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Topic
Board Armory
Re: Will old wallet versions forever be supported?
by
TierNolan
on 09/08/2016, 15:14:56 UTC
I cant seem to find a website, only a github repo. Do you plan to create a website? I can help contributing if needed.

Looks like the old site is back online.

The old format link is here with text here.

When I have time for it. This is far from the top item on my list.

I think the format would be improved if it was split into two. 

The current system encrypts the wallet when new meta-data is added.  This can lead to file corruption.

Each wallet should be two files.

  • Root master key
  • Wallet read/write data

Both would be encrypted, but the root master key file would be 100% read only.  It would never change.  If you generate 100 new keys, they would be added to the 2nd file and only cause that file to change.

Back when I was playing around with testnet coins, generating 1000+ keys could cause Armory to crash.  Killing the process could cause the wallet to end up in a corrupt state.

You could make it so that each wallet is a directory containing both files, if that is more tidy.