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Topic: Change Address and determanistic? (Read 739 times)
1A It is always the second
1B SecureRandom in the Java library is used for the random numbers.
You might be better off getting a copy of the MultiBit code and reading through it for the implementation details - I don't know your programming background but the class names and comments tell most of the story.
1B SecureRandom in the Java library is used for the random numbers.
You might be better off getting a copy of the MultiBit code and reading through it for the implementation details - I don't know your programming background but the class names and comments tell most of the story.
ok...so always address number 2 no matter what....
I will read the code, i have coded C++ with open GL (a collision engine...my dream program), and other stuff...but that was years ago so I am sorta rusty
thanks
1A It is always the second
1B SecureRandom in the Java library is used for the random numbers.
You might be better off getting a copy of the MultiBit code and reading through it for the implementation details - I don't know your programming background but the class names and comments tell most of the story.
1B SecureRandom in the Java library is used for the random numbers.
You might be better off getting a copy of the MultiBit code and reading through it for the implementation details - I don't know your programming background but the class names and comments tell most of the story.
Hi Jubalix,
To answer your questions in order:
[1] If there is a single address in the wallet, it is used as the change address. If there are two or more addresses in the wallet the _second_ one is used. (This was added so that when people do a private key import, one of their addresses is used as change).
[2] The unspent transaction outputs are chosen by age so you cannot choose a specific output to use.
[3] - answered in [1]
[4] The change address is not deterministic no. All the private keys in MultiBit are randomly generated.
[5] There is no keypool
[6], [7], [8] What is in all the files and directories is covered in detail in the help here:
https://multibit.org/en/help/v0.5/help_fileDescriptions.html
To answer your questions in order:
[1] If there is a single address in the wallet, it is used as the change address. If there are two or more addresses in the wallet the _second_ one is used. (This was added so that when people do a private key import, one of their addresses is used as change).
[2] The unspent transaction outputs are chosen by age so you cannot choose a specific output to use.
[3] - answered in [1]
[4] The change address is not deterministic no. All the private keys in MultiBit are randomly generated.
[5] There is no keypool
[6], [7], [8] What is in all the files and directories is covered in detail in the help here:
https://multibit.org/en/help/v0.5/help_fileDescriptions.html
Thanks for very good answers. Two other thing
[1A] if I have say 5 addresses is the 5 th address used as the change address, so in general terms the 'nth' address is always the change address?
[1B] What is the rand number/gen system for keys?
[1B]
Hi Jubalix,
To answer your questions in order:
[1] If there is a single address in the wallet, it is used as the change address. If there are two or more addresses in the wallet the _second_ one is used. (This was added so that when people do a private key import, one of their addresses is used as change).
[2] The unspent transaction outputs are chosen by age so you cannot choose a specific output to use.
[3] - answered in [1]
[4] The change address is not deterministic no. All the private keys in MultiBit are randomly generated.
[5] There is no keypool
[6], [7], [8] What is in all the files and directories is covered in detail in the help here:
https://multibit.org/en/help/v0.5/help_fileDescriptions.html
To answer your questions in order:
[1] If there is a single address in the wallet, it is used as the change address. If there are two or more addresses in the wallet the _second_ one is used. (This was added so that when people do a private key import, one of their addresses is used as change).
[2] The unspent transaction outputs are chosen by age so you cannot choose a specific output to use.
[3] - answered in [1]
[4] The change address is not deterministic no. All the private keys in MultiBit are randomly generated.
[5] There is no keypool
[6], [7], [8] What is in all the files and directories is covered in detail in the help here:
https://multibit.org/en/help/v0.5/help_fileDescriptions.html
I am seeking a current update or official resource on
[1] the mechanism of the change address and
[2] how to choose which address payment comes from
[3] Which address is the change address
[4] are addresses deterministic, are they planned to be in the future?
[5] is the a key pool (hidden until exported)
[6] what are in the folders
key backup
rolling backup
wallet backup
wallet unec backup
[7] what are in the files .info, .key and . wallet
[8] in relation to [6] and [7] Does this get rewritten after I encrypt, and are the files writen over so the prior version could not be recovered from my HD or do I have to copy these encrypted files to USB and security wipe HD to be sure
[1] the mechanism of the change address and
[2] how to choose which address payment comes from
[3] Which address is the change address
[4] are addresses deterministic, are they planned to be in the future?
[5] is the a key pool (hidden until exported)
[6] what are in the folders
key backup
rolling backup
wallet backup
wallet unec backup
[7] what are in the files .info, .key and . wallet
[8] in relation to [6] and [7] Does this get rewritten after I encrypt, and are the files writen over so the prior version could not be recovered from my HD or do I have to copy these encrypted files to USB and security wipe HD to be sure
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