Optionally sweep funds, with certain wallet events #2751

issue jgarzik opened this issue on June 7, 2013

jgarzik commented at 5:31 PM on June 7, 2013: contributor
For certain events, it would increase user security to generate a transaction that sweeps funds into new keys.

Examples when a sweep would be useful:
- When importing a private key, such as a casascius coin or scratch-off.
- When encrypting a previously-unencrypted wallet, and some coins remain on the unencrypted keys.
This sweep must be optional, in case the user has a reason to not generate a transaction at that moment.
laanwj cross-referenced this on Nov 12, 2013 from issue OpenSSL PRNG having low entropy - of any interest for us? by Diapolo
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laanwj cross-referenced this on Jan 5, 2015 from issue Add feature to sweep a private key by Nathan2055
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jgarzik commented at 3:32 PM on November 4, 2019: contributor

Still a good idea -- closing old, speculative issue w/ no action
jgarzik closed this on Nov 4, 2019
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