Published on: 2011-11-17T15:35:36+00:00
In November 2011, Gavin Andresen sent an email to the Bitcoin Dev mailing list regarding a release candidate for Bitcoin. The email discussed feedback from a tester who highlighted the potential disastrous consequences of user behavior if not handled properly. Andresen agreed with the feedback and acknowledged the need to rework the wallet encrypt/rewrite code. He outlined his plan to create a new release candidate, version six.Andresen explained that his previous attempt at encrypting the wallet had resulted in unencrypted private keys in the new wallet. To address this issue, he proposed a series of steps to rectify the problem. Firstly, he planned to invalidate all the old keypool keys in the old wallet. Then, he would write new keypool keys to the old wallet and proceed to encrypt all the keys within it. Subsequently, the old wallet would be rewritten to create a new wallet. Finally, a shutdown and restart would be performed.In addition to discussing the wallet encryption and rewrite process, Andresen sought assistance in resolving an issue related to bdb (Berkeley DB) throwing an exception during shutdown. He specifically asked if anyone would be willing to compile a -g version of bdb and step through DbEnv::close in a debugger to identify the cause of the exception.The email concluded with a link to Splunk, a tool designed to extract valuable insights from IT infrastructure data.
Updated on: 2023-08-01T02:39:39.453932+00:00