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jackg

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Quote from: Ateq Ejaz on April 06, 2017, 07:24:02 AM

Hey guys!
Firstly I want to tell you that I am using Bitcoind with RPC commands.
1- Is bitcoin core generate private key with wallet address and save it to server or it generate it when we call function which return wallet private keys ?
2- if bitcoin core server save private keys on server then how i can delete them?

Thanks

If the wallet is unencrypted, then you should be able to enter the wallet.dat file and delete the private keys. You'd have to delete other intricate information specific to that without destroying other information which is why it's a bad idea to do it and could end up losing you all of the bitcoins in tat wallet (as achow101 has suggested).

achow101

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Bitcoin Core generates several private keys, their respective public keys, and the associated address, before you request a new address. These are saved to the wallet.dat file and then read from that file when you need to use them.

You cannot delete individual private keys. Deleting private keys would be a very good way to shoot yourself in the foot and lose a lot of money, so Bitcoin Core does not provide such a functionality. If you want to delete all of the private keys, you can just delete the wallet.dat file.

Ateq Ejaz

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Hey guys!
Firstly I want to tell you that I am using Bitcoind with RPC commands.
1- Is bitcoin core generate private key with wallet address and save it to server or it generate it when we call function which return wallet private keys ?
2- if bitcoin core server save private keys on server then how i can delete them?

Thanks

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