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Re: Add tags, comments, properties to .dat files
by
DobZombie
on 26/10/2013, 12:18:02 UTC
Wallet files must be named "wallet" (.dat) in order for bitcoin to read it on startup, so the few viruses out in the wild searching for obscure virtual currencies will have no problem finding the file, regardless of comment tags. Remotely uploading the file and sending it to the attacker, however, on top of keylogging the encryption key, that's a bit more difficult.



What if when bitcoinqt is run for the first time it asks the user to...
 "name your wallet file. Please use a unique file name"

just a thought?