Am 14.05.2016 um 10:16 schrieb Jonas Schnelli via bitcoin-dev: > > Importing a bip32 wallet (bip44 or not) is still an expert job IMO. > Also importing can lead to bad security practice (especially without a > sweep).
One important use case is importing xpubs for watch-only accounts. This is necessary for hardware wallets and there are other valid use cases for this. > > Users will send around xpriv or import an seed over a compromised > computer to a cold storage, etc. > > I don't think users want to import private keys. > They probably want to import the transaction history and send all funds > covered by that seed to a new wallet. > Yes, in general it is not a good idea to import private keys and many wallets don't even have an option to give out the xprv (except indirectly via the backup mechanism). But even when sweeping a bip-44+segwit wallet you need to know where the segwit addresses are. Jochen _______________________________________________ bitcoin-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev
