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bitcoind - Watch Only Address
by
Miitch
on 20/11/2014, 04:43:19 UTC
For an upcoming project I am wanting to use pre-generated keys. The idea being that I can generate 10,000~ pre-generated keys on an offline computer. Then I could import the public keys as 'watch only' into bitcoind on an Internet connected server. The Internet connected server would have full access to track incoming transactions and even if the server was hacked there would be no risk of player deposits being compromised.

I've checked the bitcoind API calls list and can't find a way to do this:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Original_Bitcoin_client/API_calls_list

I found a discussion of this issue on Github with no clear solution:
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/3383

Can anyone please give me some input about whether it is possible to add watch-only addresses into bitcoind?

Thanks in advance!