Rewrite wallet when changing wallet passphrase? #651

issue gavinandresen opened this issue on November 21, 2011
  1. gavinandresen commented at 3:27 PM on November 21, 2011: contributor

    To test:

    When the wallet passphrase is changed, is it possible for the old master key to end up in the wallet.dat file, or is it guaranteed to be overwritten?

    If it can end up in the wallet.dat file, then the wallet should be rewritten when the passphrase is changed.

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