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some values may not be present, if the [[Address]] was generated with earlier versions of the client. | some values may not be present, if the [[Address]] was generated with earlier versions of the client. | ||
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+ | == Editing == | ||
+ | Editing an Address Block can be dangerous. Users are advised to back up the keys.dat before doing so. | ||
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+ | == Deleting == | ||
+ | Deleting the address block removes the address from the client. | ||
+ | More Information, when or why this should be done can be found in the [[plausible deniability]] article. | ||
[[Category:Address terms]] | [[Category:Address terms]] |
Revision as of 06:40, 3 September 2013
Definition
An Address block is an entry in the clients keys.dat file. It looks like this:
[Bitmessage address in format BM-...] label = Name of Address shown in client enabled = true/false decoy = true/false privsigningkey = Hash to sign message privencryptionkey = Hash to encrypt message lastpubkeysendtime = Unix timestamp of last key broadcast noncetrialsperbyte = Integer showing difficulty payloadlengthextrabytes = Integer showing extra bytes required
some values may not be present, if the Address was generated with earlier versions of the client.
Editing
Editing an Address Block can be dangerous. Users are advised to back up the keys.dat before doing so.
Deleting
Deleting the address block removes the address from the client. More Information, when or why this should be done can be found in the plausible deniability article.