If I import/restore a deterministic wallet into Bitcoin Armory, how far into the dynamic addresses does it look for transactions?

I see that in Armory, I can click on "receive bitcoins" any number of times, and it generates a new as-yet unused address every time. So I could potentially send coins to address 1000, and have 999 unused addresses before it.

I'm wondering, when you import a deterministic wallet, how many of the addresses does it check to see if they have activity?

B T

Posted 2014-09-17T20:33:44.667

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1I tested and it at least checks the first 31. Not gonna test to 1000 tho ; ) – B T – 2014-09-17T21:29:35.770

Wow that would suck if you use it your whole life then have to restore from wallet words when you are 76! – Chloe – 2015-08-05T20:29:37.423

Answers

By default, Armory will check 100 addresses, but this can be changed with --keypool command-line option.

abacabadabacaba

Posted 2014-09-17T20:33:44.667

Reputation: 918

1Can you link a source to verify that info? – B T – 2014-09-29T04:26:17.577

1--keypool option is mentioned in documentation, but I couldn't find default value there, so look at source code. – abacabadabacaba – 2014-09-29T04:32:27.740