- Then there were those users who received money to their wallets but when they went to spend it they found that they didn't know the password and neither did they have the seed. A few of them have complained here that they shouldn't be allowed to receive money into a wallet when they can't spend it. If the whole wallet is encrypted then they can't see their receiving addresses and so can't lose their money!
Yeah, that would certainly help as I've seen quite a number of users receive coins to a wallet that they can't send from. Encrypting the entire wallet would certainly help in this regard.
looks like it is as i suspected. 2.8.0 has been released and if you set a password for your wallet then the wallet cannot be viewed until the password is provided.
Oh that is good news. I haven't had a chance to try out the new version yet. Does it only apply to new wallets with a password or to existing wallets with a password as well?
If you have an existing wallet with a password set then only the seed is encrypted and the wallet contents can be viewed. In order to encrypt the whole file you have to go to wallet menu > password. This is actually the password change window but it can be used to encrypt the wallet file too. Enter your old password 3 times (old, new, confirm new) and make sure that "encrypt wallet" file is checked. Click on OK and it'll encrypt the whole wallet.
