Optionally sweep funds, with certain wallet events #2751

issue jgarzik opened this issue on June 7, 2013
  1. 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.

  2. laanwj added the label Wallet on May 6, 2014
  3. laanwj removed the label Priority Medium on Apr 25, 2017
  4. Bushstar referenced this in commit dd1245c2a9 on Apr 5, 2019
  5. jgarzik commented at 3:32 PM on November 4, 2019: contributor

    Still a good idea -- closing old, speculative issue w/ no action

  6. jgarzik closed this on Nov 4, 2019

  7. MarcoFalke locked this on Dec 16, 2021
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