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rebeltaz

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It is because the address you received is already a new address - you won't get a second one, unless you use that one.

I'm sorry... "the address I received..."? And what do you mean "unless use that one?"

Under the Addresses tab, there are 28 address under Receiving and 3 under Changing (whatever that is). The address on the Receiving tab is in a text field titled "Receiving Address." I know this may be obvious to y'all, so I apologize...

rebeltaz

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Quote from: ThomasV on March 10, 2015, 03:22:50 AM

It is not necessary anymore to mess with the gap limit, and I would prefer if users do not do that, because it can lead to monetary losses if they do not undersand what they are doing

In 2.0, the "New" button in the "Receive" tab allows to create addresses beyond the gap limit (and the user gets a proper warning).

I see the "New" button on the Receive tab (Electrum 2.0 Linux) but when I click it, nothing seems to happen....

Abdussamad

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Quote from: ThomasV on March 10, 2015, 12:17:28 PM

Quote from: Abdussamad on March 10, 2015, 09:24:38 AM

How can changing the gap limit lead to monetary losses?

users forgetting they changed it, restore from seed, do not recover their full amount

at which point they come here to complain and we can let them know to change the gap limit.

ThomasV

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Quote from: Abdussamad on March 10, 2015, 09:24:38 AM

How can changing the gap limit lead to monetary losses?

users forgetting they changed it, restore from seed, do not recover their full amount

Abdussamad

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Quote from: ThomasV on March 10, 2015, 03:22:50 AM

It is not necessary anymore to mess with the gap limit, and I would prefer if users do not do that, because it can lead to monetary losses if they do not undersand what they are doing

How can changing the gap limit lead to monetary losses?

Mitchell

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Quote from: ThomasV on March 10, 2015, 03:22:50 AM

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In 2.0, the "New" button in the "Requests" tab allows to create addresses beyond the gap limit (and the user get a proper warning).
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I think you mean the "Receive"-tab as there is no "Requests"-tab on the Windows build of Electrum.

ThomasV

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Quote from: Abdussamad on March 08, 2015, 09:23:52 AM

To generate new addresses raise the gap limit

It is not necessary anymore to mess with the gap limit, and I would prefer if users do not do that, because it can lead to monetary losses if they do not undersand what they are doing

In 2.0, the "New" button in the "Receive" tab allows to create addresses beyond the gap limit (and the user gets a proper warning).

And if you need to do it programatically, call

Code:

wallet.create_new_address()

(in the console or in a script)

Abdussamad

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Quote from: rebeltaz on March 08, 2015, 01:22:07 AM

I see in the FAQ a command-line routine for creating address in multiple batches, but is there no way to create additional addresses one at a time from with-in the Electrum GUI? How about deleting individual addresses from with-in the GUI? I looked in the FAQ and explored all of the menu commands I see, including right-clicks... Thanks.

Wallets don't usually support deleting addresses because that could lead to monetary loss. To generate new addresses raise the gap limit:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.10647362

If you want to generate individual addresses you an do that with code:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.10622451

rebeltaz

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I see in the FAQ a command-line routine for creating address in multiple batches, but is there no way to create additional addresses one at a time from with-in the Electrum GUI? How about deleting individual addresses from with-in the GUI? I looked in the FAQ and explored all of the menu commands I see, including right-clicks... Thanks.

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