“Backup needed” stopwatch #2637

1. 
   laanwj commented at 12:02 pm on May 10, 2013: member

   I was thinking about an UI feature to reminds people that they need to make a new backup.

   It would be counter that starts at the keypool size of 100 and decreases every time that a new key is generated. There is a reset button (alternatively, this can be triggered by “Backup wallet…”) to reset it back when a backup is made. It could display a big warning when the number of “safe keys” falls below a certrain threshold (say, 10).

   This number could be stored in the wallet itself, or externally (I’m not sure what is best).

2. 
   falinatecas commented at 10:15 pm on May 15, 2013: none

   How about hierarchical deterministic wallets? One wallet backup would be enough to generate every keypair in the wallet so there would be no need to have multiple backups from the same wallet.
3. 
   laanwj commented at 5:39 am on May 16, 2013: member

   Yes, we know what HD wallets are. This was meant as a stopgap measure, and for people that want to keep using “list of keys” wallets because they trust it more.

   In any case, closing this issue.

4. laanwj closed this on May 16, 2013

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5. MarcoFalke locked this on Sep 8, 2021

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