:

    • I try sending the full amount to see if a fee is required
    • I am prompted for my password
    • I get a dialog saying that sending the transaction cannot be sent without a fee.
    • I substract the fee from the full amount
    • I get prompted for my password
    • I accept the fee for the transaction
    • The send succeeds.

    What should happen:

    • I try sending the full amount to see if a fee is required
    • I get a dialog saying that sending the transaction cannot be sent without a fee.
    • I substract the fee from the full amount
    • I accept the fee for the transaction
    • I get prompted for my password
    • The send succeeds.

    I think it would make more sense for the transaction dialog to appear first, as I am using a long passphrase. Once the password is entered, the transaction should always go through.

    Having a "substract fee from sent amount" button would also be much better than simply saying the coins cannot be sent.

  2. laanwj commented at 8:03 AM on July 8, 2012: member

    Agreed, it'd make sense to delay the unlocking until private key access is really needed.

  3. burger2 commented at 9:06 PM on July 8, 2012: contributor

    The "substract fee from sent amount" button is a nice idea.. They talked little about it in #1570

  4. Diapolo cross-referenced this on Jan 14, 2013 from issue Ask for password after balance check when sending coins by subSTRATA
  5. laanwj commented at 10:49 AM on October 24, 2013: member

    See #2724 for the "substract fee from sent amount" issue. The main problem here should now be solved as sending has been reworked to show the fee in the confirmation window.

  6. laanwj closed this on Oct 24, 2013

  7. suprnurd referenced this in commit 42c784dc7a on Dec 5, 2017
  8. bitcoin locked this on Sep 8, 2021

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