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Topic: Password protecting your wallet (Read 1142 times)

newbie
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March 01, 2011, 04:49:57 PM
#2
I support this suggestion. From my limited understanding of how Bitcoin works, password protected sending of Bitcoins seems to be an essential requirement.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/can-my-bitcoins-be-stolen-3977
hero member
Activity: 675
Merit: 502
March 01, 2011, 03:59:32 PM
#1
Would it be technically possible to have an option, integrated into the Bitcoin software itself (not just the GUI), where users can set a password on their Bitcoin wallets, so that it must be entered before each payment is sent, and even if somebody copies the wallet file, they can't spend any bitcoins without using the password?

Similar to how you can have a password for your GPG key.
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