See #782: @piratelinux is right in saying that not everything is checked, as GetPubKey() returns the public key embedded in the PrivKey structure, and does not force recalculation.
CKey::IsValid() performs this check now.
Full checking of all loaded keys #786
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sipa commented at 6:29 PM on January 26, 2012: member
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Full checking of all loaded keys 91f43a33f8
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TheBlueMatt commented at 6:33 PM on January 26, 2012: member
ACK
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gavinandresen commented at 3:32 AM on January 27, 2012: contributor
ACK
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luke-jr commented at 7:20 PM on January 28, 2012: member
Does this remove the ability to intentionally remove/corrupt your private keys and run with read-only access?
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sipa commented at 2:40 AM on January 29, 2012: member
Yes...
You can always encrypt it and throw away the passphrase, though.
- gavinandresen merged this on Jan 31, 2012
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